Maya's software renderer doesn't render normalmaps properly. If you've just put your normal-map into the Bump connection of your materials (default maya middle-click drag and drop behaviour) then you'll have to use Mental Ray to render this properly. Change your renderer to Mental Ray in the options and try re-rendering.…
After GDC I have permission to start making a tutorial. Hard edged models still have subdivides so that a subtle curve is defined on the lips and rims of shapes as this allows the normal map to pick up light properly. Hard, simplistic chamfered edges produce an on or off option for lighting on the normal map, this is why…
I have been working on a portfolio piece for a while now, but I'm not really satisfied with the progress, Somewhere along the way, I feel I’ve lost direction. I’d deeply appreciate honest and constructive feedback—no sugar-coating, please! Issues I'm aware of * Environment feels underpopulated; lacking enough props and…
So i tought i would use my winter break to follow a tutorial and up my 3D skills (hopefully) but i ran into a problem. The tutorial wants me to download these scripts; https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/vertex-align-tools-corner-align-for-maya/download https://www.highend3d.com/maya/script/wp-rename-for-maya…
I've decided to finally get into Substance Designer after a long time of being too intimidated by it to really learn it. My plan is to implement Designer as much as I can into my workflow for the environment that I'm currently working on. (You can check out that project here:…
Hey guys! I created a lever for udk and animation for it. Nothing too fancy, just up and down. Baked it all, export as FBX with animation checkbox checked in and tried to import it in the UDK but every time I try to, I get an error "import failed" I looked 2 different tutorials in the internet but every time I get same…
First of all sorry for my bad english, i'm from Poland :) And I dont want to use google translator. I dont know wher to put that thread, so if I post on wrong thread, please move it. So i want to start making graphics for games. And I asking you: where to start? How to start? I tried several times to make something 3D Max,…
I'm following along with a tutorial and I must have hit some button and now it's seriously hindering my ability to follow along. When i try to select and edge the target edge turns green and the edges next to it turn red, when i modify the target edge the others react as well. I know its some sort of group modify tool or…
Noob here, trying to jump straight into creating a courier. Currently having trouble with my rotation and scale in Dota 2. I imported the donkey courier and turns out my courier is way undersized. Scaling it up screws up the animations, any other way I can do it? Up to this point I've figured out a lot as I've been going…
Hello dear community I'm new to Maya, and I'm following a tutorial about "Maya Tilling setup" and the planes that has been created perfectly adds to UV Editor in the tutorial: But when I duplicate(via Edit Mesh > Duplicate) the plane, It does not show in UV Editor! What should I do?: Also when I want to move the new planes…