[3.00.08 [beta]]

what can sketch tool do (last one is alien artefact)

[3.00.08 [beta]]

Played with new sketch tool, interesting greeble maker. To make it more useful it need "pick random 3 images from selected folder" button.

And need quick delete tool for result, bcos now to make new one, i have to click on "ok" button twice: once after "clean", second after switch from "merge tool".

[3.00.08 [beta]]

Voxel hide extremely cool! But bug with masks: in brush mode drow outside mask, with border there mark from border on surface and cut very "rough".

Topology hide works perfect thank you.

Found that pose tool works with mask now in brush mode, super Great update!

[3.00.08 [beta]]

Воксельный хайд очень крутой! Но с масками глючит: с кистями рисует за пределами маски, а с рамкой остается след от рамки и срез очень "шершавый".

Хайд в топологии работает отлично спасибо большое.

Обнаружил что pose tool работает с масками в режиме кисти, супер Отличный апдейт!

[Cuffins Sketchbook]

Impressive! First creature very haughty and elegant, like elfs from Michael Swanwick's novels.

[Tinker's sketchbook]

со стороны конечно виднее, но мне не нравятся яркие и чистые текстуры (аля варкрафт). Пятна и приглушенные цвета сделаны специально

[Tinker's sketchbook]

I think i finished texturing:

7048 triangles

2048x2048 normal, texture+occlusion and specular maps.

Some animations left and ready to use in any 3d engine (i did it for Unity3D engine im playing now with)

[Купить через WM]

Тут возник такой вопрос у девушки:

Я получила дисконтный аккоунт на почту с скидкой на 50$, но при переходе ссылкой нету варианта WM. После, на другой странице об оплате через веб мани ниокаком дисконте не идет речь, ссылка переходит в обычный режим. Как мне купить Коат по WM используя дискаунт? Буду очень благодарна содействию, так как деньги на счету ждуг програмку, а тут такой конфуз... С Уважением Линда.

[Simple to add and effective]

- Image preview for "Materials - load a new material" file open dialog

[3.00.08 [beta]]

Just started paint textures.

3.00.08I CUDA 32

Painting mode very unstable. Keeps crushing every 2 minutes, both GL and DX.

[Tinker's sketchbook]

Topo, UVs and baking done.

7048 triangles, 2048x2048 normal and occlusion map.

yep, there are some little distortions, i think it will be ok after texturing.

Btw, 3D-Coat normal baking tool great! Nice normal map out of the box. No need of photoshop and bluring.

[3.00.08 [beta]]

I moved last bug to special thread, hope Andrew will find it there

[Tinker's sketchbook]

Nice trick! Thank you

Fixed some problem places. Now i can emulate hide throu cutting mesh apart in C4D, spending some additional time on it, but i can do it now

[Please include "Retopology Layers"]

Definitely!

Im beging Andrew of this in beta topic at the moment

[Please include "Retopology Layers"]

Or even make retopo objects in the same tree with voxel objects (with deferent icon or something).

Idea is: you have for example 6 leg spider model. You could retopo one leg, make polys voxel's child and clone/move it with voxel object together.

[3.00.08 [beta]]

Спасибо! Еще бы для топологии хайд, было бы вообще замечательно

[3.00.08 [beta]]

В режиме топологии тоже нельзя ставить точки и полигоны, когда за спиной у камеры воксели. Они вместо этого появляются снаружи, на поверхности которая за спиной у камеры.

Попробуйте в сфере проделать "пещеру", залететь туда камерой, развернуться на 90 градусов и создать полигон.

И "динамическая точка вращения вьюпорта" тоже не работает в этой ситуации.

Это оказалось довольно серьезной проблемой, например на модельке которую сейчас делаю обнаружились места куда я просто не могу добраться чтобы закончить топологию. Я загоняю туда камеру, а создать ничего в этом месте не могу.

P.S. еще насчет юзабилити топологии: может стоит сделать у инструмента "quad" по правой кнопке мыши движение вершин, как в режиме "points&faces" или "add/split". На практике еще ни разу не понадобилось двигать ребра, а вот переключаться с этого инструмента на другие, чтобы подвинуть вершину, приходится постоянно. Для этого ктомуже есть более точный инструмент slide edges (который кстати было бы неплохо заменить на slide edge loops).

Спасибо!

[Tinker's sketchbook]

Hover over it until they highlighted and press DEL. (Thx to Akira)

Woohoo thay gone! Thank you And thanks to Akira

This is one important reason to use different layers for single objects. A good schedule is very important, as alway for complex models. wink.gif

I have in voxels hands separated from the body, but wish i could do it with topology too, or just hide them.

[3.00.08 [beta]]

I found the reason of huge usability problem with retopology.

As you can see on this images, 3D-Coat project strokes from "environment" not from camera. So, if behind camera there is voxel object, you cant work on surface in front of camera, you will work on that back surface instead.

I cant say i like it, but i understand, its peculiarity of a program, how voxels work, etc.

But in Retopo mode its definitely not good, bcos if you start making topology between for example hand and torso, you cant work at all: all points you create will appear on the surface at camera's back. Add to this lack of hide tool in topo mode and you get huge pain in the ass. Now, i can barely continue work bcos of it.

Could you do something with it? Points/polygons are less tricky then voxels, maybe you can base them on camera, not "outside"?

Thank you!

[Tinker's sketchbook]

Topo nearly finished, but problem with difficult of access places. Realy need tool to hide parts of topology. Work slow down significantly.

Btw, is there a way to remove that blue isolated vertexes?

P.S. Export-import mesh works not good. Some vertexes are on differen place after it, even after just re-import without edit.

[Simple to add and effective]

DONE! Thanx, Andrew! - Hide tool for retopo, and/or ability to work throu backface (invisible side) of existing polys.

Need it badly now.

[Elements for the Video]

Great textures and style! Shears are favourite

[Leigh's Sketchbook]

My second approach which is better is to convert the feather into an OBJ and remerge it to a current layer that way transform remains active and i can continue to manipulate gizo amd mere multiple times to the same layer wit hthe simple press of the enter key. which is much more managable. So Suggested improvement from this observation would be to somehow allow merging of 3b file to current layer with transform gizmo remaining active.

Yes this is the only workaround for a while.

Looks like lot of hard and careful work. Great, LJB! Very nice wing.

[3.00.08 [beta]]

After topology half done it happens very often bcos almost all area under cursor covered with vertexes, offering poly to create. I dont think its hard to fix, just forbid to add poly with this tool with right mouse btn when Alt key pressed.

[3.00.08 [beta]]

I found execlty, it happens when i zoom with alt+right mouse button, while cursor over blue highlight, ready to add poly. It zooms and add poly in same time.