Maya High to Low Poly

# 1 01-09-2013 , 05:25 PM

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Hi everyone,

before posting this thread I searched forum on this topic. they have been discussing Maya along with ZBrush/Mudbox workflow.

I would like to know, if it is possible to convert a high > low poly ONLY/within Maya?

NOTE : Unfortunately I already UV mapped and also textured the model. user added image

eg: I have a Car as shown in screenshot (more than 2 million polys). I want to have a low poly model, coz rendering a single frame takes around 5 mins (without any render passes). So how can this be accomplished.

Sorry for noob question, I have ignored this topic before, but "learned" things quite lately. user added image

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# 2 01-09-2013 , 05:45 PM

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I know there are tools in 2014 and the new update in Sept that lets you do this after texturing (well they are in the videos anyway)

But I don`t know how to do it myself soz

Maya 2014 New Features: Advanced Modeling Workflow - YouTube

See thew first video here - https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya-lt/features

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# 3 02-09-2013 , 04:26 AM

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its maya 2013

Thanks for reply mate, user added image

but should have mentioned earlier that I am using Maya 2013 (64 bit). How do people used to perform similar task (as shown in video maya 2014) in earlier Maya 2013?

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# 4 08-10-2013 , 08:19 AM

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if its made in mudbox you might be able to just step the poly-count number down´by going through the menu's

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# 5 08-10-2013 , 11:47 AM

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Retopo mate, PITA. I have used the poly reduction tools in Maya and Max up to 2013, they suck. The machine will not interpolate very well, especially on something with that many polys.

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