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Paint Tools; Alternative to Photoshop Hopefully this isn't anything as useless as a "Maya/Max/Modo/Blender?" discussion. I'm basically looking to replace Photoshop, and I'm completely lost as to what would be a good alternative. My pipe…	7 Last	Zack Maxwell Sep 2014
GUNDWARF - co-op shooter in UE4. Hey guys, long time no post! I'd like to show you my latest project if you have time. I've been working on a game that I call Gundwarf( for now ) and it's about tiny characters shooting each other i…	4 Last	Sculptaur Sep 2014
Can anyone ID which mangas these panels are from? Don't wanna jack the anime thread so I'm asking here. Thanks in advance. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v67/Flipmcgee/BtVqnkjCYAAKUqe.jpg~original[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/…	1 Last	SuperFranky Sep 2014
Maya LT & Colour Maps (Quixel Suite) Not to sure if this is the right place to post this. I am a little new to 3D and I am struggling. I have recently purchased Maya LT and I am trying to get a colour map from Maya LT to dDo (the new Qu…	4 Last	ScrotieFlapWack Sep 2014
What is the most important skills for a character modeling? Hello guys, I'm a new modeler, and I want to know exactly what skills set is most important for a character modeler, so I can focus on it first to develop myself better :poly121:. As you may already …	20 Last	SuperFranky Sep 2014
Insight on PS4 XBox One Environment art specs Hey, So I'm putting together a "Next Generation" portfolio to specifically target techniques used in the PS4, XBoxOne generation of games, and I was hoping some of you might have some insight as to …	6 Last	RobeOmega Sep 2014
Birth of 8-bit Sounds ( Short Documentary) Yo dowg ! I heard you liked 8-bit and nostalgia. So we put 8-bit in your nostalgia so you can fell nostalgic while listening to music. [URL]http://www.redbull.com/tr/tr/music/stories/133167638…	4 Last	TAN Sep 2014
How to Choose the Best 3D Software for You Hey everyone. So I've been doing a lot of stuff lately in the education space IRL, and I see this all the time online as well - people want to know what software they should use to make a 3D printabl…	54 Last	The Mad Artist Sep 2014
Unreal 4 Free for Educational Purposes Hey, just saw this. Looks like Epic is offering it completely free to students and educators. If you haven't already picked it up, this might be a good opportunity to: [url]https://www.unrealengin…	18 Last	Justin Meisse Sep 2014
New ZBrush @ZBrush Summit [SIZE=4][B]This Friday-Sunday! August 8,9,10th [/B][/SIZE] [URL="http://pixologic.com/summit/"]Sign Up Here! : http://pixologic.com/summit/[/URL] I thought we can discuss here. I'm just too damn exc…	232 Last	praetus Sep 2014
Games and its harmful effects for work efficiency Hello guys. I have an interesting question to discuss: do games harm your creativity snd efficiency of work? Do you ever have feelings that playin' games is just wasting the time? Becase you can alw…	49 Last	ahtiandr Sep 2014
Stunning ArchViz with UE4 I stumbled on this while googling around: [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAAPTiuFdwU&list=UUpL6btTFD1yTtSUeapW3fNA&index=6[/URL] This guy has been creating remarkable stuff using ue4.Seems he …	36 Last	melviso Sep 2014
Beefcake laptop? Ok, so it seems like I burn through laptops about once a year these days. I need something as small, light, and powerful as possible. It also needs a very good quality (by laptop standards) screen, a…	78 Last	cookedpeanut Sep 2014
RYSE Son of Rome Trailer RYSE Son of Rome Trailer [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25b541_ryse-son-of-rome-trailer_videogames[/url] :poly136::poly136::thumbup::thumbup:	8 Last	ambershee Sep 2014
Advice for aspiring character artist? Hello fellow polycounters! I'm in the last two months of getting my degree in Game Art and I want to prepare one or two character portfolio pieces. Do any of you have advice on what makes an effecti…	8 Last	JacqueChoi Sep 2014
cintiq arm for 24 hd touch? i might upgrade to the 24 hd touch but would still like an arm so i can move it around freely. Below (link)is the arm i'm using on my 22hd right now but its only weight rated to 42 pounds, im looking…	4 Last	meshiah Sep 2014
Boner3D - Auto rigging software Hey everyone, Just thought I would share this awesome bit of software that I found on Steam Greenlight Concepts. Keep in mind that this is in prototype phase and is subject to change. [URL="https:/…	32 Last	StephenVyas Sep 2014
Render Farms - Do you use them? Do any of you use any external hardware to do renders or bakes? Has it been worth it for you? I've been mulling over the idea of a cheaper USB Oven Box to offload these tasks to. Bitcoin miners seem…	4 Last	whats_true Sep 2014
Need some help with bone jitter on a IK leg (3dsMax) I have a video that visualizes the problem. If you notice, the right foot joint is jittering all over the place when I move it on the Z axis. That is not suppose to happen. Is there a reason why it …	0 Last	Pself Sep 2014
Beginner Questions on Animation in Maya Hello all. I am just beginning to get into animating in Maya. Actually to be honest, its my first time using Maya at all. I grabbed a model (.dae) format from models-resource which is already rigge…	3 Last	AdrianST Sep 2014
My portfolio is bad, I really need guidance from the pros to motivate my efforts. Hello and thank you in advance for reading. This will be kind of long thread because it's a combination of me venting, and a cry for help. I'm not sure if this is the right category for this thread,…	29 Last	Gav Sep 2014
Playing Games So i have been rattling a subject around in my head. I have been thinking about my limited time to play games. There are plenty of games that are fun to play and that would have seemed to be the righ…	21 Last	Joost Sep 2014
Making of WWE 2K15 Making of WWE 2K15 [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2540wc_making-of-wwe-2k15_videogames[/url]	4 Last	Fogbrain Sep 2014
Question Regarding Workstyle Do you work standing up or sitting down? I heard it is much more healthier for you in the longrun to be standing while you are working. (better for your back/posture) For those who stand: - is it st…	25 Last	WarrenM Sep 2014
ZBrush - Tutorials for Painting Hair & Fur? [SIZE="4"]H[/SIZE]ello people of Polycount! Does anyone have any general advice, tips, or tutorials on how to paint hair and fur in ZBrush? I have been thinking that there is not much natural discol…	0 Last	editpolygon Sep 2014
Q)Finding some software generating normal map I watched some video some guy making texture and he used awesome normal map generating tool. And I want to know the name of that software. That was with black window, and able to preview normal map o…	2 Last	Inkonmyflesh Sep 2014
Tips for modeling in maya? I'm currently in the process of learning Maya LT and I'm doing OK but my efficiency is WAY down compared to how I work in Blender. I guess I'm not as familiar with strictly polygon modeling, since …	9 Last	throttlekitty Sep 2014
Advice on a 30mins CG Championship Hi there ! I'm asking you guys on what would you do for a quite unusual challenge. Here is the deal : You are in front of the public with your laptop, and your screen is projected for everyone to s…	7 Last	ZacD Sep 2014
SSD? I'm looking to speed up my pc by adding an SSD (It seems to be the best solution). It's a Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R board [url]http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2743#ov[/url] and I'm…	25 Last	WarrenM Sep 2014
Elsa's hair in Frozen Elsa's hair in Frozen [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x24xvh8_elsa-s-hair-in-frozen_shortfilms[/url]	11 Last	low odor Sep 2014
anyone using a GTX770 with Maya? Hey everyone. I built a home rig a little while back (few months) and bought some of the same specs I had on my computer when I was at EA. I thought I had a GTX 770 but i can't get viewport 2.0 worki…	18 Last	Klaudio2U Sep 2014
Purchase Crazy-Check: Is this Autodesk License the software exactly? So, I found this on TigerDIrect. [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7901081&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paid_search&utm_campaign=paid_…	16 Last	Lamont Sep 2014
New PC Build Hi guys, I would really appreciate some advice for putting together a new rig. I should mention I don't have any experience in putting together hardware. To put in context, I will be mainly using Pho…	16 Last	EarthQuake Sep 2014
Level Design Knowledge Base Hi polycounters! I'm not sure how many level designers are here but I'll take the risk and post some information about my new webiste. I've started a Wiki-based website called Level Design Knowledge …	14 Last	Xaragoth Sep 2014
Aesthetics Hey guys, I was just wondering the other day, what is aesthetics. Received a critics on my portfolio, saying and I quote "lacking aesthetics". Confusion, what is aesthetics and are there some rules?	15 Last	Abidus Sep 2014
ZTree Free Zbrush Plugin So I stumbled upon this today by Dargelos over at Zbrush Central. I haven't had the chance to really dig into it yet but it looks quite interesting. Thread: [url]http://www.zbrushcentral.com/showthr…	0 Last	Tobbo Sep 2014
A framework to establish your career development Hi all, This looks interesting -- it was the basis of a very well received talk at GDC this year, it was put together by Joshua Howard, who used to run Microsoft's casual gaming studio (among o…	2 Last	ambershee Aug 2014
Closed SOLVED: Quixel Suite Questions	0 Last	sargentcrunch Aug 2014
2D artist but 3D questions Hey guys. I'm a 2D artist and have done some handpainted textures (that the 3D modeller unwrapped for me) and played with Sculptris and Sketchup a bit in my spare time. I'v heard smaller studios like…	7 Last	iconoplast Aug 2014
When are you ready to start working? Hey! How do you know when you're ready to start working in the industy? I've been wanting to work in the games industry for as long as I can remember, and a few years ago I narrowed it down to Art.…	26 Last	MiAlx Aug 2014
PvZ - Garden Warfare So this is coming out soon, anyone picking it up? Am a big fan of the previous PvZ games (the first more so than the second,) although I wasn't sure if there'll be challenge modes for single player o…	10 Last	ArtisticTiger Aug 2014
A tool to save your texture maps quicker * Update Quick Save Maps v0.6 released * Quick Save Maps v0.6 has just been released. I also made a little video about the new feature set: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVh6glcUTOI"]Qui…	61 Last	csprance Aug 2014
PC Community Feedback: Petrol/Blood (and contests in general) Now that the submission deadline for Petrol/Blood has passed, we want to ask the community at large for feedback on the contest. We're very curious to know your thoughts on a variety of subjects suc…	52 Last	ZacD Aug 2014
ROOT, my team's game, now on Desura! So my team and I have just launched our game! Its a first person shooter / stealth game about hacking and crypto-espionage. old school (Doom / Quake) style guns, movement level desighn etc. weve bee…	3 Last	wenglish Aug 2014
Consistens art? maybe we've had this question before. But let me eloborate on what i mean! =) :D How do people go around to create for example a tiled wall texture and then make "unique" stones and trying to get …	1 Last	ZacD Aug 2014
Polycount Meetup - San Diego - Date TBD It'll be at Tio Leo's Mexican Restaurant in Carmel Valley, next Saturday, August 30, at 6:00 pm. 3510 Valley Centre Dr Del Mar, CA 92130 [URL="http://tioleos.com/"]http://tioleos.com/[/URL] Contact:…	12 Last	fairbanks3d Aug 2014
European companies, that use... ... Unreal Engine 4 ... Houdini Engine (or Houdini for procedural work or any work in games) ... Modo ... Substance Designer ... or all four at once Are there any? Can you post some names? Thanks!	15 Last	[Deleted User] Aug 2014
The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic The Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic (Tuesday at 8pm on ABC) [url]www.dailymotion.com/video/x24vqya_snowman-clip-the-story-of-frozen-making-a-disney-animated-classic_shortfilms[/url]	0 Last	Pradip Aug 2014
Interview for a Company I've been applying here and there and found a nice opening at a local 3D Printing Company. Sent off my application and got a reply 12 hours later saying that they'll contact me at the start of Septem…	6 Last	Francois_K Aug 2014
Telltale's The Walking Dead Didn't see a thread on this before so I figured I'd make one since the last episode of season 2 just came out. Has anybody else finished the story? I've never played a game where I actually cried at…	9 Last	JimmyRustler Aug 2014