I have seen that a lot of people that create game assets inside Houdini when they reach the UV phase they simply connect an auto uv node that results in a distorted free uv map but with hundreds and hundreds of shells but they call it a day saying that it's all ok... For my workflow ( in Maya ) i usually unwrap manually or…
It’s good you mentioned this specific example. Objects can be setup to share UV space specifically so they can reuse the same material. This optimizes the rendering speed, by reducing draw calls. However, anything using transparency is usually separated from things without, and uses a dedicated material. This is because…
Hi all, I've been trying to level up my baking workflow recently as its been lacking and I noticed the process takes me ages, so figured there's gotta be a way to speed things up. I've never really used the exploding method until recently and found it speeds things up a lot, but I still feel I could probably be more…
Hey peeps. Have been trying for several hours now to accomplish this seemingly simple task. I just want to copy this damn simple mesh along these legs so that they conform to it. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it, and I am incredibly frustrated. Please help me.
Hey thanks Eric! Means a lot coming from you! I appreciate it. Yeah that was an effort to help focus more of the central focal point towards what is going on in the foreground, but I see what you mean! I just made some more adjustments that were nagging me and ended up with this so far. Upon some recommendations, scale…
got some time for ref searching; you'll need a few variants of each object and surface the main reference contains - the main ref can't really be trusted to give you enough details and answers (what does the wear&tear on the wood floor look like? How many meaningfully different vials, jars and flasks with different labels…
What would be the best, most durable way to have many versions of assigned materials in one scene, so that I can easily switch between a version of the vehicle with green paint with white plastic and the same model with metal and dark plastic. Making it extra complex is the fact that not all materials will be assigned…
Hi! I recommend sharing the references you're using too, so people look at the same source as you. If this is for a game project, I recommend getting this into engine early and frequently checking there while working, using the game camera. Overall it might be worth blocking a play-space out first, then making it pretty.…