Project Workflow: Creating a Next-Gen Sci-Fi Prop – Day 2
Tutorial Details
- Software Used: Autodesk 3ds Max
- Difficulty Level: Advanced
- Completion Time: 1 - 3 hours (depending on skill level)
- Additional Files/ Plugins: IC.Shape, Smooth Manager, TexTools, Unwrap Tools, Texporter, OBJ Exporter, Marmoset Toolbag, and Soulburnscripts,
Final Product What You'll Be Creating
In this series, aimed at already advanced artists, you will be able see the next-gen game art workflow of another artist, and learn some new tricks that will help you to push your own art even further.
This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 1
This second video in the series will cover the methods used to create the low poly mesh using the existing high poly mesh, unwrap it, and bake the normal and ambient occlusion map. I will also be importing it into the popular Marmoset Toolbag model viewer by 8monkey Labs and prepping it for texturing.
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This tutorial is Day 2 in a series – Go to Day 1
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Excellent work dude, crystal clear technique.. thanks for the efforts..
Hey thx for the vid looks real nice, … i dont mean to be picky but the one of the side panels on the main body looked like it had a big Smothing error on it, kinda annoyed me that you didnt notice it while looking att the Normal map :P
I actually did mention it. It’s really fairly minor and a texture will cover it up almost completely.
By the way, I touched upon tangent basis in this video too. 3 Point Studios recently released a shader for the max viewport that fixes the tangent basis mismatch in Max. This means you can have one smooth group and no split edges, and as long as you bake it in max scanline and display it in the 3 point quality viewport display or any display synced with max scanline, it will look perfect.
Outstanding….Learned a trick or two…Can’t wait for the next part.
Can you post a link to this 3 poit studios fix for max?
http://www.3pointstudios.com/3pointshader_about.shtml
exellent tutorial !
thank you very much
fantastic !!
are you planning to make the next texturing part ?
you rock man
High Poly modelling..!!!
Great…!
Racer, as always making the best tutorials this industry has to offer! You really should continue working on these man, they’re the most informative piece of information around.
Thank you very much!
very good , thanks
All I can say is WOW.
Very impressed with your skills. I’m a begginer in 3DS max and I would like to ask you where did you learn working with the 3DS ( was it a self learning path or do you have any official education)and how long you worked with Max?
THX for the tut.
Karol
he is self educated if I remember correctly.
(he was 17 I believe when he created the AK tutorial)
Your are an inspiration to us all. Im gonna watch all of your tutorials now. You make max look easy to use.