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Sticky Polycount Discord and Slack 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…	35 Last	Chai Sep 8 2018
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 thread wi…	29.6K Last	clean_coal Sep 5 2018
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 …	255 Last	kadeschui Sep 4 2018
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 16 2018
How to retain focus I'm pretty sure many of us have this. At times we get distracted and couldn't really focus on the work we love to do.For me, I love 3D modeling but there's another conflict of interest that I h…	20 Last	Mathew O 6:38AM
Capcom Shuts Down Vancouver Studio Resulting In Over 150 Layoffs A shame. Hopefully, most of the artists will succesfully relocate themselves in no time. And by the article, it seems a variety of artists are looking their way into another studios.There's a va…	4 Last	NikhilR Sep 19 2018
3D Scanning Technology shows it's potential The future is coming along great boys.https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a47vMep_460svvp9.webmThere was also this video feature that was shown months ago about actually scanning live action MOIVIN…	19 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 19 2018
Any modelers learning animation? man, been trying to learn animation on and off for a few years now. bloody hard to be honest. any modellers dabbled and how far did you get?	14 Last	sprunghunt Sep 18 2018
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…	898 Last	littleclaude Sep 17 2018
CGMood 3D Challenge - The Autumn Colors Dear Polycount users,In collaboration with V-Ray Chaos Group, FStormRender, Corona Renderer, RebusFarm and Centro Stile Milano Architetti, we are happy to announce our f…	0 Last	MassimoG Sep 17 2018
-- Toronto Polycount Meetup! -- Hey everyone!Its been a while since we've done this, but we're planning a Polycount meetup for next Friday the 14th!We are going to meet at our usual spot, The Scottland Yard at 7:00pm, but feel…	8 Last	MikeF Sep 15 2018
Ignore This	26 Last	Adi_123 Sep 14 2018
Animated Feature Film entirely done with Blender ..and rendered using Blender's Cycles.Looks great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3ALGKgpGUIt's a mid-budget Chinese production supported and hosted by Netlfix.Some info on the Rigging here:h…	1 Last	sacboi Sep 14 2018
Abosg - Industry Giants 2018 - DFW - Sept 22nd That's right Ron Clements - Writer, Director and Animator from Moana, Aladdin, Treasure Planet and The Princess and the frog will be at this years Industry Giants.Get you EARLY BIRD Tickets while the…	3 Last	Danielmn Sep 12 2018
First game ever played? Hello guys! Today i ran across one of the first games i played and had alot of emotions coming back to me.... It was Krush kill 'N Destroy... Lol i loved those mutant scorpion-tanks, i just built tho…	71 Last	CreativeSheep Sep 12 2018
Zbrush 2018 commercial license for sale After quit my jobs, i decide sold all my personal 3D software license.Zbrush 2018 commercial Locked Node Window able to activate 2 computer with lifetime update.Market price = 895 USDMy price = 700 U…	0 Last	KenjiOkumaru Sep 12 2018
V&A GAMES EXHIBITION - LONDON, from the 8th Sep 2018 V&A GAMES EXHIBITION - LONDONVideogames: Design/Play/Disrupt*LINK to V&A* Opening on Saturday, 8 September 2018 Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt Explore the design and culture of contempor…	1 Last	littleclaude Sep 11 2018
Orca's shutting down Thought I'd share this here - https://orcahq.com/ is packing up :(I remember browsing it kind of every day at some point, for me or for friends, it's been a quite handy website. so. where shall…	11 Last	Yoji Sep 11 2018
GOD OF WAR (Art, Impressions, Thoughts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7IX5RTPPA&t=48sMust be a good time for this guy. He's the director of the game and here is he, reacting to the critical acclaim the game is currently receiving.L…	30 Last	Barbanegra Sep 10 2018
Dallas Industry Giants 2018 Conference Dallas, Texas annual Industry Giants conference presented by the nonprofit guild, A Bunch of Short Guys, offers one full day of master classes, discussions and networking. Indu…	0 Last	ABOSG Sep 9 2018
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 …	37 Last	DallanP Sep 9 2018
Username? Is it possible to have my username changed to my real name? Thank you.	3 Last	Greg DAlessandro Sep 8 2018
DOOM Eternal What id and Bethesda is doing with Doom is so cool.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGq8Ee2gOe4	1 Last	ShaneP Sep 8 2018
Poll Image embedding troubles? Some people are reporting difficulties with adding images to their posts.https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2649251/#Comment_2649251We're working with the Vanilla Forums developers to find a fi…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 6 2018
Any Animation/Art related podcasts? Hello everyoneI'm looking for a podcast that I could get lost in at work. I've something that is animation based. Anyone have any suggestions?Thanks.	6 Last	zachagreg Sep 5 2018
No good fellows, bro fellows, and gaming culture So recently many fellows who worked at a prestigious place said that it was not good and the bro fellows were most rude to many. Why is this occuring now? Why are people so angry? Also why don't…	21 Last	Blond Sep 5 2018
Willing to Broker Shipment on this Used Cintiq 24 HD $800 USD Assuming someone's looking for a cintiq like this, I'd be willing to broker/help ship this to someone who's interested in buying it for a small fee.https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/sop/d/wacom-c…	1 Last	Blond Sep 5 2018
Allegorithmic's Alchemy - sneak peak Because no one really looks at the news letters :D Looks alot like quixel mixer on steroids. Also the Nvidia tech is a very welcome add-on.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kebAKx989Wg[didn't see it po…	5 Last	Mehran Khan Aug 29 2018
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…	563 Last	Robert_Lamp Aug 28 2018
Screen Screenshotting App Can anyone recommend an app that'll take a screen shot at set intervals? Ideally something that can be locked to 3dsmax too so I don't end up with screenshots of me being distracted by Youtube inbetw…	7 Last	Robert_Lamp Aug 28 2018
Vancouver meetup? Hello people of Polycount! I'll be returning to Vancouver this September to finally return to school, and I was wondering if there's any polycounter who lives in Vancouver and would like to casually …	7 Last	Ashervisalis Aug 28 2018
Blender 2.8 Real Time development test, Tree Creature Blender 2.8 Real Time development test, Tree Creature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxrwx7nmS5AAlso side note, I wonder how Pixar's Fast Lighting Preview with NVIDIA Technology is coming on?ht…	21 Last	goekbenjamin Aug 27 2018
Looking for recommendations on a standing desk Hey all,Wow, I haven't posted here in a looooong time.I searched a bit and found some old threads, but I feel like this is something that is happening more frequently now. How many of you are working…	16 Last	avenali312 Aug 27 2018
Anyone in the UK interested in an Anatomytools model? Hi guys,Long story short, I bought an anatomy tools model a few years back (before 3d total came out with theirs), and I'm looking to sell it. I just thought I'd post here to see if there would be an…	3 Last	SmilingMountain Aug 23 2018
Grand Theft Auto 5 is approaching 100 million copies sold..... I feel like this is a milestone that deserves its own thread, and in general, represents a huge milestone for the game industry.As of March 31st, 2018, GTA 5 has currently sold 95 million copies worl…	12 Last	sacboi Aug 22 2018
Closed Xbox and PlayStation, hacking group has disabled their services xbox and PlayStation online services have been suffering technical problems, amid claims a hacking group has disabled their services. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30602609[/url]	17 Last	Eric Chadwick Aug 21 2018
Folding Knife ?Contest? Hi there, Its been forever. I skulk and stalk but last log was like 10yrs ago. After my vid games failed, I jumped around a bit using CAD and freelancing as we do, then 4yrs ago I decided to be…	4 Last	poopipe Aug 19 2018
You are now in the last game you played but are the protagonist from the game you've played the most Saw this on Reddit the other day, thought it was a cool question. You get the protagonist's skills, equipment, etc. How do you fair?I'd end up being The Dragonborn, dropped into Shadow of Mordor. All…	29 Last	ClydeAldrich Aug 18 2018
Congrats to valuemeal, meat fellow Morris! Just found out until recently that Mr. @valuemeal himself is now a 3D Character Artist at Reforged Studios in Laguna Beach, CA! http://www.reforgedstudios.com/Yeeaaaaah!Say congrats to him when …	15 Last	Alberto Rdrgz Aug 16 2018
I'm a triangle, what does that mean? So it says "triangle" next to my username. Does this mean anything? I am sorta new here so apologies if this has been explained somewhere already.	9 Last	wirrexx Aug 16 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuemrb_ur2w	37 Last	BIGTIMEMASTER Aug 13 2018
how to embed youtube videos? I looked everywhere and I tried many things but nothing worked for me. My youtube video just doesnt want to be embeded here. :shifty: Could someone help with this please ? How do you embed your yo…	15 Last	RN Aug 13 2018
Star Citizen Offering A $27,000 Add-On Pack Star Citizen Offering A $27,000 Add-On Pack. I am really looking forward to playing this and flying around all the super expensive real estate. It will be like when I go window shopping in Bond …	16 Last	Zocky Aug 11 2018
Why We Sleep - read this if you are sleeping less than eight hours a night I've slept less than eight hours a night regularly for most of my life. This behaviour was based on my work schedule in high school and working in the games industry. I suspect many of yo…	65 Last	RustySpannerz Aug 8 2018
Good indie game dev forums? Polycount is awesome for art pimpage, but I'm wondering if anyone knows any good forums for the overall process of indie development? A Google search came up with these three seeming to be fairly po…	20 Last	sacboi Aug 6 2018
The Shapeways Dota 2 Contest Winners Announcement! We are very pleased to be able to finally announce the winners of the Shapeways Dota 2 Contest!Winner of the Sculpture Section: Bilal Majeed KhanEntry Name: URSA VS RIKI sculpture Link to S…	4 Last	_JAMES_ Aug 5 2018
"Your comment will appear after it is approved" -- What ? What is this exactly ?? Is this anti-spamming ? Is this to ensure the forums is free of penls joke ? I usually get this posting in the Monthly Challenges thread. And, so far none of them …	97 Last	goekbenjamin Jul 31 2018
Mudbox Tessellation its live... woho... its so much fun to work like that...https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/thebuzz/announcing-mudbox-20182-update-and-introducing-dynamic-tessellation/and a lot of bugfixes...https://kno…	39 Last	pixelquaternion Jul 30 2018
Left Handed Cintiq Users Solutions for Desk setup Hey everyone so I use a cintiq as my main display with a secondary monitor on the desk as well. I've not been able to find a long lasting and comfortable solution for placement and use of my cintiq a…	10 Last	SnowInChina Jul 29 2018
Trying to find an article on areas of detail and rest in concept art (The Last of Us?)...! Hey folks, sorry if this isn't a suitable topic - I'm trying to find an article which I think was written by Robh Ruppel and posted to Polycount about the importance of providing areas of low-detail …	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 28 2018
what’s the difference with (blech) and (schlep)? I have actually used both <blech> and use Sketchup V-ray. I am an interior designer and have been using different renderfarms and I can tell you the differences and what will benefit you…	14 Last	sacboi Jul 27 2018