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Re: Baking problem (or understanding-problem?)
I agree, the high poly probably does have sharp edges? They should be beveled so there is something a bit smoother to capture. goekbenjamin with sharp edges or ultra-tight bevels, you're basically giving the texture two extreme choices of pixels to choose from, 0 or 255, black or white, this face or that one. It's very… -
Re: Serious lighting issue in UDK (lightmaps)
Hey, so I thought of a crazy and seemingly irrelevant idea as one last attempt to resolve the issue earlier today, and I got noticeable results. It was two things I did though, and I'm not sure which one improved it. When I UV'd the asset, I used Headus UV Layout, so when I exported the UV'd .OBJ back into Maya, I didn't… -
Re: New Here
Ok, my specialty isnt modelling, and i suck at texturing, but from what i can tell is your main issue right now is UV layout. I dont know what your texture size is, but the reason it looks so blurry as low resolutions is because you arent effectively using your UV space. I did a really quick mushroom like yours, just to… -
Re: Looking for portfolio crit/ industry advice
Hey man, I am also a recent college grad and have been in the industry for 8 months now so I understand the pain and frustration of trying to break in! I am by no means an experience veteran but I do think I might be able to give you some pointers. First of all your portfolio layout is good but not so good at the same… -
Re: Highpoly environmental doodles
DarthNater: Thanks :) My workflow is pretty simple really. For those small, ornamental details I'm mostly using basic polymodelling or splines with Bevel profile modifier. I was slightly inspired by a piece I've seen on Silo forums a while ago, though I can't remember where it was now. Those swirls were modelled from a… -
Looooong carpet, how should I make it ?
Hi! I'm currently working on a scene, a corridor and I want to have a carpet at the center of it, running from the entire length of the corridor, I'll put some references below. I also want this carpet to have small folds and wrinkles and maybe some torn fabric parts at the edges. My references are I thought about modeling… -
Udim? Texture sets? Texel Density? What is it and why is it? Analysis from A to Z.
Today I want to share with you tips on using Udim, texture sets, texel density, padding, mipmapping and other techniques in various situations and when errors occur. This material was created by the author himself, but it also includes information obtained from other sources. Editor and creator of the idea: Daniil Lyapin… -
Re: WoW Inspired Maelstrom WIP
Wow, thanks for the replies :) jsargent: sure can :) - I start with zspheres, building up the generic shape by scaling and moving them around. I then convert it to a polymesh and sub devide a few times so i have enough to work with. I turn on surface noise and tweak the scale and amount of noise to help direct the flow and… -
Re: ZBrush to Finished Character Workflow
Once you have your mesh to a point in Zbrush that you would like to retopologize it, depending on the density of the mesh you might decimate it to a more manageable level using Decimation Master. You would then take that decimated mesh and export it either as an OBJ, or as an FBX file format. Now in Maya you would… -
Re: [UDK] Manor House & Courtyard
Thanks for the responses! The lighting was sort of a mood "paint-over"; I just placed some dynamic lights in the scene and screen grabbed. I hope to incorporate much more detail once I settle on the tone I like. I think this one is working okay but as stated, I'd like to supplement some additional lights (candles,…
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