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Question about baking high to low
I'm currently modelled a few Japanese props, but they're simple assets made from wood so I don't know if I should make a high poly version first then bake to low. I made this lamp and realized it's going to be quite blocky, even though it is made of wood. But it's very difficult to bevel most of the edges, especially while… -
Question about 3D environment ideas
Hi everyone, I just have a really simple question about when you guys start your 3D environments, generally do you look for concepts to work from? and if so where do you get them and do you need to ask for permission from the artist and ofc credit them.. or do you just gather images from google and just create a project… -
A question about baking entire characters.
As I'm self teaching myself character art there are a lot of basic things I am missing. One thing I can't seem to figure out is how people bake normals of full characters. I have a knight character with tons of high poly subtools and before I would bake each piece individually and create maps for each piece, but now I want… -
Re: Question about 3ds max and Zbrush
Thanks Kanga, i will try that then about the projection cage in max, yes i dont like it too because when i bake it, i almost always have to do alot of fine tunes to the cage to not get any red points on render to texture, this is soo tedious about Xnormal i will definitly try that, but how can i make in xnormals without a… -
Re: Question about posing a highpoly character
Thank you guys, I didn't know about transpose master. After reading your guides, I searched for a tutorial about it, and I found this: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6THhnv0m6g"]Posing Characters in Zbrush using a Zsphere Rig[/ame] Looks very easy to use and very fast. Thanks once again, lets see what I get :D -
Question about zbrush Projection vs Normal Maps
Hi, apologies if this is a silly question, but I can't seem to find an answer with my google-fu. When you have a high poly and a low poly, for games, do you ever project the high poly mesh onto the low poly? Specifically, using zbrush's Projection tool. I was under the impression that it was high poly, retopo, bake normal… -
Hallucinations about Normal mapping
Okay I'll make this as short as possible, cause I am really sick right now but...As I was laying in bed feeling miserable I started to think about normal mapping. >Lol...I know pathetic...anyway... Why don't they make a program like zbrush where( instead of building a highpoly and using zmapper to creat a normal map for… -
A little bit more about Midway Games bankruptcy
Not sure how many of you read Game Politics, I just found out about it a few weeks ago from another PC post. Midway Creditors Sue Former Owner, Mystery Buyer In the midst of Midway's bankruptcy, there is now a pending lawsuit on some of the higher-ups from the company. Although not relating directly to the artists, I still… -
[US] Wisdom about Choosing Medical Insurance as an Individual
Hey PC, I have a friend who's looking into getting medical insurance for himself, and he feels a bit intimated by the number of esoteric terms and variety of plans that he can choose from. I myself have the same concerns as he does. He's single, basically a freelancer. Lives in California. Does anyone have specific… -
General question about textures
Hi everyone, I recently started dabbling with Unreal 4 and Substance Painter and came across something that I don't know much about, so I came here for an answer. Basically, I'm working on a mesh with multiple objects and therefore requires multiple materials. In Maya I have separated my mesh by assigning different…
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