Hi guys, I quickly created this video as it explains a way of working around the smoothing group limitations of Blender. This method should ensure perfect bake exports! Video ends at 9:30 Hope it helps :) [ame=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Kx_Jc35zc&feature=player_embedded"]Blender 2.68 - Exporting Correctly Smoothed…
I have a fully rigged model that's ready to go, but the animators for the project already use Blender. The issue seems to be that, well, exporting bones and skinning from Max seems to be a huge mess, and I can't seem to find any current information on how to export from Max to Blender. is there any viable way to do this,…
ive been using the student version of maya for years now and am trying to learn to use blender. If a model was originally created using student maya, then later imported to and edited in blender, are you allowed to sell those models? I have old models that were originally made in student maya a while ago and would like to…
When I export my model from Maya as a .OBJ and import it into Blender, it as a lot a few holes and double the poly count. Is there a way to fix this? I also tried to export the file as a .FBX, but the result was the same. (I want to buy Maya LT to model, but it doesn't support SMD import/export plugins so I'm trying to…
Hello, I want to start working in the modelling/gaming industry as an 3d artist or environment/ level designer. I started using blender a couple of years ago and stopped using it due to a different lifestyle. In June this year I rediscovered my passion to 3d and decided that this time I am going to take it to another…
Hello, I want to start working in the modelling/gaming industry as an 3d artist or environment/ level designer. I started using blender a couple of years ago and stopped using it due to different lifestyle. In June this year I rediscovered my passion to 3d and decided that this time I am going to take it to another level.…
There is this method using blender [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvacGEWE6bM"]How to: Seamless Texture Paint in Blender Setup. - YouTube[/ame] If you edit the preferences to use simulate 3 button navigation and get some custom brushes it can be a great tool for that sort of thing. The guy that made that video posted…
Nobody said you have to use just one tool for the job. Blender is free, so it's the perfect gap filler. It's the jack of all trades. On the contrary, it is master of none. And it has a pipeline and plugin problem. There's rarely professsional plugins for Blender available. That said, i would go with Maya or Modo. And use…
tried out the new auto-rigify script in blender in conjunction with the meta rig that ships with blender now. all i can say is wow thats a whole part of my life that was saved as a result of these new magic features of blender ! *ps* pay no attention to the screwy normals in the picture its a bug blah blah