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Re: Gnome 3D scan + Technical Writeup
I use Photoscan for a few years already and still can't figure out why it sometimes does very clean and nice result with even small cracks and even fabric fibers with one camera/lighting and then too noisy geometry with other one. Regardless of the camera/optic price. Looks like less bokeh , vignetting soft corners etc,… -
Re: Black Metal Textures.. is this right?
You might want something more like this. But seriously, you might want to look at wrought iron reference. It was more common then, for things to be made out of this crude sort of refined iron. It tends to be shiny due to the oil on it, usually cracked in many places or sort of warped to get a large amount of highlighting… -
Re: Advice for a first timer?
Maya's smoothing groups are called "hard edges" and "soft edges", if you haven't figured that out already. Be aware that Maya's cage doesn't affect the normals direction, only distance, unlike Xnormal's and 3ds Max's, which can change direction. Having said that, if you modeled and smoothed it well and lined the two models… -
Re: Complex Shaders
I've been using Maya/FBX and the materials in Unity somewhat reflect the options in Maya, if I used transparency or specular those come across to Unity, and if the texture is there and in a certain spot it'll automagically find and assign that as well. Strumpy Shader Editor is what you'll be using for node/shader creation.… -
Re: Sci Fi corridoor -Texture help
For UDK, you have to set up the reflections yourself. You can multiply a cubemap reflection by a black and white mask. Generally, you get a cubemap from the level, but you could make your own or just use one of the default UDK ones. The Specular Power controls the highlight falloff. If you use a Constant, it'll control the… -
Re: Difference between Substance Painter's "Average Normals" baking and a traditional cage workflow?
I'm not certain, but i think some of the confusion regarding the "don't harden all UV island edges" comes from the difference between the mindset of smoothing groups vs hard/soft edges. If you are setting uv islands to be separate smoothing groups then that won't harden all the uv borders they are different things. For… -
Re: TOWER WARS! [indie game]
Thanks for the kind words guys! hamzaaa: Thanks for the comments! We agreed, it was too squishy, we've gone back and made it less "soft" and made the fire animations more powerful, you'll see it in future sneak peaks. Luke: Thanks man! Our game will be a different focus than defense grid (which we have all played a lot… -
Re: Ipad and pen
That is the problem with the ipad. For it to even recognize input it requires something touching the screen to be about at least as wide as your pinky finger and to be semi conductive. Which is why you can't wear gloves when using it (unless they are conductive also). So you I don't think you will ever get a pen point tip… -
Re: Hand painted in less time?
If you want it smooth, use the soft brush? Same things that applies to regular painting applies here as well. Start big, go small, from general to specific. Sounds like you're trying to do equal polish over the entire surface which you wouldn't do in a painting where the focal points would get more polish than the rest.… -
Re: Is it just me or is Autodesk putting 3DS Max aside?
amen to that. We've been trying to wean people off of Photoshop/Quixel and switch them towards Painter. Mostly because we expect our clients to require more and more of Substance tool skills. We offer training, in-house and by Allegorithmic, we have wikis, self-help tutorials, on-demand support, etc. But it can be an…
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