Hi Chris,
Not alot of other apps have a Retopo OR poly reduction type feature
included, so RS is not alone. The only other app I found and use with
close on it is Modo by Luxology. Andy Browns recent video tutes at
luxology go hugely into this area:
http://www.luxology.com/store/training_series06.aspx
Scroll down and look at samples and read the tute contents. Lux got
Andy to meet up with big game developer companys and got him to
extract all the nuggets for hi to low poly mesh devel from them, then
to create vids on the process. I find some of this may apply to other apps too.
Cheers
Aidan
At 12:49 05/12/2007, you wrote:
Thanks for the feedback and ideas.
I will go for the manual method as a last resort.
Realsoft just does not seem to have the tools for this kind of operation.
I will test out the Blender/RETOPO option first.
Chris Sellars
Morsel Animation
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From: "Aidan O Driscoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Polygon reduction
> Hi Chris,
>
> Not sure about your feelings for Blender, alot of people shun it for
> one reason or another, usually "I hate the interface". BUT, as a FREE
> app it has the tools required to do what you are asking. The tool in
> focus is RETOPO. I haven't used it extensively, but it allows you to
> make a 'low poly clone' of your hi poly mesh. Import into Blender via OBJ.
>
> http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?p=812064
>
> Here a guy outlines step by step how he "created lower poly mesh from
> higher poly" using retopo.
>
> http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-297613529041280875&hl=en-CA
>
> An early vid on the retopo tool, but not really looking at the hi/low
> poly idea, but still interesting.
>
> http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Manual/Retopo
>
> This Wiki tute might explain it easier.
>
> As Jashan said in his reply - "a pro friend does poly reduction
> manually". The above retopo tool seems to fit this method. Google for
> more stuff on retopo in Blender. Also have a look at:
>
> http://blenderartists.org/forum/
>
> Loads of threads on Retopo.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Aidan
>
>
>
>
> At 22:40 04/12/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi Folks,
> >
> >Anyone know of a cheap and cheerful way to effectively reduce the polygon
> >count on an imported model either within or outside of Realsoft ?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Chris Sellars
> >Morsel Animation
> >
> >
> >
> >
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