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Eye Adaption Hi all, so looking for the tech name used by Valve long ago during Half Life 2 Launch. The Eye Adaption effect but I am sure they used some fancy word for it and also what is the fancy name of it in …	7 Last	HAWK12HT Apr 2014
Wisdom teeth It costs $3k to get them out, 40% payed by us. You guys who kept them, anything happen?	42 Last	D4V1DC Apr 2014
GooCreate/GooEngine open beta Hello Polycount! Full disclosure, I'm an intern at Goo Technologies so this post will be biased. It's not my intention to make an ad out of this though, just thought I would inform everyone! Copy pa…	12 Last	modebloggen Apr 2014
What is the differences and significance of the 3D art websites out there? What the title says... theres cghub, cgsociety, gameartistians, pixologic, and probably more... From what you guys know, what is the pro's and con's of these sites when compared to one another. If…	7 Last	cptSwing Apr 2014
Star Citizien- Pre-Alpha Gameplay Pre-alpha, at least, that's what they tell us. I don't know but I think PC gamers will be disappointed expecting too much from this game... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TWQFSzQyeM"]http://w…	33 Last	ENODMI Apr 2014
Parody and Copyright question Are you protected by Parody law for commercial use? (for example South Park makes money off their products even with blatant likeness and other negative advertisement. Another example of what I'm tal…	14 Last	Meloncov Apr 2014
Character Rigging Help (Locking/unlocking Controls)(Finger Controls) Hey peoples i need help on my rig, its coming along quite fine, but now i need to start adding in features which will enhance the rig. One of my requirements for character rigging for my Dissertation…	1 Last	Azure_Dragon Apr 2014
Contagion So the game, I have been working on for over the last 3 months has just released on steam :) Still says it is early access but we are waiting for steam to fix that, so right now you can get the game…	11 Last	mrkrinkle Apr 2014
Suggestion for concept art/inspiration gallery Since CGhub is history,and i think that site was the best for inspiration is there any change those who are charge here, to open a gallery just like CHGUb. So concept artist to share their work for…	0 Last	Ciceto Apr 2014
Contagion Full Gameplay Trailer Cross posting from a very old P&P thread We are finally getting very close to release! We have had tremendous support from Valve on this project and we are all very excited about the next couple of…	12 Last	Firebert Apr 2014
explore the deep ocean livestream says they'll be doing dives until april 30 [url]http://www.popsci.com/article/science/explore-deep-ocean-while-you-eat-lunch?src=SOC&dom=fb[/url] [url]http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/ex…	0 Last	rino Apr 2014
DDO v5.3 is now free [color=orange]YEP!!! [url]http://quixel.se/ddo/[/url] Quixel loves you. FYI: all people who bought DDO will get the new version coming soon for free. [/color]	122 Last	Monophobe Apr 2014
Does anyone know who this artist is? Hi guys, I was looking through my inspiration folder and used a concept to make a 3D model out of it for practice and for my portfolio. I know it's silly to use it when I don't know the artist but i…	4 Last	TunaSandwich Apr 2014
a 5 year old post [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67628[/url]	3 Last	Bek Apr 2014
Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center Chengdu Contemporary Arts Center was designed by Zaha Hadid Architect, and the [URL="http://www.frontop.com"][COLOR=silver]architectural renderings[/COLOR][/URL] were created by Frontop Digital Techn…	7 Last	cambosha Apr 2014
Need help finding a concept: Calling all polycounters with a little spare time to give. I really need help finding a piece of concept art for my final project at Futurepoly. I've really been struggling finding a concept that I l…	7 Last	Jeffrotull Apr 2014
Closed 2D ConceptBank - Post your concepts to model	0 Last	Harford Apr 2014
aggh I hate ipads well my mum decided to buy an ipad 2 and I warned her off it but she went ahead anyway. man, after about an hour I was tearing my hair out virtually everything requires a log in with an apple id. US…	31 Last	passerby Apr 2014
Unreal in my web browser! Yes please... [url]http://epicgames.com/community/2011/10/unreal-engine-3-support-for-adobe-flash-player-announced/[/url]	38 Last	littleclaude Apr 2014
[2D GRAPHICS] Need Sprites for Your Games - IGB let's you build them! I'm happy to finally show the project I began years ago. I started making thousands of graphics that can be interchangeable for video game development. I wanted to make game design easier for indie …	5 Last	NegevPro Apr 2014
CG Brainchild Web Site ... gone! Anyone know what happened to the cool web site "CGBrainchild.com"? went to look it up today and its goneski o.O/ here is an image from ages ago with header etc from the site [IMG]http://i238.photo…	0 Last	tarickTDS Apr 2014
Sketchbook Pro 2015 perspective tool vid by Scott Robertson [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96G15n08Y4#t=11[/url] Wasn't impressed until he showed the 5-point tool (fisheye!) [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r96G15n08Y4&feature=player_detailpage#t=…	0 Last	MagicSugar Apr 2014
Opinions on a character concept? Here is a character concept we've come up with for the Minigunner from the original Command & Conquer. [IMG]http://oi59.tinypic.com/2cxjpdd.jpg[/IMG] We want to make sure that our concepts ar…	4 Last	Bfranx Apr 2014
Upgrading Max versions I made a giant mess of things with my Max files. Briefly, I was and still am, having some Maxscript start up issues in Max 2012. Originally, I'd boot up Max and the Maxscript would shoot me an error …	1 Last	Chase Apr 2014
The Micro: $299 3D printer on kickstarter [SIZE="4"][B][URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/m3d/the-micro-the-first-truly-consumer-3d-printer"]Kickstarter[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/776/937/e07eab1a3…	25 Last	HitmonInfinity Apr 2014
GamePress - Create amazing games right on your iPad -Now Available! Hi everyone I would like to announce our newly released app GamePress, GamePress let's you unleash your creativity and create the games of your imagination with [B]no programming[/B]. We make it f…	8 Last	VPrime Apr 2014
H1Z1 [url]http://www.reddit.com/r/h1z1/comments/22niku/what_is_h1z1/[/url] On paper this game sounds amazing. I'm looking forward to a zombie survival MMO rather than the usual server based survival game…	6 Last	MainManiac Apr 2014
HeartBleed Little off topic but thought some should know if you don't. [url]http://heartbleed.com/[/url] [QUOTE]The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software libr…	5 Last	passerby Apr 2014
Modeling Training Skype/Twitch Link Anyone else ever wanted a skype call dedicated to just training with 3DS Max, Photoshop, and Zbrush? I would love to see a thread dedicated to this idea! Imagine instead of just typing, we could inte…	1 Last	BARDLER Apr 2014
Animation in video game is declining... Hello, Polycounters. I've been gaming since I can't remember and one thing that I would always pay attention when gaming is the character animation.. For me, when I was introduced to a new characte…	46 Last	shakeyyjakeyy Apr 2014
GTC keynote on some pixar tools and workflow [url]http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/45386636[/url] was lucky to see it live, great when tech and art come together well :)	0 Last	CrazyButcher Apr 2014
Heroes Of The Storm - Blizzard I am a bit shocked I didn't already see a post on this one: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ecv0bT9DEo[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_fAkO3WOSY[/url] [url]http://www.heroesofthes…	6 Last	praetus Apr 2014
Lets talk about eyelids. Like the titles says. How do you handle eyelids? Particularly for next-gen, realistic characters, with a focus on fidelity of animation and expression. Do you sculpt with eyes closed and let the rigg…	11 Last	Blond Apr 2014
Be Grateful You Have A Job? I've heard the line, "Be grateful you have a job" quite a few times in my working career and I was wondering what you guys thought of this phrase. I realize it's one of those things where the job ma…	33 Last	Farfarer Apr 2014
Unwrap UVM modifer Troble I Use Tex Tools For some reason when i use tex tools to pack uvs one of my objects disapears. Then i tried to use the 3ds max version and that did the same thing.I also tried stiching more objects togeather but it w…	4 Last	low odor Apr 2014
From Arch Vis with love Hey Polycount, quick question today. I am undergoing a career change, not a massive one, but i am making the leap from the the realm of architectural visualization to the one of game art. I am ask…	5 Last	VelvetElvis Apr 2014
The game that inspires you most. I've just felt knowing which game brings out the most inspiration out of you, as an artist? I know some of you can't make a choice to only choose one game but on this thread you'll have to. Basical…	21 Last	MDiamond Apr 2014
Maya Tutorials/Books Hey Everybody, so long time on here just browsing but never posting(which will change). About to start a job where it requires me to know maya. I do know a little bit but not a whole lot and was wond…	1 Last	Tobbo Apr 2014
Beginner Questions and Self-Teaching Hello all. I've been trying to wrap my head around 3D for a while now but I'm constantly running into roadblocks. One of the things I thought I might be thankful for would be a place to ask more begi…	1 Last	Bek Apr 2014
weird RED SPOTS in rendering ?? HELP ! whats wrong with this ?? im using sss , whats with the weird RED SPOTS ? help thanks ![IMG]http://i.imgur.com/iTPKbsl.jpg[/IMG]	2 Last	Joopson Apr 2014
Anatomy give me a headache Help..... I am going nuts to be honest with you; Studding anatomy i think is the hardest thing i ever took in my life to learn. I am not sure what i can do, to actually make my studies more fun and…	34 Last	Torch Apr 2014
Any Professional FX Artists who can help? :) So I have a few questions for those of you who have worked in the Games Industry as an FX artist. It would help me immensely!! First, What programs do you use at work? If maya/max, how do the parti…	6 Last	huynhke Apr 2014
Silicon Studio New Rendering Engine Tech Demo This is from the dev's of Bravely Default. Looks stunning. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErWicf6yuDo[/url]	6 Last	WarrenM Apr 2014
Silicon Studio New Rendering Engine - Tech Demo Preview Silicon Studio New Rendering Engine - Tech Demo Preview [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErWicf6yuDo[/url]	1 Last	littleclaude Apr 2014
Ideas For an assignment in college I have to produce a 3D game and only have access to the Unreal engine. So I am making this thread for any ideas of possible ideas what I can fit into a 15 week time scale.	31 Last	NegevPro Apr 2014
Dead Crusade- Kickstarter Launch [Unreal 4] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2FB0Axusc"]Dead Crusade- Kickstarter Video [Unreal 4] - YouTube[/ame] We recently launched the Kickstarter a few of us at polycount have been working on for a …	14 Last	skylebones Apr 2014
Do you want to Win Maniaplanet Beta 3 Keys ? Hi all Polycount members , You can win 3 beta keys to "Maniplanet Beta 3" --> Some new cool stuffs are incoming there. [COLOR=seagreen][B][U]How to win :[/U][/B][/COLOR] -Answer correctly to those…	14 Last	loli Apr 2014
Do tuts or not? Hey fellow polycounter! It's maybe a dumb question but I have a hard time answering it myself :) I'm going to dive into environment art for my next personal work ; but I have concerns and doubt…	13 Last	CougarJo Apr 2014
Gamedev companies in Hawaii Hello all, Anyone know about studios in hawaii? Just came from, and now I want to live there so bad! :poly142: Mahalo!	9 Last	Matt Fagan Apr 2014
Anybody upgraded to Paypal "premier" or "bussiness" account? I'm interested in upgrading, just wondering if there are hidden fees or annual dues involved. (Don't see them outright on upgraged info provided). Also if you have a Canadian account, do you get a t…	0 Last	MagicSugar Apr 2014