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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…
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okidoki

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 …
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SterlingArcher

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 …
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Eric Chadwick

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…
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R3D

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…
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Eric Chadwick

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 …
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Eric Chadwick

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 …
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Rnz

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…
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littleclaude

Term for upper lips being raised, revealing teeth, when in a neutral expression?

So this has been bugging me. A lot of concepts I see lately of women, and some notable actresses and models, have this one physical trait where their upper lip is set higher, thus when that person's…
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Ruz

Vertical Mouse, any tips?

[{"insert":"Hi\nI am going to invest in a Vertical Mouse as I am getting forearm pain, can you offer any advice? Also I was wondering if I should go Wireless?\nI've been looking through this lot - "}…
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Ruz

Is it necessary to learn substance designer?

[{"insert":"Im currently studying 3d character art but i also found environment art interesting.\nso i was doing some research and i found out most of environment artist’s portfolio includes material…
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Tiles

How do you guys approach concept art?

[{"insert":"I have a question and it would be great if some senior artists in the industry could show me how they work and their opinion on this subject.\nFor example, if you get a concept art of a c…
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Fabi_G

hey what's up?

[{"insert":"the internet is pretty weak post polycount addiction. how aarree yyoouu bros?\n"}]
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Eric Chadwick

Hello New Here

[{"insert":"I'm a varied artist who recently joined this site. Hello people 😊\n"}]
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Joshua Stubbles

Has anyone here ever 3D print car parts to life scale?

[{"insert":"Thank you in advance my talented fellow polycounters. \nI'm trying to design personal parts for my vehicle....anyone here ever tried to print to life scale. I have a dimensionally accurat…
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Eric Chadwick

Moved: How to become a Game Tester

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Eric Chadwick

can you share a file which contains assets from external sources ?

[{"insert":"So I'm thinking of delivering a UE compiled exe file to clients in future in which people can walk around in interior\/exterior of a House but I wonder if I can share the exe file if I've…
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EarthQuake

[2D Art] When do you know it's time to, you know, give up?

[{"insert":"Hello, let me introduce myself briefly.\nI have always liked digital art and had a graphic tablet and drawing programs since I was in my teens. I couldn't afford art school, so I ended up…
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Tiles

Google Chrome strangely cant load polycount forums

[{"insert":"Google Chrome strangely cant load polycount forums but on other web browsers Polycount forums is loading fine \ngetting a wierd error all of suddent in google chrome about privacy issue \…
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Eric Chadwick

Unreal 5

Today is the Day! https://youtu.be/d1ZnM7CH-v4
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Neox

A general question for the forum

[{"insert":"Hello everyone, quick market question if possible, I am a marketing director for a design team that is looking to enter into selling 3D models, and was curious when you do have to outsour…
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Eric Chadwick

Forum features wishlist

Any features you wish Polycount had? Let us know and we'll see if we can grant them.This is for wishes only, new things to add, not bugs. If you find bugs please see Bugs! We got 'em!Here's our …
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Ruz

GDC 2022 Slava Ukraini Charity Comedy Show for the Ukrainian Humanitarian Fund

[{"insert":"\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/slava-ukraini-charity-comedy-show-tickets-300877220867?aff=ebdssbdestsearch"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/sla…
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Brian "Panda" Choi

Substance 3D Modeler beta launch!

[{"insert":"Hi everyone, we just launched our first beta for "},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Substance 3D Modeler"},{"insert":"!\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.…
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Jerc

half life alyx on steam VR

[{"insert":"I have been trying to buy this for 2 weeks now. If I go to steampowered.com it hangs on the purchase where its says 'working'\ni have tried purchasing it from within steam VR on my oculus…
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Ruz

Will games ever look like real life?

[{"insert":"I was watching some videos of people playing mods on an"},{"attributes":{"strike":true},"insert":" "},{"insert":"RTX 3090 and it looked kind of trippy. It looked like a film but something…
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kanga

Adobe Substance 3D Modeler

[{"insert":"Has anyone heard of this: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/sg\/products\/substance3d-modeler.html"},"insert":"https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/sg\/products\/substance3d-modeler.…
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poopipe

introduce me some discord community

[{"insert":"hello friends ,i was interested in join some cg community in discord\nif u can plz inform me\n"}]
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Eric Chadwick

Moved: UE5 - How to move Water Body Ocean up on the Z axis???

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Eric Chadwick

Toronto Meetup?

[{"insert":"Any plans for a Toronto meetup soon?\n"}]
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DrunkShaman

Any online communities that meetup to casually sculpt weekly?

[{"insert":"I was curious if there were any online communities that regularly meetup to share their sculpting on maybe discord or something like that. Kinda like a drawpile session or, just casual cr…
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ELIXA

GTA+ is now available.

[{"insert":"GTA+ is now available. \nIt will give you the opportunity to claim properties in and around Los Santos that unlock gameplay updates you may have missed out on.\n"},{"insert":{"embed-exter…
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thomasp

🤍⬛◾ Happy Birthday Polycount!! ◾⬛🤍

[{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"http:\/\/wiki.polycount.com\/wiki\/Polycount:About#History"},"insert":"Happy 24th birthday Polycount !"},{"attributes":{"header":{"level":2,"ref":""}},"insert":"\n…
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another caveman

New Unity Realtime Demo: Enemies

[{"insert":"For most of the time i thought they used a real actress and let her do her craft so that it looks \"uncanny valley\"'ish and i think the deliberately made it look ( lighting wise ) like i…
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knacki

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…
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wirrexx

Ukraine - Our Colleagues and Friends need our help

[{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/crisisrelief.un.org\/t\/ukraine"},"insert":"https:\/\/crisisrelief.un.org\/t\/ukraine"},{"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/ukrainewar.carrd.co\/"},"ins…
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kosmoski

Does anyone have a copy of Squirrely Jones's feather's tutorial?

[{"insert":"The Wiki gives the link to "},{"attributes":{"link":"http:\/\/www.squirrelyjones.com\/public\/feathers.pdf"},"insert":"http:\/\/www.squirrelyjones.com\/public\/feathers.pdf"},{"insert":" …
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Joopson

Wizart - New 3D Software

[{"insert":"Wizart - New 3D Software - "},{"attributes":{"link":"https:\/\/wizartsoft.com\/"},"insert":"Wizartsoft"},{"insert":"\nIt will be interesting to see where this goes?\n"},{"insert":{"embed-…
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littleclaude

Why do you enjoy your work?

[{"insert":"I know this is a bit of a nonsensical question but after I heard that someone said he enjoys the highpoly over the lowpoly it made me wonder from which different sources ppl. might derive…
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Leinad

What website can be used to create a library of all artworks, including older ones?

[{"insert":"TLDR: \nWhat would you be using to make a personal library and timeline with all of your art, including the really old stuff?\n----------------------------------------------\nI'm a 3D Art…
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Tiles

How much to charge for NFT

[{"insert":"I recently Received a offer to work on NFT Project in which they have made\/generated 2D cartoon dog with multiple Layers of things like clothing, background, Accessories etc, it totals t…
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YashP

changin careers

[{"insert":"made you look - I seem to have transmogrified in to an environment artist these days :)\ni started off an an enviroment guy back in 2002 and now have come full circle. quite enjoy, though…
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Ruz

Is there a software like old NDO2 where you can DRAW normal maps - more specific for sci-fi trims.

[{"insert":"Hey everyone. So is there a software like old NDO2 where you can DRAW normal or\/and Height maps - more specific for sci-fi trims\/atlases needs? I just start to think that I can save som…
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poopipe

Windows 11 worth it?

[{"insert":"I see constant suggestions to upgrade to w11. Should I? Blender, Adobe and Autodesk soft work ok on it ? Wacom drivers? \nJust wonder. My previous experience tells never upgrade …
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welbot

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.
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david_arel

Question, does anyone know if artstation available in China?

[{"insert":"Question, does anyone know if "},{"attributes":{"bold":true,"link":"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/?sort_by=trending&dimension=3d"},"insert":"ArtStation "},{"insert":"available in China or…
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sacboi

[Help] Post not visible after edit

[{"insert":"Hi, I edited my last post and suddenly after saving its not visible anymore. If I go to my draft page its linked there, but I cant repost it because it has to be checked first ( I guess b…
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Eric Chadwick

Is hobbyist / amateur 3d in classic form (not actually) dying?

[{"insert":"Do you have impression that hobbyist \/ amateur 3d in classic form kinda dies? When taking a look around, now it always feels like \"everyone\" is doing portfolios, preparing to getting h…
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Tiles

Windows 10 Video Playback Very Dark

Anyone come across this issue? Tried several players and checked monitor/gpu/windows settings & drivers but all videos playback dark. Below is comparison between editing software screengrab and a…
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yee

Anybody have experience with epic megagrants?

[{"insert":"I wonder if it's worth taking some time to pursue or not in my specific case. \nI have a vertical slice of a game that is decently put together, but it's very niche and would be a shock t…
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Firebert

Google Stadia

With all the failed attempts and defunct/discontinued products for game streaming, I thought Cloud Gaming was gone for a while...Google thinks otherwise..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SOS-a4ks7sAs…
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littleclaude

Automatic save draft re-enabled

[{"insert":"Vanilla fixed the bug with the \"draft saved\" popups. The \"Save Draft\" feature is automatic once again. It saves every few seconds or so. \nLMK if you run into any trouble: "},{"attrib…
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Eric Chadwick

Its hard to get hold of a PS5

What's going on with the cost of a PS5? totally crazy or am I just getting old? My Son asked for one and I almost choked at over £700 ($960) I may as well get him a PC! Won't this will kill the …
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sacboi

TV as a monitor?

how many of you guys are using a 1080p tv as a primary monitor? Best buy is offering a no interest credit on TVs over 1000$ until 2012... so I figure if it's a good enough picture, I might pick up a …
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oglu

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