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Re: Weirdness after subdividing in Mudbox
I don't use Mudbox, but it looks like it's treating your model as if it has hard edges before it smooths it, keeping the faceted look, but smoothing the edges of the facets, themselves. Perhaps when you export from Maya, assuming you're using OBJ, use the options on "Export selected..." and turn "Smoothing groups" on under… -
Re: What is the consensus on 3DConnexion hardware?
Ok, wow. I have no idea what I wrote in years past - hopefully it's consistent and not too confusing ;) - and I just googled the Intuos 2025 and yeah: that looks different (mine are what might be called Intuos Pro of the previous generation or two). So you got three separate buttons on the pen now as opposed to the rocker… -
Re: ZBRUSH: How to fold (if is the correct word) part of a subtool
Combination of masking, rotation, moving and following correction with Move and Smooth brushes can do the trick, but will take more time and effort then the low-poly modelling approach, described above. -
Re: Ryan Jessop Final Major Project - ARC Troopers
hey, really cool project, awesome to see the learning process just adding on to what michael has said, a few tips to make modeling go a little easier: you only need edges to define the silhouette. It can help to use flat shading in the viewport so that the only thing you can see is the silhouette. Orbit around the model… -
Normals issue: ST & SK mesh differs
Hi, I have imported a Maya FBX file perfectly in as a Static Mesh but upon importing in as a Skeletal Mesh (same fbx file) it appears as if my smoothing groups are being ignored. Here is my process: Export from Maya with these checked: -smoothing groups -tangents and binormals -smooth mesh Importing in UDK -import tangents… -
How good generative Ai in Sampler ? New features in Designer/ Painter ?
Does anyone use it really? Any improving in photo to normal map generation? From what I saw in youtube videos it looks like it generates small 1x1m pieces , repeating like hell and not much of a help. Am I wrong . Same reason I hardly use megascan textures. What about crispness of normal and height map? Looks a bit blurry… -
Re: xNormal strange bake.
Watch this to understand smoothing groups [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Iswm1xKtGs"]3D Studio's Max Smoothing Groups Tutorial - YouTube[/ame] You want hard edges that your smoothing groups creates to match with your UV borders, there are tools to do this automatically but I wouldn't rely on them, TurboTools has a… -
Re: Zbrush Problem
there are also different smooth options in the brush selection. Smooth Peaks being one of my favorites especially for skin. but in general, if you are losing all of your detail maybe just turn down the strength of the smooth when you use the release shift smooth. or you can try doing Clay Polish if you want a smoother… -
Re: Mesh Normals and ASE File Format
Thank you both for your insight, I managed to fix it by redoing the smoothing groups on the object in Max and it finally came out right after. Not sure what was wrong there but I ended up selecting everything, getting rid of the smoothing groups and literally hit "Auto Smooth" and it fixed it... @Eric - I encountered these… -
Re: I need a simple script for max9
Hey, thought I would mention that Polyboost has 3 buttons that I find very usefull for what you are asking for, even though you already have the solution. Smooth= assigns all faces to one smoothing group; Hard= assigns all adjoining faces to seperate smoothing groups; and 30= mixes the smoothing and hard based on the angle…
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