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Normal Map generation through xNormal issue?
Hey all, I've been trying my hand at texturing and normal mapping lately. I do some 3d modelling for fun in my free time and in between classes as this doesn't apply to my field of study but I've never been motivated to go past modelling as every time I've tried baking a normal map it's turned out horribly. Anyway I'm… -
Re: Substance Painter, 3DS Max - UV seams with smart materials
Hi! Baking can be pretty tricky to wrap your head around, but rest assured it's a logical process you can break down to get right every time. There's a healthy number of stickied threads to help you with many questions you may have now and down the line: 1 2 3 4 There is also the wiki :) To answer specifics. 1) No, a high… -
Re: Best displays
tn for fast gaming monitor and as a fan of all things stereo: active shutter 3d surround... IPS for color accuracy... QHD on 3 27 inch displays for dense pixel resolution detail at desktop distances :s Till now???? from New Egg:… -
Re: best shaders.
I think they all kinda have there pros and cons. 3point Shader Pros: - Quality Normals function (Edited this in ;) ) - You essentially have 2 environment map slots. Pretty nice for blending cubemaps. You can have a cubemap that is better at solid reflections in one and the other one be the one that has your more… -
Re: How do Americans reconcile the concept of bootstraps with being a nation of fatasses?
**Quasi tangent/rant Warning** First: I think this is a failure of imagination and bigger-picture thinking. What is going on here has very little to do with America's "go-getter" attitude(which can only be a good thing, btw) and much more to do with an entitlement attitude, and the fact that we're all nothing more than… -
Re: SG127 Tank
The UVWs have quite a bit of room available for use. It's generally a better idea to place UVs right next to each other. Sometimes rotating them a bit or using some Tetris logic to fit them as tightly as possible is required. For the UVWs, the scale should never be rectangles. It should always be perfect squares. The way… -
Re: GTA IV PC
Well, i'm not sure about everyone elses experiences, but apparently a lot of people are thinking they can jack up to max settings and play fine (i did), but according to Rockstar the highest settings are meant for the next generation of computer hardware. Can anybody say pulling a crytek?… -
Re: New computer, amd/intel?
In my experience, you get what you pay for. I've been burned too often by AMD and ATI to really give them much consideration, now that they've teamed up I hear its gotten a little better but you should stay in "their family" and not mix and match Nvidia with AMD. I hear ATI driver support hasn't gotten much better since… -
Re: WIP Bracer (16 year old newbie artist)
knowing how long you've been modeling would be beneficial to know as far as feedback is concerned. I know you said you started at 10, but if this is like your second model, or your 300'th, I think the feedback would be different but regardless, I'm going to assume you don't have a terrible amount of experience You should… -
Re: SciFi Support Beam
The lowpoly came in at 1676. Everything is processed but I'm tweaking the heightmap and lightmap before release of the assets. On the above comparison shot you can see where max is getting confused about the mirrored cap section on the top. The reason for this is due to max's normal support being flaky, this flaw would…
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