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Can you help please? :How to create a virtual tour
Hello, i am 3d modeller (Maya.mudbox), i have an offer from a friend to create a 3d tour oh art gallery/exhibition for the web, i can do the Maya part and final rendering but how do i turn this into an interactive tour , where people stand in front of the art pieces and get the story about each of them?I assume there is… -
Re: New Artist/Animator looking for advice...
Welcome to polycount! 1st, this probably belongs in P&P? 2nd, I agree with everything above. I like some of the rigging and modeling nice work =) You've got a lot of the technical hurdles taken care of. 3rd, <<!! INCOMING WALL-O'-TEXT !!>> At the risk of sounding like a dick I'm going to rip this whole thing apart.… -
Re: How Can I Take this Further?
Excellent start, without reading what you were doing; i immediatly thought of the big hard-a$$ fella from Wildstar =) . I agree with the comments on the diffuse texture that's going to be where the magic really happens as your normals and spec look fine. At the moment the diffuse is looking grey/de-saturated everywhere. As… -
Re: 3D Coat / Problem with UV Texture
If you are importing, it should create a new texture layer. It looks like you might have done something to Layer 1. As a general rule of thumb, at least with me, is leave layer 1 as is (default base) and just add layers on top of it. Additionally, I recommend setting up the external editor workflow for use in photoshop or… -
Re: subsurface scatter maps
I can bake an AO map just fine normaly, the problem is with the stock settings it just comes out as pure black because no rays are cast to the inside of a water tight object. I think Max is using a completely different method of AO than Maya and Xnormal which allows for it to generate AO on a water tight inverted object. I… -
Re: Polycounter Poll: Which assets get cut/redone? and Why?
Private poll forces people to vote before they can see the results, that way you get more votes. Poor management is a big reason, but can also be caused by key team member(s) leaving, publisher getting cold feet, etc. -
Re: Normal Map Issues at UV-Seams
It's better to embed the images directly into your post, than to use Attach File (which makes it difficult to scroll through the images). You can drag-and-drop images directly into the post editor, or you can use the Attach Image button (looks like a little landscape painting). It is natural for normal maps to show… -
Working with two monotrs - can I mirror it/ flip it horizontaly?
Ji guys! Most of you probably already seen modelers and painters fliping the canvas horizontaly or looking at the image throght a mirror so that they can spot errors with a "fresh eye". I've been working on some portraits on zbrush and, usually, at the end of each session, I have to export a image and flip it on photoshop… -
Stuck on 3D Coat's retopo & baking workflow
Hello! I've been looking for the best workflow from the time that I import a model into 3DC until it's ready to bake and export. Problem is, I have found hardly any information or documentation on things that I desire to do. I am looking to bake an object, made of multiple subobjects, and bake it, and all the videos that I… -
ROOKIE in need of advice on RENDERING? Can you pls help?
Hello beautiful people of poly count, I am a noob and new to this so I aplogise if this question sounds a bit stupid but I am trying to render for the first time and do not understand why I am getting different results when using mentalray. The rendered image when running inside the maya program looks nice and bright and…
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