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Creating texture maps from photography
The other day I took some photos of various surfaces in nature such as tree bark, rocks, etc. I've been experimenting with different methods of creating textures by starting from the seamless color maps that I create from these photographs. So far I've worked out a decent trick in photoshop for separating and isolating the… -
Re: 3D After 30
Thanks for the kind words! :) As for anatomy, now it's all about practicing consistently. I hope that one day I'll be able to create sculpts like the top artists do. -
[MAYA] Creating straight uvs in maya for pixel art texture , cant get straighten uvs to work
Hello all. I am currently working on a character and I want it to have pixel textures. I am confused about how to straighten uvs. I am currently trying it with this simple mesh, but whenever I try to straighten it, it looks deformed and you can see the stretching on the checker map. I tried different values of the… -
How to create good muzzle flashes
Insurgency has very subtle touches that make a great game. One of these touches are the muzzle flashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4DjX7j7kw They are really cool, subtle and realistic. How did they do them? Sourced from actual photos? FumeFX? -
Newbie needing some help on the software to create ambience scenes
Hi, I watch a lot of ambience videos on YouTube. Videos with scenes like the following: --Scenes of 17th century cottage room with a log fire flickering away and raining hitting the window, of course with sound effects from the fire and rain. or --In the middle of a forest with tree leaves blowing in the wind and rain… -
Creating and animating changeable equipment for characters
Hello dear community of Polycount, I am struggling a bit with a recent project a friend and I want to start. I am planing to create a character in 3ds Max which I am also gonna rig afterwards. This character will have no clothes on as I want to make it possible to equip certain items like gloves, pants and robes in the… -
[3DSMAX] Convert Smoothing groups to Creases (Data Channel Modifier?)
Open subdiv does not support smoothing groups as input. I would like to use MatID or Smoothing groups as input and output selected edges or creases. I want to use the Data Channel modifier to convert manual created smoothing groups to creases and use those as input for the Open subdiv Modifier. Is this possible with the… -
Heckler and Koch G36 (re-attempt)
So I've re-doing a past project to get better results and further my skills. I plan on creating multiple attachments and some variations. Some references and blockouts below. And what I have right now: -
Creating a realistic water animation?
Does anyone know of a program (or photoshop plugin etc) that could simulate something like this: http://tinypic.com/player.php?v=r28e84&s=6 it should output it as image files.. This is for an old engine that doesnt use shaders so i will have to rely on .dds/.tga images with a slightly transparent alpha channel. Any help… -
Re: Learning Blender and Texturing
Hey! Even though you have a ton of 3D modeling experience, it doesn't mean you can jump into Blender right off the bat. Knowing topology and general 3D concepts is a huge plus, but the interface here is completely different, the commands are different, and even the names of familiar functions vary. Things like working…
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