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Where is softimage?

I'm new in this forum, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but seems to me here there is no softimage users. softimage is a great software, with fast and efficient tools inside, but seems becoming unpopular…
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ElysiumGX

.Hack // Beyond the World

I'll start off by saying this is a anime but entirely done in 3D. An it's done brilliantly. [img]http://im12.it/g/16895[/img] [img]http://andriasang.com/comzfp/new_dot_hack/23dbd.jpg[/img] [img]htt…
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Lazerus Reborn

Pitfall! Blast Furnace! Job! Exclamation marks!

good to finally be able to say i've moved jobs after 12 or how ever many years ... and very happy to say that after joining a brand new company that was just a few guys in an empty room with zero equ…
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Joseph Silverman

I am lost with the topology

The most part of character creation i have is the time to do proper topology. My only work for now, is only high poly sculpting, the other part it's done by other people. I tried to follow poly wik…
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gilesruscoe

Creaturebox. Hot shit printed in a sexy ass book.

[url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1501595172/creaturebox-the-monster-volume[/url] I think I'm gonna have to back this as it's very awesome art and I love the style. However 40 dollars for shi…
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katana

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Will Wright

Star Talk radio, a podcast done my astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and in a 2 part show he talks about video games and there effect on society. At the same time he play clips from his interview o…
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kaze369

RIP Joe Kubert

:( [url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/12/legendary-artist-joe-kubert-passes-away[/url] [url]http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2012/08/joe_kubert_dead_dies_85_nj.html[/url]
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The Mad Artist

How to Train your Dragon - Arena Spectacular. My Latest Project.

Today was the official launch of the blockbuster stage production of How to Train Your Dragon, the project that I've been working on for the past 6 months or so at The Creature Technology Company in …
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Steve Schulze

Hi

I just would like to say hi to the good folks at PC, I can't wait to start posting my stuff here as soon as get some pieces done :)
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DrunkShaman

Otoy’s Cloud Tools Can Render Stunningly Realistic Games and Films

New technology for games, path traceing rendering and optionally rendered in the cloud! [url]http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/30/otoy-cloud-video-games/[/url] [quote]Otoy will also launch Brigade, th…
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SHEPEIRO

The Game That Can Give You 10 Years of Life

Interesting talk and I haven't seen it around; so, I thought I would share it. [url]http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html[/url]
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Tairii

Closed My Little Nephew Went Potty!

My Nephew who has exhausted more than a handful of diapers since birth. Has successfully gone potty for the first time in his life as of 5 mins ago..uh wait make that six. He is literally running up …
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Sean VanGorder

The Art of Video games (Smithsonian)

I took my family to Washington DC a couple months back, and was surprised to see the "Art of Video Games" exhibit current at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. I grabbed some pics while I was there…
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blankslatejoe

Im an artist

Ive done all kinds of work; grocery, food ind, paper mill, blockbuster, gamestop, fed ex, pizza delivery and now im working at buffalo wild wings. No matter what i do, i always come back to art. …
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Ace-Angel

Just Cause 2 successful multiplayer mod

Made by the SA-MP devs If you have the game the second beta test is out! [url]http://www.jc-mp.com/[/url] This is truly amazing. JC2 Is one of my favorite games and I always wished it was multipl…
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MainManiac

Kickstarter: Flight of the Wisp

this one's real, though. My buddy started just put is project up on kickstarter. It's his rebound from 38 so give him some TLC, Polycount. [URL]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1031130358/flight-…
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reverendK

Kickstarter for Amalur?

Does anyone know the possibility of raising money on kickstarter to bid to Rhode Island for all of the Amalur assets, code, and properties to become creative commons/open source? People could contri…
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chriszuko

Low resolution texture help

Sorry if this thread is posted in the wrong spot or already exists somewhere. But I'm currently making a game for a final project for an Animation degree. The game, in short, features a very large n…
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Eric Chadwick

CryEngine 3 - wow. (+questions)

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWvgETOo5ek&hd=1"]Crysis 3 - CryEngine3 Tech Trailer - YouTube[/ame] I know nothing about this engine other than its rendering capabilities and which games …
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McGreed

What are your favorite video game features ?

Hey all. Long time lurker, fairly new poster. I was recently having a discussion with one of my coworkers about our favorite video game qualities. Some were little details, while others had massive…
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HeatSeeking HandGrenade

Layoffs En Masse Entertainment

[URL="http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/08/08/layoffs-hit-tera-developer"]Article[/URL] “Today, we had to let go of some of the great talent at En Masse Entertainment. While a tough decision, i…
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Isaiah Sherman

What Z Brush Matcap Do You Prefer When Sculpting Environment Assets

I was talking with a couple people this evening while I was working some on a personal art project in ZBrush that has me sculpting a lot of stone / concrete assets and the topic came up of preference…
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Snefer

The graphics barrier in games

This is just random thoughts, I'm not in the games industry and haven't even played games for many years until recently, but I've noticed that people are starting to get past' visuals' as an importan…
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Ace-Angel

Gadgets for camping/hiking.

Happy Friday afternoon Polycount :) I've recently got more into camping/hiking/the great outdoors in general. It's something I've wanted to pursue for a long time but only recently had the means to …
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PhattyEwok

Curiosity rover Landing Live Steam tonight

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/earth-mars-rover-curiosity-landed-205422579.html[/url] For those interested. So, I've been lauching missions through the[URL="http://kerbalspaceprogram.co…
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kaze369

Closed Mars in full color!!!

Hey guys, the first full color images from the Mars Curiosity Rover are in and in full color. Can't wait to see what it will find. :) [IMG]http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA16029.jpg[/IMG] …
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slipsius

Blog portfolios just got sexy.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpDQF2lFnBU"]Blogger Dynamic Views - YouTube[/ame]
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Andreas

Edutainment, List of Games/Simulators

[FONT=Arial]Can you help? Links needed to Serious Games I am currently writing a research proposal and as part of my literature review I am talking about Serious Games. If any of you could give me l…
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littleclaude

Stock-Apps.net - Legit Discounted Software?

[url]http://stock-apps.net[/url] Anyone ever heard of these guys? They sell PC software (Autodesk, Adobe, Microsoft, etc) at extremely discounted prices. They claim to be an OEM software company, an…
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Ged

How is this Normal Map created?

Hey guys, I've a qucik question about this model here: [URL="http://www.behance.net/gallery/Middle-Eastern-Hut/2297086"]http://www.behance.net/gallery/Middle-Eastern-Hut/2297086[/URL] I know the d…
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McGreed

Ukiyo-e Heroes Kickstarter

Check out this cool new Kickstarter: [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1499165518/ukiyo-e-heroes?ref=category[/url] Really cool to see game characters in an ukiyo-e style and you can even get…
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Sukotto

Ouya : The Android Console

holy hell! Thanks for the share, Tigerfeet. [URL]http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/07/ouya/[/URL] I would definitely buy this... Most the games I play are portable games, but id rather play them …
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Richard Kain

Sketching - Cross Hatching

Anyone know of a good source for instruction, in book form or video form or website that really teaches good technique for cross hatch sketching with various leads. After seeing some really inspirin…
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LalToofan

Thief 4... chop, chop

[URL]http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/902054-thief-4-cgi-trailer-leaked-online[/URL] The old thief games are probably some of the best games I have ever played. I loved them for their level design …
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Steve Schulze

Bottom of the Ninth

[URL="http://www.bottom-of-the-ninth.com/"]http://www.bottom-of-the-ninth.com/[/URL] Just wanted to share this app for owners of iPhones or iPads. It's a interactive graphic novel done by Ryan woodw…
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Andreas

body topology

Hey guys i need your help. I have been studying character modeling. I am at a sticking point. I have been able to model the head with decent loops and edge flow. on the body I can block it out includ…
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Andreas

Steam Expands Beyond Games

[url]http://store.steampowered.com/news/8584/[/url] [quote] [I]Launch Set of "Software" Titles Coming Sept 5[/I] Aug 8, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-St…
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Kwramm

Happy Birthday LRoy!

[IMG]http://cdn.stripersonline.com/e/e1/e166a94e_HBD.gif[/IMG]
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Dylan Brady

16GB or 32GB

I'm building a new computer and I'm curious if anyone here has ever needed more than 16GB of ram. I quickly run out of my 4GB of memory(32bit) when I try to build lighting in my UDK scene. Another 16…
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m4dcow

John carmack quakecon keynote -- 2012

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt-iVFxgFWk&feature=player_embedded"]QuakeCon 2012 - John Carmack Keynote - YouTube[/ame] waaaatttcchhh the man is super inspiring as ever.
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Computron

Black Dynamite and Thingiverse Contest!

All you 3D Modeling Mothers! BLACK DYNAMITE and THINGIVERSE.COM are teaming up and want to see what you got! Post your most eye-poppingest Black Dynamite models on Thingiverse.com, and don't forget t…
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BlackDynamite

Shadowrun Online

Just one week left of kickstarter for Shadowrun Online, please donate. [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964352341/shadowrun-online[/url]
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Ace-Angel

Team Fortress team for Hero Academy

[CENTER][img]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2904948/Sketches/TF2HA.jpg[/img] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcCUDsMdpYc"]Hero Academy for Steam - Announcement Teaser - YouTube[/ame][/CENTER] H…
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parasyte7

Siggraph

Anyone there? I went today, mostly hung out at the pixologic booth checking out the crazy new features of R4. If anyone is going give me a call - 562-338-5922
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Dataday

for people taking game art classes...

about how many hours a day do you put into your classes? I say this because I want to see how much time I have to spend of my own to compete. Thanks!
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Snacuum

polycount is getting hacked or something?

[img]http://i45.tinypic.com/i23om1.jpg[/img]
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skankerzero

Closed Polycount minecraft server, rei's minimap request

This is a really good mod i recommend it. Will link a video review as well as the official forum page for it. IF you like it i would love for it to be unlocked as some features require an adjust…
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adam

Pixel artist needed for a zelda-ish game

Hi, my name is tim and i am working on a game based in limbo (aka purgatory) Its about this guy named Aarkand, he wakes up to find out he is dead and that he is in a realm of fear and things worse t…
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Stroke9

Uncharted 3

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHHcM6aHPnE&hd=1[/ame] Discuss.
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Oniram

Tribes Ascend

Anybody playing the beta? Its pretty awesome if you're into them. :) [URL]https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/[/URL] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9RjdB4_rk…
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notman

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