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Zbrush Advanced Workflows After 4 months in the making ZBrush Advanced Workflows with over 10hrs of content, covers instruction in both Zbrush and Modo, exploring concepts and methods to enchance and optimize model developmen…	0 Last	spaz8 Aug 2008
Seattle PAX drink night? Any of you going to be there tonight? I guess it's at the Garage? I'm waiting for a buddy of mine to get back to me with the exact details, but I'll likely be heading down there.	12 Last	oXYnary Aug 2008
Revenge of the Desktops - August 2008 Im using this wallaper: [url]http://www.good-walls.com/2008/07/29/conquer-the-world-wallpaper/[/url] [URL="http://edgesize.com/pics/Desktop_August.jpg"][IMG]http://edgesize.com/pics/Desktop_August_S…	18 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008
3D Animation at Uni I was just wondering what people's thoughts on this were- I may be going to uni in a year and I've seen a few courses in 3D Animation. Who here learned their modelling/animating skills from univers…	7 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Aug 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo yay! after months of delays the demo is finally out tomorrow (Thursday, Aug 21). [URL]http://www.starwars.com/games/videogames/news20080816.html[/URL] it is supposed to be a full level with it's o…	41 Last	indian_boy Aug 2008
3ds Max Studica License... Hey, guys. Today is the final day for my 3ds Max 9 one-year Studica license and I am having trouble figuring out how to renew it. I could just buy 3ds Max 2009 fully, but I don't want to wait that …	2 Last	Havok Aug 2008
Art Production Houses, what are they like? As an aspiring game artist, I've recently been looking at a lot of companies that do nothing but art work, for other peoples games. I was wondering if anyone has worked in/with such companies, and…	9 Last	Spock Aug 2008
d2d, steam, etc? Hey guys, I would like to know more links to buy games online, as I only know direct2drive and Steam, is there more?	4 Last	bugo Aug 2008
Jace Hall Tours Gearbox Software [url]http://crackle.com/c/Jace_Hall/Jace_Hall_Ep_13_SEASON_FINALE_/2366278#ml=o%3d12%26fpl%3d297045%26fx%3d[/url] He stole some video footage of Aliens: Colonial Marines	20 Last	CrazyButcher Aug 2008
Xbox Live Gamertags? I'm looking for some polycount members who have xbox live. My gamertag: seri0us joker (the "o" is serious is a zero.) Games: Halo 3 Too Human Skate GTA IV Rockband Forza 2 DiRT Preordered Games:…	2 Last	Talbot Aug 2008
wood chipper justin and i were talking today. about woodchippers. and i thought of something. and i can't rember if its something i saw in a movie when i was young, or red in a book. or if i saw somethign som…	13 Last	James Edwards Aug 2008
Star Wars FU I just want to get opinions in general about the demo. Was it what everyone expected, let them down, cant wait to buy it the day it comes out??? I just played it and thought it was pretty cool. The…	2 Last	Reverenddevil Aug 2008
New Animation Tutorial from Digital Apprentice Workshop! [CENTER][SIZE=2]Hey all! Just a heads up that my new tutorial series has been released! The [B]Humanoid Animation I [/B]series tutorial is now available for Download at [URL="http://www.digitalappr…	0 Last	dw78nov Aug 2008
Lawl GH dev mocks Rock Band cymbals [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=226636[/url] Hey asshat, you wouldn't have a game to work on if it wasn't for Harmonix creating the Guitar Hero IP. lololololol	6 Last	sonic Aug 2008
Evolution of a Demolitions Man An evolution of the demoman in tf2. love a couple of the early concepts they had, but as pointed out they did not seperate him out fully within the game. [url]http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id…	9 Last	konstruct Aug 2008
Did polycount get a steroid injection this last month or so? Yeah wtf! The quality has just kicked into overdrive recently here, everyone ought to give themselves a big old pat on the back!	23 Last	adam Aug 2008
Russia maybe John Titor was right. If he was, I'm maxing out my savings and moving to the countryside with a great deal of rations.	97 Last	katzeimsack Aug 2008
Design Article Good design article on gamasutra. [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3772/the_megatrends_of_game_design_.php[/url]	1 Last	_Shimmer Aug 2008
tomb raider 8 i'm surprised this has caught my attention. [i]pew-pew[/i] [img]http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/thumbnails/alison-carroll-croft-8118-16.jpg[/img] well... not [i]surprised[/i] it caught my at…	31 Last	HonkyPunch Aug 2008
A Helpful Tip for Cintiq Owners... If this needs moved to technical talk then by all means please do. I just wanted to share a solution with Cintiq owners or potential Cintiq owners to make their lives a lil' easier. I spent the pas…	0 Last	TelekineticFrog Aug 2008
New Maya plugin for vertex colours: Vertex Chameleon! Hi, I want to tell you all about the new plugin weve just released. Its called [B]Vertex Chameleon[/B] and we think its going to be really useful, especially for artists in the games industry …	3 Last	rooster Aug 2008
the witcher: enhanced presented by x group: [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/39203.html[/url] they sound the same! good guys, they sound so god damn much like the same... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAOXle…	4 Last	ebagg Aug 2008
Closed Am I stealing? Borrowing?....What did I do!? We have had a couple threads around recently dealing with the grey-area of stealing, borrowing, inspiration....etc of art from other people. I am starting this thread up in hopes of getting input f…	105 Last	bearkub Aug 2008
ACER lcds? Can someone tell me if they've used an acer lcd before? I always used to associate acer with utter shit. But i cant help but notice that they are the best reviewed monitors on newegg, but a pretty go…	23 Last	MikeF Aug 2008
animated gif anyone know a good program to make and modify animated gif files? I've been doing some animating in Flash and it's export to animated gif feature doesn't work properly. it outputs an animated gif but…	27 Last	leilei Aug 2008
Scientists work out way to capture 3d texture info in a flash An incredibly simple method, and suprisingly nice results. [url]http://gizmodo.com/5042393/scientists-work-out-way-to-capture-3d-texture-info-in-a-flash[/url] Now how long until this feature is int…	11 Last	Kawe Aug 2008
DeleD Summer Compo -> win $500 [B][SIZE=4]The Competition[/SIZE][/B] Over at [URL="http://www.delgine.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3255"]Delgine.com[/URL], we are hosting a little 3D modeling competition to celebrate the summer, an…	0 Last	Paul-Jan Aug 2008
Happy Birthday Struve! Just wanted to say Happy Birthday to my good friend Struve! Hope you have a good one:) Cannot find a good cat picture to fit the happy occasion:), so hopefully others will help me out. Spark	16 Last	IronHawk Aug 2008
What to do with old buildings? I was talking with some co-workers today and we got on the subject of urban ruins. Specifically the stuff on [URL="http://www.opacity.us"]www.opacity.us[/URL], old hospitals, prisons, hotels, mental …	11 Last	TWilson Aug 2008
Q regarding iTunes All my music, movies, and media is on network storage, and I access it via a mapped drive, yet if I go into iTunes, it wont let me browse that mapped drive to add my music to the library. Is there so…	6 Last	leilei Aug 2008
Make windows XP look good. Step 1. Install the [url=go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=75078]Zune theme from here[/url]. Windows will now look like this... [img]http://cokane.com/temp/windows_zune_theme.png[/img] Step 2. Dow…	41 Last	StrangeFate Aug 2008
Ergo timers? Anyone know of any free ergo type timers? I guess I can just set an appointment in outlook every hour and a reminder 1 minute before it's due, I just need to remember to get up and rest my eyes and b…	2 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Aug 2008
crashing of castles WOOT!!! Castle Crashers is finally out for xbox live arcade. Downloaded it this morning. hell of a fun game. Considering the amount of unlockables i don't see why some of my friends are complaining t…	3 Last	man_o_mule Aug 2008
Chiptune Alliance Tour 08 - London So, bit late notice, but one of the previously tba dates on the tour thankfully turned out to be London, and it's happening the 29th of august at The Fly in New Oxford st. ( [url]http://maps.google.c…	1 Last	killingpeople Aug 2008
3d printing cheaper and more accessible for $50 - $150 saw this posted on digg this morning.. [url] http://gizmodo.com/5041836/shapeways-allows-you-to-materialize-any-3d-object-star-trek-style[/url] [url]http://www.shapeways.com/[/url] Apparently the…	14 Last	Tumerboy Aug 2008
What chair do you use/recommend? Was thinking about buying a new chair, the one I'm using is one of these; [img]http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/6179296A65UC226455X.jpg[/img] and they are terrible [img]/images/graemlins…	38 Last	East Aug 2008
xbox 360 controller on vista I am presuming the only way for my laptop to detect the xbox 360 controller is to buy the wireless receiver for it or buy the hard wired version. Which is the better option. damn I was hoping tha…	6 Last	Asherr Aug 2008
I just got a random ass phone call ... Like at 7:45 pm today, I got this call from a recruiter through some creative consultant from California ... couldn't quite make out the name of the consulting firm .. or whatever kind of company he …	20 Last	Whargoul Aug 2008
Is this a joke? (Batman 3 cast), Surely this isnt' true. . . ? [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2612613/Cher-to-play-Catwoman-in-next-Batman-film.html[/url] :poly132:	9 Last	Keg Aug 2008
going to the gamesconvention anyone there?	12 Last	IxenonI Aug 2008
Gdc '10!!! So who is pumped for GDC 2010?!?!?! oh... nobody... ok. Well I have just decided that I'm going for my High School Senior Project. Should be sick considering I have never talked to a game develope…	7 Last	TheWinterLord Aug 2008
this fucking weather it's cunting well august so will the sky just STOP pissing cold grey miserable perpetual arseholing rain like some fucking overgrown inbred fuck-eyed lummox miserably stumbling round a depressing shi…	50 Last	fritz Aug 2008
quake 4 in vista? I can't install quake 4 in vista. This is really stupid. Any workarounds?	11 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008
Music creation programs Hey guys im looking for some good programs to make music, record and mix songs together, i was wondering if anyone here has any good suggestions?	41 Last	Michael Knubben Aug 2008
Podcasts Yeah do any of you guys listen to any podcasts? whenever i am modeling i tend to open up a podcast. Usually i try to keep it game dev oriented. My two favorite ones has to be the insomniac podcast a…	13 Last	Talbot Aug 2008
"Quidam" 3D Character creating program [url]http://www.n-sided.com/3D/galerie_video.php?support=quidam[/url] Anyone heard of this before? I'm surprised I never even heard of it until now... At first I thought it was something like spore…	2 Last	J Randall Aug 2008
Warhammer MMO Beta Sign Up. [url="https://betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php"]https://betacenter.eamythic.com/signup.php[/url] I signed up today, would be nice to see what all the PC'ers have been working on [img]/images/graem…	115 Last	Geezus Aug 2008
Video Enhancement using photographs Check this out. A team at the University of Washington has a project to auto-magically enhance videos using still photographs of the scene. It's really cool stuff ;) [url]http://grail.cs.washingto…	10 Last	Emil Mujanovic Aug 2008
Firefox 64, no flash? So i downloaded this version of 64 bit firefox, and there actually seems to be a noticable performance increase, but i cant get flash to actually install for it. Anyone else running this? [url]http:…	4 Last	notman Aug 2008
Bionic Commando Rearmed bloody awesome, I spent hours and hours on the NES version when I was a lill' noob, playing the rearmed version was like falling back in noobhood, but with updated gameplay and graphics, much more th…	41 Last	Justin Meisse Aug 2008