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Sticky Information About Polycount & New Member Introductions Information You Should Know About the Polycount Forum Here are some things you should know about the Polycount Forum. New Members Welcome to Polycount! Please reply to this thre…	29.7K Last	prosaicgod Jul 14 2020
Sticky Bugs! We got 'em! Please post all your bug reports here. Anything wrong with the forums, we want to know about it. We think you want to be informed about what's going on with the forums. In that spirit, here's a …	274 Last	onionhead_o Jul 7 2020
Sticky Greentooth Sightings in Videogames If you spot a surreptitiously placed Greentooth in a videogame, take a screen shot and share it here.Please only post legit videogame screenshots.Please only post legit Greentooth's. Similar or …	44 Last	Spag_Eddy Jun 6 2020
Sticky How to embed Youtube If you post a Youtube link directly into your edit, usually you'll see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kVbM6dtCywTo embed, click the Toggle HTML View button, paste the link, click Toggle …	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 25 2020
Sticky ⛔ You need to reset your password. This is most likely because... Vanilla Forums Status:On Friday, November 15th at 5pm our devs were made aware that full user records in BCRYPT Hash Format were being outputted to browsers when users were quoted. Our team immediate…	18 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 16 2020
Sticky Polycount Discord/Slack/Skype/Hangout/etc. We've set up a Polycount chat room[s] on the Discord service. Click the link here and you'll be taken there. This is a no-time limit invite.Check out more here for the service's info and stand a…	39 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2019
Sticky How to Post on the Internet I want to talk about the common questions and misconceptions inexperienced artists have, either when they start working towards becoming an artists or when they join Polycount. This is a culmination …	176 Last	Rnz May 2018
Is anyone frustrated because of the quality of their work? I am getting really frustrated and unmotivated because of the quality of what I make.Everything i make is bad, i have never made anything that i think looks good or satisfied with. And i mean absolut…	9 Last	lefix 2:09AM
Show your workspace! WFH has certainly changed things around a bit, let's see your space!Crappy freecycle desk, but it was free! Can't beat free. Chair was freecycle too. Home laptop on the left, work laptop on the right…	24 Last	lefix 2:07AM
Which software do you hate the most to work with (for whatever reason)? I'm not asking which software is objectively the worst, or how do they compare, but which one you, personally, hate - but must - use. 3D or 3D-related software, of course.	64 Last	lefix 1:54AM
Maya Bifrost Bifrost is now an open graph.For now more a Fx tool but there is more in the pipe. https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/introducing-bifrost-for-maya/	18 Last	oglu Jul 14 2020
Simple, artist friendly version control? Anybody have a recommendation for some version control software that's relatively easy to pickup and foolproof? I only need it for local backup and revisions, no collaboration. I have some storage sp…	9 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 13 2020
Topogun 3 - looking good So there's a few new-ish videos popping up about this (finally). Looks like some real improvement, and the patch tool is looking sexy. Any thoughts?https://vimeo.com/403023432	15 Last	Ruz Jul 12 2020
What made you feel good today? What made you feel good today? Tell us what us what made you feel happy today. Sister thread,[URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116211"]What made you feel crap today?[/URL] I s…	1K Last	MikeF Jul 11 2020
The Answer to Any Question Isn't Really Very Helpful In this forum I have noticed that the answer to any question is "do your own research", "try it for yourself", or "the software won't make you any better of an artist". Those are all correct an…	21 Last	DavidCruz Jul 9 2020
What are you listening to? Artist: Blind Guardian Song: Mordred's Song Genre: Metal/Folk/Acoustic You might like this if: You like any melodic metal or bard melodies. One of my favorite Blind Guardian songs. good working musi…	2.5K Last	Spag_Eddy Jul 7 2020
What made you feel crap today? What little thing has pissed you off/made you sad today? I feel so dirty after creating the "what made you feel good" thread, all those mopey and happy people covered in Disney love :) so I t…	639 Last	Ashervisalis Jul 6 2020
The Last of Us 2 environments I have been wondering about the environments in the Last of Us 2 and the amount of detail in them is astonishing. I am not sure what game engine Naughty Dog is using but I wonder if dynamic lig…	8 Last	Broadcast Jul 1 2020
Similar countrys like Iceland Hi,I would love to know if there are other similar countrys like Iceland with these Landscapes	9 Last	sacboi Jun 30 2020
Mouse clicks, I got 'em! The difference between a slack day and a busy day for us office workers: how many times we click the mouse. "My day was super busy today, I clicked my mouse 100 times more than average." That's a jok…	7 Last	ghost-d Jun 27 2020
Best CGI "places" to discuss/ask questions/share knowledge...(?) (forums, facebooks, discords..)? HelloWhat are the best places to discuss CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)... mainly 3D, but 2D too, VFX etc..? I mean places where you can ask questions, discuss, share knowledge etc... So far i was …	9 Last	Jonathan85 Jun 27 2020
30 years of MAX I started with MAX 3.1. That was 20 years ago. https://beforesandafters.com/2020/06/04/a-visual-history-of-3ds-max/	18 Last	Obscura Jun 26 2020
How do you log out??? So my account wouldn't log in with the new forums so I tried resetting password but no email came so I made this new account to ask about it but then saw that the email system is down.Now I can't log…	12 Last	fdfxd2 Jun 26 2020
Unreleased LOTR video game pitch by Travellers Tales. Game was meant to be a tie into the hobbit movies, but the pitch was based on Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Rings.The interesting part is that the graphics seem way ahead of their time (game wa…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 26 2020
suggestion Would be nice if there was a comment section per post within the What are you working on 2020. Basically something on the right of a post that i can leave a comment. Ive always wanted to leave a comm…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 26 2020
XboxSX and PS5 Specs are looking fine but all the good Games are in the PS camp.https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/02/24/what-you-can-expect-next-generation-gaming/?ocid=Platform_soc_omc_xbo_tw_Video_lrn_2.24.1	36 Last	Dihemi Jun 20 2020
Likes on artstation are important. Let's be honest. Some people say its not about number of likes. That's bullshit, it's all about likes, it is a matter of a quality. I've never seen a bad, non quality piece of art on artsation that has 200 likes…	63 Last	guitarguy00 Jun 20 2020
I can't log in to my main account Hey,I'm having problems logging into my main account ([email protected]). I've tried resetting the email but I just get a "Sorry, permission denied" message.I'm not seeing anywhere that I can mess…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 17 2020
Nvidia Studio Drivers or Game Ready Drivers for Work/Gaming PC I am using my PC for Work (Maya, Substance Painter, etc) and Gaming, Ryzen 3600 and 1080ti. Would like to know what drivers you guys are using for Work and Gaming. Since the Studio Driver releases ar…	12 Last	Blaizer Jun 16 2020
Whiteboards for brainstorming/notes? I want to be able to quickly make notes, and make quick graphs, and looks at them and found that a whiteboard actually worked well for me, though it has it has it's advantages and disadvantages compa…	5 Last	McGreed Jun 16 2020
Autodesk Acquires Blender Just found out that Blender got bought by Autodesk. Today can't get any worse... https://www.facebook.com/Autodesk-Blender	13 Last	raysosher Jun 16 2020
The most amazing abandoned 3D sketching program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl1I7ZtsJtY The last time I was in this forum is 2015 !!! Man it is good to be back.Of all the sketch to 3D program I have came across, this is the closet that come to…	15 Last	Bracer Jun 12 2020
Music You've Made I'd like to mention that I created an cinematic ambient track. It's released under the basic attribution creative commons license so you're free to use it however you wish in whatever commercial or …	249 Last	Ashervisalis Jun 12 2020
New banner artists! Please join us in congratulating the artists who are responsible for the Polycount banners this month! Remember, if you see something that's banner-worthy, use the Flag > Report button an…	1 Last	LuisCherubini Jun 10 2020
Jimquisition on game studios having "their artists look at real (and traumatic) violent imagery" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffNaGxlFDQQToday's Jimquisition talks about how game studios have their artists look at real (and traumatic) violent imagery for no real good reason."Figured some artis…	13 Last	almighty_gir Jun 8 2020
Is this fake? Hello,so for example if i'm crafting a 3d character for the portfolio purposes, character have one mechanical hand, if i use kitbash to assembly the hand out of various mecha tiny parts is it c…	11 Last	GnarlyPotato Jun 7 2020
Game studios should do more to reduce their carbon footprint with a goal to becoming carbon negative I've been thinking about this for a bit. I'm fortunate to live in an area that is primarily powered by renewable resources. However not all artists/studios have this. Texas has been growing considera…	7 Last	JoshuaG Jun 1 2020
The Ascent Teaser Trailer, IGN exclusive and more Super excited about the new game from Neon Giant. https://www.pixelfondue.com/blog/2020/5/12/ascent-teaser-trailer-and-morehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32gaWV-5hXg&has_verified=1	8 Last	fdfxd2 May 25 2020
Will we have another Riot Creative Contest? Hi! :) I've seen in 2014 and in 2017 (I didn't know it till now :'( ) there was a fan-made creations's official contest about the League of Legends universe which had several categories a…	0 Last	Beebbit May 21 2020
Future of Gaming: What's it going to look like? With the next generation of game consoles on the horizon, what should we expect to see from a 3D tech stand point?Things we have already seen includeReal-time ray-tracing (RTX) VR and ARHigh refresh …	16 Last	Neox May 19 2020
craminated jiffy bread one rule. must relate to gaming or art. or cats. jiff on!	51 Last	sacboi May 5 2020
Is Blender taking over the 3D industry? I'm a bit worried about blender taking over the 3D modeling industry. I myself used Blender 2.79 when I started learning 3D but then, due to the gaming studios using Maya, I switched to it (I ha…	10 Last	zachagreg May 4 2020
HighEnd3D (formerly: Creative Crash) is gone? Anyone who regularily download scripts, tools and plugins for Autodesk Maya will know that HighEnd3D (formerly Creative Crash) is no more. The website is down, and has been down for weeks - even mont…	15 Last	Eric Chadwick May 3 2020
Virtual Reality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W0N3uKXmo&list=LLs0dUXWTvIONxc63-UDQsSg&index=2&t=0sVery excited about this. Pretty sure the trailer alone is going to make some jobs for us. Very inspir…	39 Last	another caveman Apr 30 2020
Happy 22nd Polycount Happy 22nd Polycount, enjoy.	34 Last	Lamont Apr 28 2020
WAYWO usage We thought this would be a pretty clear little bit of netiquette, but perhaps it could be spelled out better.In the What Are You Working On (WAYWO) threads lately, we've been seeing single posts with…	123 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 25 2020
Subscribing to a topic via email Hi,Is there a way for me to subscribe to a topic / subforum and receive notifications via email?Thanks.	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Apr 20 2020
Join our discord for zbrush enthusiasts :) https://discord.gg/fH7NcYFor the most part, we just post our WIP and give CC.. but while its a zbrush enthusiast group its obviously not limited to that. Hope to see you there :)	0 Last	lukaskut Apr 20 2020
How they made COD Remastered game? Hi right now so many game studios are releasing remastered version of their games. I have one doubt recently call of duty Modern warfare 2 released remastered version did they model each …	2 Last	jayantbhatt007 Apr 13 2020
Whos playing hl:Alyx? This game is awesome, cant even get all my thoughts together. This is the culmination of 6 years of vr r&d and truly a leap in game design and mechanics i havnt seen the likes of since hl2. Whos …	10 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Apr 9 2020
new forum layout Excuse me, but it is there a way to have a normal scrolling layout instead of this one? Once the posts get very long, it becomes impossible to read until the end, 'cause the contents disappear under …	6 Last	sympatik Apr 2 2020
Portable Art tablet Recommendations? Hi All, I have a Cintiq 22HD for office/home use, but I'd like something I can travel with (meaning take somewgere and plug it in, or use in a mobile fashion). Do you guys have any recommendati…	10 Last	Melazee Mar 30 2020
New banners needed, suggest some art? Hey there. Crowd-source time. Can you please help me identify some recent art for the banner? Should be posted within the last 30 days, and should be something that will show up in that extreme lands…	0 Last	Eric Chadwick Mar 29 2020