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Re: Old Swamp House - WIP
Well for some reason the vray camera is making the image a little weird. Not sure why. BUT getting closer to the finished (or workable finished product) Im doing a high poly model to learn some different modeling techniques. I wont texture this because of the poly count and besides, before I even think about texturing I… -
Re: Anyone noticed VertexSnapping bug [3dsmax 2017]
I've run into that issue. Normally it happens on "dirty meshes" that have long complicated transform histories with wonky scale. That doesn't excuse the fact that 3dsmax snapping should work in all cases at all times but there are a few things you can do to get it fuctional again. Instead of switching to editable mesh,… -
Re: Vray vs Mental Ray
No one uses mental ray anymore... Autodesk is killing it and putting Arnold with Maya (I'm assuming since they just bought solid angle.) Mental ray Pros: -free with maya - for the most part physically plausible materials. - A really nice layered material system Mental ray Cons: - integration with maya is poor and even… -
Re: Advices please
Yup, learn basics from ctrl-paint site. Get inspiration from art of previous games: http://www.creativeuncut.com/game-art-galleries.html Start learning Sculptris (or if you have money, Zbrush, Mudbox, 3dCoat). See what pro concept artist are doing now and how they're doing their work. Start learning basic 3d, use free… -
Re: bow rig help 3ds max
Thanks a lot for the response and the great insights. This is really helpful to better understanding the different caveats of how to do this. Re your comments on link vs position constraints-- being still a beginner, I am a little unclear on the nomenclature and was simply parroting the language you were using, but thank… -
Re: Ornatrix vs Xgen
Umm... You can't use it due to price or someone said no, or you didn't know that it existed for maya? https://ephere.com/plugins/autodesk/maya/ornatrix/ Since it seems like you would like a comparison, here are my thoughts as a 10+ yr 3dsmax user and a 5+ yr Maya user. XGen is pretty good for an out of the box solution, it… -
Re: PBR Texturing Workflows and Industry Standards
I disagree on this point. I've used Substance Painter for a few years and have gotten to know its ins and outs quite well. There really isn't a lot of depth to it. It's a very easy tool to get into, but aside from learning about new features as they add them, there really weren't any moments where I went "oh wow, I didn't… -
Re: Getting into 3d scanning
I know Photoscan a bit. Result is very similar to 123d catch, with slightly more control. I really dislike what Autodesk made of their technology with the online application and cloud. Photogrammetry is used in place of laser scanning by professionals in architecture, archeology... With a correct calibration, it's very… -
Re: Eat 3d or the Gnomon Workshop?
I have the Richard Smith char modelling video. Pretty straightforward. He doesn't show how to model the head of his character but for clothes, sculpting folds, using subtools, using Maya NEX plugin...it's alright. Also have most of eat3d vids, except for the character and zbrush ones...just didn't feel they'd benefit me at… -
Re: 3dsmax Polycount Bottleneck?? 64bit
Dejawolf - interesting! though worrying as I bought an nvidia card simply on the understanding that traditionally Autodesk products are supposedly much more compatible with them and are "supposed" to have issues with ATI. Ceebee- No I wouldn't usually use that setup (well not for long) but Edit Poly > Turbosmooth (top) are…
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