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Does Anyone Know How To Replicate Scott Cawthon's Style?
You Can Replicating Scott Cawthon's Style (Model and Lighting) In 3Ds Max?
13:43 UTC
Help with texture identifcation
Hi all i am new on this reddit, I have been using 3ds max for many years now I love its simplicity in comparsion to blender which i am still learning sort of.
Anyway I need a bit of help I am probably stupid and you will all go its a x or x texture but any help would be a appreciated. I have textures like these to use as part of a main texture and i dont know what this texture would be and where to use it in vray material.
Many thanks Tim
14:31 UTC
Bringing the spirit of adventure to life!
This is my latest Full CGI 3D artwork, inspired by the breathtaking atmosphere of Albert Bierstadt’s paintings. Capturing the grand landscapes, soft light, and cinematic depth was my main goal. I wanted to create a scene that feels both vast and intimate—like stepping into a dream of the great outdoors.
3ds max/Corona/Itoo/Quixel
TimeLapse https://youtu.be/QHM0zF_mg_k
14:07 UTC
how can i import this rigged character into another 3ds max scene without it messing up the biped rig? on the left is a character that was created within the scene and has the correct rig. on the right is an older character i made but have re-rigged and exported as an FBX but the rig has been change
13:36 UTC
Gamification/Interactive Visualization on 3Ds Max?
I recently got into 3Ds Max for interior design and architecture. I was wondering if it somehow allows us to export scenes as .exe games like Unreal Engine does. Even if it was through a plugin
09:25 UTC
TIL : you can use material IDs to improve the retopo modifier's results
A little something I found out recentlyz. I imagine someone can make a small script for max to have zbrush like polygroups workflow with that e retopo mod.
07:03 UTC
RTX 4050 or Radeon RX 7600s Graphic Card for 3ds Max (Corona Renderer)
Hello guys , I m buying a laptop but I m confused which graphic card will be good for my 3ds Max projects of residential interior design. Please Help
04:24 UTC
Corona renderer - distributed rendering (Need to advice on rendering different frames with other machines)
Is there any way of using DR to render different frames of a project? I tried setting up Deadline... it was a nightmare. I have 3 machines connected to DR. I want to render out some short animations... but it will only render 1 frame at a time. It takes around 5 minutes for the other machines to kick in and by that the time, the frame is already complete. So they never kick in and help render times. Any way around this? TIA
20:13 UTC
Help: No packing density
There is no option to increase my packing density after uv unwrapping in my 3ds max. i am going Open uv editor > tools > pack uvs then a flyout is opening but it has no packing resolution option. how can i increase my resolution other wide my textures are not sharp.
13:38 UTC
why render is yellow
why its giving yellow???
i have added
sun- intensity 1 size is 7 default vray sky in envt
ies- multiplier is 500 temp - 6000
sphere light- multiplier is 600 temp - 6000
wall texture is white
14:58 UTC
Help for texture
Hello, I downloaded a scene from internet, but when I import it into 3ds, the objects are white, objects do not have their texture. I added the path to my texture folder in the customize / project paths but still nothing. Do you know where this could come from?
Thanks
15:13 UTC
why no lights
why there is no lights
scene have 6 ies lights whose multiplier is 2500
dome light light multiplier is 500
3 sphere lights multiplier 500
then also no lights why??
15:42 UTC
Armold Mesh Light - Any way to use the same for multiple objects/instances?
Hello, in this simple case I got 4 instances of the same object, but each linked to a diferent moving object...
Im wondering if there is any "easy" way to force a single light mesh to cast light on all instances... It is mostly a case of keep the scene with the minimum elements to tweak, since in this case all would respond the same aside the hierarchy.
Maybe is just imposible, Im not finding decent info about this topic. Anyways thx for your time reading this.
01:30 UTC
How to model this seam?
I’m having trouble modeling seams in this section. Can someone show me how to do this?
I tried adding extrusion inward to create the defined seam but it just messed up the object.
21:09 UTC
Unwrap and keep polygon dimension ?
HI :)
i want to unwrap the faces of this model, to print a physical (paper) texture and place them on a 3d print of this model. is there any way inside unwrap modifier to keep the exact dimension of the polygon without deforming it so it will be an accurate print? see attached image.
Thanks!
20:04 UTC
100 products, 50 materials with 36 angles and corresponding name output. What do you guys suggest?
Hello I have a question. I need to render a product that will be in a very simple scene with a shadow catcher and HDRI map. And I need to render a product with a selection of 50 materials and colors (so not the same every time) And with that I need 3 different camera angles. And for one of the cameras I need the model to rotate 360 degrees so Iget 36 pictures.
So, Ive been thinking of animating the materials but that doesn't allow me to select the material that I want to batch render. And I need all of this to render to different folders with a different name for every material and color.
What would you guys suggest being the best approach?
14:46 UTC
Could someone convert this .max file to and .fbx! I have subscription for Maya but can't open this file. hence I need someone with max access can export this as an fax and share it with me,
09:47 UTC
How would you approach this?
I bought the ClayDoh addon on Blender and I would like to test mini models (I prefer modeling on 3dsMax tho). After several attempts, I still don't know how to the entries. This is the model I'd like to reproduce.
First I tried to do the greenhouse in one part. But when I madethe doors and addzs support edges, the front of the greehouse is not curvy anymore. Some bumps appeared and the chamfer was ruined.
So I tried a new modeling with individual elements but it still feels so off. Starting with the rounded corners of the doors. I know on Blender we can force the flat state on an edge/face.
Would you model it in one piece or several ones? Thank you
01:58 UTC
Unable to interact with anything
00:42 UTC
Is there a way to set object rendering priority?
I'm trying to render an object in a way that it always shows in the final render, even if another object covers it in the camera's shot. Is there a way to make that happen? I use the Scanline renderer
21:54 UTC
what are good settings to get scanline renderer to not look so blurry on the output video?
this is what it looks like in 3ds max when the frames are rendering
but then this is what the avi file looks like
20:42 UTC
I have created an animation but when I play it, the separate objects like hair move off the head slightly
I have tried just moving it back and even created key frames to try and stick it in place but every time the animation plays it goes back to being unaligned with the head like in the picture above
I also tried using the link tool, once to the body mesh and once again to link it to the rig head bone but the problem still persists
14:26 UTC
3DS Max - Attribute Holder modifier
14:00 UTC
Scale UVs to uniform density?
13:26 UTC
Making a set of armour for a sci-fi game, WIP. Thoughts?
Thoughts on this model? Made mostly out of box primitives with FFD 4x4s on them around a metahuman body. Thoughts? Also I'd love some tutorials on how to rig armour in max.
13:25 UTC
Need your help testing automated VR/AR conversion for 3ds Max models
Hey everyone 👋
I'm building a tool that converts architectural models to VR/AR with one click, and I could really use your expertise. We opened up a beta and had great feedback from Revit and Sketchup users, but we recieved very few 3ds Max models to properly test our conversion logic.
The interesting (and frustrating) part: Our automated face-flipping and z-fighting removal works perfectly on about 70% of models, but isnt fixing things perfectly just yet. I want to understand what types of models cause these issues so we can improve the algorithms.
If you're interested in helping test:
- Initially we can only accomodate light models, check the following guide to ensure it's set up correctly: Model limitations and setup guide
- Drag-and-Drop your model here: https://www.enviz.co/space-ai-order
- It takes around 6 hrs in our pipeline then you will get an email with links to access on phone, tablet, Quest headset or web.
- Most importantly: I need your brutally honest feedback about what works/breaks. Feel free to roast me in the comments.
As a thank you, anything you create will be live on my platform for 1 year.
Drop your thoughts in the comments - good or bad, it all helps make this better.
Note: This is for architectural quality models. We are working on a photoreal arch-viz pipeline in the background.
06:16 UTC