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Poll Programming Sub-Forum? Should we add a new sub-forum in the Technical Forums section?We are generally hesitant to add new forum sections, as they tend to dilute discussion, and they require more moderation overhead. But ma…	34 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Character personality in first person games Hello polycounters!, I have opened this thread in order to talk about how the animation and the UI in a video game affects the way we perceive the personality of the character we are playi…	17 Last	Neox Oct 2018
Closed 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…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Houdini 17 Preview Video Exciting times!https://vimeo.com/291934239 Curious how these optimizations and tools will impact character, FX, and games workflows.	15 Last	Aabel Oct 2018
Nintendo "Style" Rachet and clank "Style" what is it? Hey guys and gals,I'm wanting to start on my portfolio for environment/ prop/ level design. I can see what I want in my head... but I'm trying to figure out if this style has a name to it. I'd like t…	10 Last	CreativeSheep Oct 2018
Twitch Revenue should be shared with Game Devs? I was thinking about something that seemed unfair to me and i was wondering what you guys think about it. Do you think streamers/twitch should pay game developers for making a living off of playing t…	24 Last	notman Oct 2018
Help with my account please, my thread just disappeared- The title is self-explanatory...I tried to post a thread a few days ago asking for help with a Zbrush problem and after editing it, a message of "your message will be published if we aprove it" (or s…	2 Last	Duendornio Oct 2018
Welcome Me Hello everyone newbie and new to joining forums too.Is there a possibility to ask questions here?	9 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Oct 2018
October art challenges! #Inktober2018 and #Blocktober are things... is anyone doing a #Proptober other than Liam Pickford?Who's participating in any of the above? Looking for inspiration to keep me going and folks to …	2 Last	Ged Oct 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 …	10 Last	garcellano Oct 2018
Telltale Game Studio's Closure. The Walking Dead studio Telltale Games is shutting its doors – reportTelltale Games is closing its doors, according to reports.Reports today state The Walking Dead developer Telltale Games is shuttin…	34 Last	fdfxd2 Oct 2018
Polycounter, Kris Lee needs help from you, Hey ya'll,Good friend to the Polycount community and to many who've learned and grown here has been seriously injured, and could use all the medical expense help he can get at this time. And an…	3 Last	jStins Sep 2018
Can anyone explain how the Artstation contests work? i saw Artstation have a new contest, and I thought I would like to try entering this one.I dont do 2d stuff only 3d stuff, and I assume for the first month its only 2d submissions then after th…	20 Last	zachagreg Sep 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…	22 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 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…	5 Last	ABOSG Sep 2018
Ignore This	26 Last	Ashervisalis Sep 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 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 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 2018
Username? Is it possible to have my username changed to my real name? Thank you.	2 Last	Greg DAlessandro Sep 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 2018
Any Animation/Art related podcasts? Chào mọi ngườibài hát	6 Last	zachagreg Sep 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2018
DOOM Eternal What id and Bethesda is doing with Doom is so cool.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGq8Ee2gOe4	0 Last	oglu Aug 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 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 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 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 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 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 2018
what's your mobile workstation solution? not gonna be my primary workstation mainly will use it while travellingwhat i do:high res 2d illustrations heavy after effects3d (both static and animation, pre-render and real time, Blender, Un…	8 Last	Millenia Jul 2018
Marvelous Designer Discord Server! Hello, everyone is welcomed to joined this server. MD stuff, help and general 3D talks and discussions but we mainly try to focus on Marvelous Designer! Patterns sharing, tutorials etc. Use this invi…	1 Last	zachagreg Jul 2018
Is anyone here going to the Vertex Conference in London next month? http://www.vertexconf.com/welcome	15 Last	Larry Jul 2018
Getting front paged If you want a higher chance for being front-paged, rather than just adding a reply in one of the waywo's, also make a topic and include the link in your reply. We tend to favor topics over…	31 Last	Michael Knubben Jul 2018
What scripts/plugins have you bought? Lately I've been spending a lot of time trying to improve my scripting and coding skills, and as a consequence I've been wondering if it's worth writing ones with the express purpose of eventually se…	25 Last	Robert_Lamp Jul 2018
Foundry's Kanova, digital sculpting with VR support. Do you remember when the Foundry got a hold of the rights to use ADF after acquiring Mischief? FXguide ran an article on this awhile back https://www.fxguide.com/featured/whats-the-foundry-buying-the…	3 Last	JordanN Jul 2018
Microsoft Explains Why it Isn’t Releasing Xbox One Sales Numbers Anymore Microsoft Explains Why it Isn’t Releasing Xbox One Sales Numbers Anymore - http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/xbox-one-sales-1202796674/Got to say am looking really looking forward to this year…	6 Last	notman Jun 2018
Place to post visual effects/shaders/"tech art" for showcase and critiques I am not sure where on the forums to post this so please move thread if some other place is appropriate.Since about 6 months back I am a technical artist full time, and I have since had a hard time f…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jun 2018
Has anyone been contacted online for photos of your feet to draw for charity? Hi all,Has anyone been contacted by an art student on artstation for photos of your feet to draw for charity? The art project is called 'Feat around the world' and his school is collaborating wi…	21 Last	YellowSub Jun 2018
Mothergunship Demo Hey Polycounter friends:It's been waaaayy too long since I've posted here...I'm one of those polycounters that has "gone indie" over the last few years. I figured I should plug something I've been wo…	5 Last	lotet Jun 2018