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IK groups in Maya I use mostly groups (with IK-handles inside it) rather than curve controls. When I group some of the IK handles (Ctrl+G) the local rotation axes of this group is not oriented to the local rotation ax…	5 Last	zzz7net Jul 2014
Watch Dogs: Holy shit. So for those not watching the Ubisoft e3 press conference; It was the usual mix of awkward presenters, new trailers, new gameplay footage... And then they dropped this bomb on us. [ame="http://www.…	355 Last	NegevPro Jul 2014
Zbrush Summit LA Aug 8th-10th Heya Polycounters! I'm hoping to attend the upcoming Zbrush workshop in LA 8th-10th, but cant afford a hotel or to drive back & forth...My sister lives 45 mins away in West Covina, but thats a bit f…	2 Last	MeshModeler Jul 2014
I'm Going Gray!! My dad told me he started going gray when he was a teenager. It took me about ten years longer, but I'm finally doing it! Ah, it's so cool! I feel like a super saiyan [IMG]http://img3.wikia.nocook…	32 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2014
Questions about the game industry from a newbie Hey everyone, I was recently told this by a person who has worked 22 years in the industry. That If I do not have a game out in the next 4 years I will not / never get a job in the games industry. …	14 Last	Mask_Salesman Jul 2014
3D palace releases 200+ hours of video tutorials free! Hey Fellow Polycounters, Just thought I would share this. Olblue of 3D Palace has release atleast 200+ hours of video tutorials and the like for free and he is releasing more! Check out the tutor…	10 Last	Pancakes Jul 2014
2014 Gamasutra Salary Survey The user and all related content has been deleted.	89 Last	EarthQuake Jul 2014
Graphics tablet size for sculpting? Alas, after years of serving me, my Pentagram OpenXL graphics tablet has stopped working. Now I'm facing the challenge of buying a new one. I found the Wacom Intuos Pen&Touch Small to be within my b…	27 Last	amokk_gw Jul 2014
Wrap retoplogy tool [URL]http://www.russian3dscanner.com/[/URL] This tool pretty much enables you to wrap a good topology mesh onto a sculpt with some very impressive results you can input reference points and the too…	35 Last	Aabel Jul 2014
21:9 2560x1080 screen for 120 in germany (Mediamarkt) for those of you living in the krautzone, i found a jewel in a random quarry in the "media markt" its the LG 25UM65 25" with 2560x180 resolution and ips panel due to the mix of 2 compatible campai…	0 Last	arrangemonk Jul 2014
Building an ergonomic desk from scratch - What is a good desk for you? Hey everyone! I'm learning art full time at home and I'm currently looking to build a desk because mine is... not ergonomic at all. I'm going to make the desk in 3DS Max and give the plan to my fath…	3 Last	nyx702 Jul 2014
Thinking of buying a new PC Hello fellow polycounters :)! With the recent e3 and my admission at the Supinfocom school. I'm thinking of buying a new pc. I want it to be for next-gen gaming with max settings (Assassin's Creed U…	45 Last	TheDarkKnight Jul 2014
A good alternative to Topogun? I'm interested in using Topogun for creating cleaner topology. ZBrush retopology tools are adequate, but for me at least they have a habit of producing sloppily organized and extraneous vertices, wit…	74 Last	beefaroni Jul 2014
Android and iphone Polycount (subway surfers for excample) Well few of us are making games for android and iphone, because of their simplycity. And I am asking how much polygons should be on the scree so game runs fast? complexity of code is for more or less…	4 Last	Farfarer Jul 2014
Name things/ideas about how to improve the game development Whether it is some cool technique you've read or heard about, or something games used to do and are not doing anymore... what is your idea on how to improve game development? I wish we would sit do…	44 Last	Zocky Jul 2014
Student looking for advice Hey, So I am currently studying games animation at teesside university. As I am moving into my final year I hope to reach out to animators within the industry for some advice. I was wondering what…	11 Last	benayling Jul 2014
Hand painted texturing edge lighting question Hi guys just wondered how do u guys create ur edge lighting on your hand painted 3d assets? Do u use a specific photoshop brush or some technique ? I' ve read some people manipulate their baked maps…	13 Last	xvampire Jul 2014
Just wanted to say hi to everyone and Hey guys, I'm new here, just wanted to say hi to everbody and ask what kind of work they're working on atm (personal or pro)?	1 Last	inflict3d Jul 2014
CUDA, Opencl, or AMD? (GPU Question) I'm buying a $2000computer and plan on using Unreal Engine 4, Zbrush, Maya, 3dsMax Photoshop and other programs. My question is: CUDA,OpenCL, or AMD graphics card? These are the parts I am using (e…	19 Last	dr grim Jul 2014
Ubisoft's - Child of Light It's amazing what people can come up with these days artistically in games. Ubisoft- loved what you are guys are doing- keep it up :) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVfyPk34wQ8"]Child of Li…	31 Last	Hayden Zammit Jul 2014
Share your Spotify playlists - Ultimate music thread [SIZE="7"][B][COLOR="Green"]Share your Spotify playlists![/COLOR][/B][/SIZE] There have been a lot of threads recently and hopefully this is looked at as "one to put them all together" instead of "…	28 Last	Dylan Brady Jul 2014
League Players I have been wanting to play with people but there are so many toxic people that play the game. I'm sure that there are some polyers out there that play LoL. We could start a thread, skype group, or f…	18 Last	Shrike Jul 2014
Unreal Tournament coming back... According to an IGN news that quotes a direct tweet by Mark Rein, we can expect a new Unreal Tournament in the future. The article gives a timeframe for news on the next UT: [QUOTE]Paul Meegan, vice…	116 Last	Makkon Jul 2014
Dissertation edited	0 Last	Lemonpeel10 Jul 2014
Character Artist switching to Environment Artist? I'm debating weather I should take a break from character modeling and switch to environments. I always wanted to become a character modeler but it seems like switching to environments may be the bet…	31 Last	Joopson Jul 2014
Forum Bug Not sure if this is the place to post it, but I couldn't find a better place to.. I'm a long time lurker on Polycount forum and I barely post. Everytime I clean my cache and come back to the forum I…	2 Last	TCarneiro Jul 2014
Game creation questions i will get straight to the point i want to discuss about pirated 3d softwares and the creation of the games, i see many free lancers are using pirated softwares to create characters for games and ma…	14 Last	Chev Jul 2014
ABOSG presents Industry Giants 2014: Visual Effects, Animation, and Gaming Conference [B]INDUSTRY GIANTS 2014: Visual Effects, Animation and Game Conference[/B] [B]Presented by A Bunch of Short Guys September 6, 2014[/B] DALLAS/FORT WORTH: 13th annual Industry Giants conference pre…	0 Last	ABOSG Jul 2014
Destiny Beta Codes Thought I'd toss out some beta codes to the PC community :) Enjoy! PS4: 7RM8-37NH-GARE TN39-C5N5-CQNA PS3: 7N5H-CDN8-LTKN CKBH-TFNB-8PF8 Xbox One: 9RJFM-WMXMV-JH6T2-PWRP7-42TQZ J3V6T-JH4RT-7HTX6-Y…	9 Last	Suba Jul 2014
Preferred Game Genre Good Morning Polycount! Me and some buddies are in the beginning stages for creating a game, 2 artists and a programmer. I just wanted to poll yall as to what genre yall are most interested in :)	16 Last	MattQ86 Jul 2014
Entrepreneur Questions (class) Hi everyone! I have an assignment for a industry class that I am taking at AAU in San Francisco. My assignment is to ask someone who has experience being an entrepreneur of any sort in the industry. …	0 Last	HostileGForce Jul 2014
MODO: Time Travel Challenge (via cgsociety) [url]http://challenge.cgsociety.org/modo/judging#jumpto[/url] [QUOTE][B]You will be able to download an extended MODO trial for the duration of the challenge[/B][/QUOTE]	0 Last	MagicSugar Jul 2014
Technical Talk sub-threads I noticed that the Quixel Suite was given its own sub-thread in Technical Talk soon after its beta release. Can the Substance Suite be given its own as well? I'd say they're both solid, fair priced…	9 Last	EarthQuake Jul 2014
Animation paper Crowd Funding! Hey guys, just thought I would share this with you. a former teacher of mine is developing a 2d animation software (or rather making a clean and up to date version of a former program). And if this …	4 Last	Justin Meisse Jul 2014
tor frick on the rocks ! :poly121: [URL]http://www.twitch.tv/torfrick/b/543265305[/URL] Just stumbled on this, just sit back and watch him model :polytwitch: Insight for modo users ! cheers	18 Last	pior Jul 2014
Importance of BA vs. BA [ Hons.] Hello, I'm almost done with my BA but I have to write my dissertation now. I don't know if this is normal at other unis but the system here is this. If I finish all my coursework and pass I get a BA…	25 Last	Kwramm Jul 2014
3D Model for free download Hey all, Check out [url]www.victory3d.com/3d-models[/url] and download to your heart's content whatever you might find useful. :)	1 Last	Ott Jul 2014
MEETUP: London! - July 20th 2014! [COLOR="Red"]LATEST[/COLOR]: [COLOR="Yellow"]Time of meeting: 17:00.[/COLOR] [COLOR="Yellow"]Place of meeting: The Parcel Yard[/COLOR] which is a pub inside Kings Cross Station, above the harry pot…	47 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jul 2014
Cool geek online-shops? Hi there, polycounters! I'm looking for cool online geek shops with international shipping. Good online-stores with [B]video-game artbooks[/B], [B]scale figures[/B], [B]t-shirts[/B] would be awesome.…	5 Last	DesignByKivi Jul 2014
Gam3rCon - Breaking into the Industry as an Artist - San Diego durring Comic Con So Gam3rCon is going on this week down in San Diego during the same time as Comic Con and I just found out that I will officially be a panel speaker for one of the Gam3rCon panels [B]"Breaking into t…	1 Last	skylebones Jul 2014
ASUS G65 JR Is it worth to replace or buy ? Hi , Due to some reason(frequent interruption in electricity) I planning to buy Laptop to replace my current desktop. Current Desktop: AMD 965 Black edition 64 bit, Gigabyte :GA-880GM, …	8 Last	BhushanArekar Jul 2014
My entry in the gaming world Hi, I have been around for a long time now, learning as much as i can from this community, and now my studies are over, and it's time to find a job. My speciality is character design with Zbrush and…	4 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2014
Faogen 3 GPU AO baking Hi everyone. My boss (or ex-boss since I finished my internship, but that sounds weird) passed along a new piece of software currently in development. The software can bake AO to vertex colors on h…	4 Last	beefaroni Jul 2014
What were some low poly tricks developers used to overcome limitations? So there was a [URL="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=858310"]thread on Neogaf[/URL] about about turning modern day video games into old PS1 ones. I posted some old work where I wanted to…	11 Last	Steve Schulze Jul 2014
Final Fantasy 8: Squall is dead Mindfuck. Have you guys ever seen this? FF8 was one of my favorites as a teen (still love the music). [url]http://squallsdead.com/[/url] [img]http://squallsdead.com/endshot8.jpg[/img]	26 Last	NeoCrimson Jul 2014
Moving from Max to Maya Hi Pollycount, I've been using 3ds Max for the past 6 years or so, and I'm about to start university on a 3D modeling and animation for games course. The only thing is that the course uses Maya as i…	8 Last	Michael Bartrum Jul 2014
Maya 2013 to 3DS Max 2012 OBJ error Hi, i am trying to export my project from maya 2013 to max 2012 with obj, but see what happens, [IMG]http://s23.postimg.org/xbd89lphn/erro_3ds_max.png[/IMG] anybody can help me??	0 Last	Teteu1234510 Jul 2014
Destiny Beta - PS4 Here are some extra Destiny beta codes for the Playstation 4 for my fellow polycounters :) QMMH-P7NT-H2HC 6NDL-LGN7-K64R	3 Last	FULGORE Jul 2014
Cover letter for internship - Tips? I've been looking for a good place to post this thread and I'm hoping the general discussion forum could be a suitable spot I'm about to start my second year in game art at Playground Squad in Swede…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2014
Closed The situation in Ukraine I am sorry for the politic thread here. I am really worried about this. But what it is your thoughts about the situation in Ukraine? Is there indication for World war 3? Or it can be solved in dip…	124 Last	adam Jul 2014