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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	AlejandroHenao Mar 31 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 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 …	265 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2019
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
MAYA : What is "Local Rotation Axis" ? Beginner question.What is the difference between "Rotate" and "Rotate Axis" ? And also what is "local rotation axis?" I tried looking the documentation of Maya, but still i am soo confused.	1 Last	sprunghunt 8:14PM
Why most 3D artists are so obsessed with recreating reality? Reality is boring.	26 Last	zachagreg 6:03PM
Happy 22nd Polycount Happy 22nd Polycount, enjoy.	19 Last	garcellano 12:11PM
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 1:42AM
Autodesk Acquires Blender Just found out that Blender got bought by Autodesk. Today can't get any worse... https://www.facebook.com/Autodesk-Blender	7 Last	sacboi Apr 1 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	Fahmi Mar 31 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
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	21 Last	another caveman Mar 25 2020
Alternative to Jira and Confluence Looking for any input on good replacements for Jira and Confluence. indie to AAA sized studio, Ideally open source solutions.I know there are a lot of alternatives our there, I am not looking fo…	5 Last	JacqueChoi Mar 24 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 …	7 Last	another caveman Mar 24 2020
Which software do you love the most to work with (for whatever reason)? Just to get some balance here. Not which software is objectively the best, or how do they compare, but which 3D or 3D-related software you, personally, love and why.See the sister topic&nbs…	55 Last	Slartibartfast Mar 23 2020
Some ppl say - concept art is dead - WHY ? Hi,Can you tell your opinion ...?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYbYvImd7Bw	11 Last	sprunghunt Mar 20 2020
3DBuzz has shut down Apparently Jason "Buzz" Busby who ran the site passed away, and so the remaining staff decided to close it down. As a parting gift to the community they've uploaded all their training material o…	8 Last	Justin Meisse Mar 18 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…	5 Last	throttlekitty Mar 16 2020
Portable tablets that can handle 3D software Do you know if there are any tablets - I mean handheld, portable ones - that can run software like Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, Substance package and so on? I suppose it would have to be Windows 10 tablet…	4 Last	Alex Javor Mar 12 2020
Gumroad - How to create this menu? Hi, how to Create this kind menu?	1 Last	RN Mar 12 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	DavidCruz Mar 11 2020
Poll Can you tell which render is using 4k textures? Here's an image with two renders. Both were done in Toolbag 3 at 1920x1080, using the same (100x) render sampling values, lighting setup and model. The only difference between the two is the texture …	21 Last	FrankPolygon Mar 9 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…	54 Last	marks Mar 5 2020
Reality of Moodboards in Production So obviously mood boards are important and a huge boon to any artist that uses them. Utilizing reference IMO is one of the most overlooked things for beginner artists and can lead a lot of people off…	7 Last	marks Mar 5 2020
Looks like GDC has been Postponed Sad news, looks like GDC has been postponed 😣 http//techcrunch.com/2020/02/28/gdc-has-been-postponed/	4 Last	Malik_J5 Mar 2 2020
craminated jiffy bread one rule. must relate to gaming or art. or cats. jiff on!	50 Last	Bluestemos Feb 29 2020
''Sonic the Hedghog'' Live Action Movie Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvvZaBf9QQI''This is why we should have more video games movies adapation!!''Said nobody ever.	50 Last	Ruz Feb 28 2020
Stylized Art Discord https://discordapp.com/invite/tbP6b6zHey guys,A few months ago (well, almost a year now) I started a discord server to give stylized art enthusiasts a place to share their work, give critiques, and t…	2 Last	Thomas_Smith Feb 26 2020
Using basemesh, is it fake? Hello,if you use basmesh ,is it considered as a fake (if you know how to sculpt it on your own anyway)?i would use it because it's a huge time saviour.Also , if you import some 3d props/models on you…	15 Last	DrunkShaman Feb 25 2020
Need some help selecting the right Wacom Drawing tablet Greetings! I am looking into buying a new drawing tablet for my PC.The old one I used was from Trust and recently stopped working.I am looking into buying a drawing tablet from Wacom. I have been loo…	12 Last	gnoop Feb 24 2020
Wacom One screen tablet? Has anybody seen or used this thing?It looks like it's a $400 Cintiq. Is it actually any good?https://community.wacom.com/draw-on-screen-wacom/	2 Last	wenglish Feb 24 2020
What is your favorite, Go-to HDRI skybox for presenting your Artwork? What is your Go-to HDRI skybox that you prefer, could come by default from software e.g marmoset or something you have downloaded.	9 Last	Millenia Feb 21 2020
Help - Thread disappeared? Hi,Not sure who the proper person to talk to is but my thread where I was documenting my progress on my Black Suit Spiderman 3d Model just vanished after I saved new photos to it?https://polycount.co…	7 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 20 2020
Sketch party Barcelona Hey! My flight got cancelled, so I have an extra day in Barcelona. Anyone up for sketching in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya? I know this is totally last-minute, but it's o…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Feb 11 2020
Edu software renderings allowed? Hello,I wondered if its allowed to post renderings wich are rendered wich a Educational SoftwareGreetingsMartin	1 Last	PolyHertz Feb 9 2020
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.	57 Last	Mark Dygert Feb 4 2020
Beware of tripled charges of Lastpass Premium If you are using Lastpass be aware that the price has been tripled. Today i was charged 46USD, which was used to be 12USD. Just wanted to update you all so you can save your hard earned money.	6 Last	kolayamit Feb 3 2020
BBC reporter conducted an interview inside "Ubisoft, Watch Dogs" in a world first. A BBC reporter traveled to Ubisoft's Toronto studio to conduct an interview about the development Watch Dogs: Legion, and they decided to try something new. BBC Click's Marc Cieslak went through…	3 Last	NikhilR Feb 1 2020
Smithsonian 3D Program - Are the models free...? How to get them? Hello, are the models of the Smithsonian 3D Program - here:https://3d.si.edu/browserAre they available for free...? Or whats the license? And can i download or somehow get them...?Is there a tool/sit…	4 Last	Jonathan85 Jan 26 2020
can i get my old account back?! :-/ Im not sure who to contact, so am hoping a moderator reads this.... IIt seems my password has been changed on my account due to a password leak. Unfortunately i no longer have access to m…	1 Last	Daf57 Jan 24 2020
Challenges: 3D Art Hey, I was wondering where I could find monthly / general 3D art related community challenges? I know there are some on freelance sites with challenges or artstation even, but maybe there's something…	6 Last	zachagreg Jan 22 2020
WaPo article about craziness in Silicon Valley article about men afraid of getting fired for looking oldGuys, is this true? Is it like that at any games companies you know about?It all sounds like a cover to hire cheaper workers to me. Because th…	16 Last	Alex Javor Jan 22 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…	620 Last	zachagreg Jan 20 2020
Your favourite artbooks Hi all, just wanted to hear/talk a bit about your favourite artbooks, since I think they are great as an additional source of inspiration - atleast for me it feels much better to actually flip throug…	37 Last	Neox Jan 18 2020
How to design 3d hard surface spaceships? Hi polycounters!Here I want to open the topic where we could discuss how it's possible to design complex spaceships, where to start and where we can find some inspirations? Also, It will be cool to k…	22 Last	Unknown_Target Jan 17 2020
New banner artists! Please join us in congratulating the artists/teams who are responsible for the Polycount banners this month! If you see something that's banner worthy, use the Flag > Report button and let us…	4 Last	Isaiah Sherman Jan 10 2020
buttons added: Drafts, Recent Before, afterRecent shows a list of the most recent posts on the forum.Drafts will show you a few nice links:Recent Topics = a list of the most recent posts on the forum.Activity = the…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 10 2020
Why don't big film studios just use Blender? Hi and Merry Christmas to all :)I want to ask this big question because I allways wondered why big studios just dont use Blender.Is it because of the compitablilty for tools? Functionality? Because o…	132 Last	oglu Jan 9 2020
Polycounters Forever Doing some clean up of my profiles and I just noticed I have been a member since 2004 (though I am pretty sure I was a member back as far as 1998 when we where all modding Quake III) and it struck me…	34 Last	kwakkie Jan 8 2020
Deconstructing a full english breakfast in Dreams PS4 Though this would be an interesting share.I'd initially assumed these were just premade assets put together.Shows what you can do if you're resourceful!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEYsB7OUDGA	2 Last	zachagreg Jan 7 2020
Substance going subscription only Fresh news, Adobe decided to go subscription only with the Substance suite after they officially published Alchemist.Official forum post: https://forum.substance3d.com/index.php/topic,30855.0.ht…	96 Last	marks Jan 7 2020