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Re: Maya Shell modifier available now!
Just tried the new version, for some reason when I'm in the smooth-preview mode, I can't do any transform operations (move, rotate, scale) they just move a bit then stop, works fine when it's off, or on meshes without the ShellMod. Testing it on Maya 2014x64. Tiny minor nitpick, it would be nice if the "Smooth Mesh Subdiv"… -
Re: Maya 2016 EXT 2: a pretty dam huge update.
Hmm running into some pretty large bugs with the scale tool and the hotbox from time to time. Sometimes the scale tool will not center on the selection (on cylinders this is killing me). Undo seems to have a bit of a hiccup compared to 2014. Doesn't feel quite as smooth. Here's a screen of the hotbox problem.… -
Re: Nonagons bad?
Careful there, thats pretty misleading. The reason people recommend quads is not just because of the work flow advantages. The main reason is the predictable way they subdivide when mesh smoothed and the consistent way they light with gouraud shading. If you are subdivision modeling there are no ifs or buts about it. if… -
Re: Getting to grips with Zbrush (Hand Sculpt)
Just a little update, I think I'm getting a better hang of building up my mesh from lower sub divisions and only dividing when needed. I've about finished up on the arm muscles, i think they need smoothing in to each other a bit more and maybe ill look in to getting some more "texture" to them as they are very very smooth… -
Re: Idea for a skinning tool for Maya (or any other similar package), wondering if it possible.
Heya - if you are dealing with a very simple skeleton (and of course no access to corrective blendshapes) your best bet would be to start with a very basic weight setup, maybe going as far as splitting up the model like a mannequin. Once that is done (and of course depending on the tool you use) you will able to transfer… -
Re: Answered: Unity Export - Metallic, Legacy not including correct textures
Hi, thank you for your reply! If I understand you correctly, you are saying that Bridge only exports the single Masks texture even for Legacy, since it is channel packed for Metallic/Smoothness and AO. So the Masks texture should work as both the Metallic/Smoothness and AO texture inputs. But when I try to use the Masks… -
Re: Sith Lord bust [fan fiction] (First time posting)
Edit: The guys over at quixel informed me about smoothing groups and smoothing angles! The only 3D work i've done in the past is architectural, with nothing but cubes, so I had no idea. This should start looking better soon. Thank you. I added a closer shot of the mask to show how faceted the topology is rendering, and a… -
Re: Another colt M1911
Good work so far. I'm on my first weapon (a 1911, no less), too. I was wondering how you were able to get such smoothing with that kind of edge flow (the tri, etc)? You can see I am doing something similar here: http://polycount.com/discussion/164002/1911-commander-wip-need-critiques I'm in the process of going back and… -
Re: N-Gons and Hardsurface workflow
Also, on the technical side of it... I kind of overlooked this myself until recently but the idea of creating a perfect non-Ngon model is just an illusion of the mind. Many people have already mentioned that as long as it's shaded well, it's fine... but also when you turbo smooth anything it automatically quads your model… -
Re: Maya question about Sub Div surfaces..
If you want to subdivide your model so it looks like when press 3 but with more actual polygons, with 3 "on" go to - convert - smoothmesh preview to polygons. You can edit the smoothmesh preview per object. Go to the shape node of the mesh, under Smooth Mesh, with 3 on, you can change the Preview Division Levels, default…
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