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Intuos 5 or Pro I'm looking at getting an Intuos Medium, but I'm not sure if I should get the 5 or the Pro. The price difference between the two as far as I've seen is fairly negligible (like $15), but the Pro doesn…	4 Last	Zack Maxwell Jul 2014
Closed I Want To Hold A 3D Icon Contest!	0 Last	havenisle Jul 2014
Lowpoly Outsource Studios Just wondering if anyone out there can help me in my search for outsource studios that specialize in or are capable of high quality, lowpoly diffuse only handpainted 3d work (ala World of Warcraft)??…	5 Last	Skiffy Jul 2014
Is there a market for animators? I originally wanted to do level design, but after a while of looking and only doing free stuff for indie projects that never pay up I'm starting to think I'm not going to have much luck. I started t…	8 Last	mister_s Jul 2014
Want to downsize my tablet My Intuos 4 has served me very well and I want to keep it for my desktop. Its the medium size which was like 13 wide or something. It fits great on my desk. However I just bought a laptop and I w…	16 Last	reverendK Jul 2014
New Street Fighter Toys A good friend of mine just launched a KickStarter Campaign for his line of Street Fighter toys. If youre interested or know others that might be spread the word. Massive Thanx! [url]https://www.k…	1 Last	Suba Jul 2014
Best version of Doom 3? Seeing this on sale today everywhere, I was going to pick up the BFG edition but started reading that they changed a lot of stuff. Apparently in the original you couldn't have your flashlight out at …	4 Last	Fuiosg Jul 2014
Creature Mashup Contest We need another one of these. Who's interested?	8 Last	Noth Jul 2014
Beta admissions via Pre-orders Hey all, spoke about this in the monthly noob challenge skype group and thought I would ask here as well as it brought up some interesting debate. I've noticed a lot more games are starting to offer …	9 Last	glottis8 Jul 2014
Terratech, Thoughts Hi Guys, Just Seen Terratech on kickstarter seems to have a slight twist reminds me of my childhood think it will take off?	0 Last	krislawton19 Jul 2014
I want to bring 3D fights back to Polycount. [I][SIZE="3"]Pow, right in the kisser![/SIZE][/I] Back in the day - [I]waaaaay back in the day[/I] - at Polycount we'd have impromptu "3D fights": A random topic or theme and a measly 30-60 minutes …	27 Last	Isaiah Sherman Jul 2014
3D Coat - Normal Display Error? I'm getting what I think is a display error but I'm not sure. I have the most up to date version of Coat and when the normals are turned on, there are a few places where this shows up. If I break off…	0 Last	thebubz Jul 2014
Juggling specializations and Art Mediums I've had this nagging thought in my head for a while and it's keeping me up tonight on this lovely 4AM morning. I'm still you know learning and trying to find my feet in art and game development. I l…	6 Last	Fogbrain Jul 2014
ZBrush - Help with Polypaint -> Color Mask Texture Hey, I'm currently learning a new work flow using ZBrush and have my mesh to the stage where I want to add details like rivets and screws etc. I plan on having different sections of my mesh as well …	2 Last	cdrose Jul 2014
ZBrush - I Need More Polygons? Hey everyone, I'm in the process of learning a ZBrush workflow and currently have a small piece I'm working on to learn the new workflow. I'm running into issues with requiring more polygons but I k…	7 Last	cdrose Jul 2014
Closed Strange Black Mesh	0 Last	TheWalkerGod Jul 2014
Pixars Ed Catmull Emerges As Central Figure In The Wage-Fixing Scandal Did a quick search if this is already posted, didnt find anything, sry if its a double post. I thought some people might find this an interesting read: [url]http://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/pixar…	67 Last	Blaizer Jul 2014
Hand Painted Primer video playlist I've been watching a lot of videos on youtube lately. There's a ton of great concepting, painting, and texturing videos on there. A lot of people post on here too. I've also had people ask where to …	5 Last	KennyTies Jul 2014
What would be the best spec of hardware in my limited budget? Hi guys! I really need your help on this matter. What would be the best spec of hardware in my limited budget ($1000-$1300)? I use ZBrush, 3dsmax, Maya, Photoshop, Marmosetetc.. I will be working …	8 Last	James H Jul 2014
What would make you buy a 3D printer? There's a lot of new kickstarters and options for low(er)cost 3D printers everyday and it seems like services like Shapeways or Sculpteo are bringing their prices down as competition ramps up. It see…	40 Last	pascal3112 Jul 2014
ProfessorPoly Summer Tutorial Sale Hey guys! I've appreciated all the great feedback from my Max to Maya and Maya to Max courses over on udemy and I though I would give back again and throw them up on a sweet sweet summer sale. Cant b…	0 Last	BradleyWascher Jul 2014
Manifold objects in 3d printing Can someone explain me what does "non-manifold" mean? for example if I have 3 separate objects grouped together into one object (but it's 3 separate parts really, 3 so-called shells) are they manifo…	8 Last	CheeseOnToast Jul 2014
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What Tutorials for practice this Summer? Hello forum! So i intend on doing as much practice as i can during these summer holidays and i was wondering if anybody had some good tutorials and ideas for practice. I want to learn how to make nic…	2 Last	HashBrownHamish Jul 2014
Autodesk Maya 2013 Service Pack Hello, I finally install the service pack for autodesk maya my 2013 student version, I was wondering if I can install the service pack 2 without having first installed the service pack 1, thanks.	1 Last	Torch Jul 2014
Bay Area Figure Drawing? I just moved to the Bay Area, was wondering if anyone here could recommend any figure drawing groups. Specifically, near Berkeley and Oakland.	0 Last	Brandon.LaFrance Jul 2014
Closed Green Tooth in videogames I know some artists have been placing Greentooth in random places in video games. Personally I love it :) I've started this thread for people to place screen shots of where you found greentooth. I …	1 Last	PaperTig3rs Jul 2014
World Cup...I'm sooo bummed out. This article sums it up well. [b]Argentina blow it with crazy substitutions Jose Pekerman sabotaged his own side, and that's why they lost to Germany Paul Doyle[/b] June 30, 2006 07:11 PM [i]If eve…	203 Last	Anchang-Style Jul 2014
A few questions on using other peoples concepts I'm putting together my first 3D game art portfolio, and while I do create my own concepts and model those, I also (like many people) enjoy modelling other people's concept art. I always give credit…	8 Last	Amsterdam Hilton Hotel Jul 2014
I'm coming to Malmö - wanna meet up? Hi everyone, I'm coming over to Malmö for the weekend of the 2nd of August, and in order to get some value for my traveling costs, I figured I might as well try and get some devs together :) The id…	5 Last	Kosai106 Jul 2014
Best auto UV unwrap? Hello everybody, I'm a beginner at 3D stuff and in these days it's first time in my life I'm facing the true pain while unwrapping UV. So I'm thinking about perfect auto unwrap program that would mak…	33 Last	Eric Williams Jul 2014
Unreal Material - Basic Gradient Is it possible to make a basic gradient that uses constant3Vectors to control the colors and that I can use to overlay on top of a sample texture in Unreal 4? I'am making grass planes and I want to …	2 Last	passerby Jul 2014
Bother with calibrating display? I know there's some threads on this, but displays have gotten better over the years and I think it's due for another discussion. In a team environment it's probably a no brainer, but as a solo game a…	9 Last	Fuiosg Jul 2014
What would you charge to remake this? I've been out of the 3d world for a bit, and have been working on my 2d, but recently I got a new client who is looking for something nearly identical to this. How much would you charge to make this …	26 Last	[Deleted User] Jul 2014
Student - I'm looking for a new PC and need some help! Hi, Ok well my old rig is getting kinda sluggish, so lately I was looking in to getting a new computer for my work and studies. The programs I use are Maya, Photoshop, Mudbox, Zbrush, marmoset toolba…	7 Last	Immanu'EL Segol Jul 2014
Boston meetup friday: Epic/Unreal Hangout at the Skellig Hey folks, Epic is hosting an indies meetup this friday (TOMORROW -- June 11) at the Skellig, in Waltham just outside the city (same place the Boston Post Mortems usually are). Anyone feel like join…	14 Last	Eric Chadwick Jul 2014
Can someone working full time, 9 hours a day, really make it? Hi. This question keeps coming and going every time I stop and think about my future. I deeply want to work in the industry, I always loved art and games. However, I took way too long to figure out…	21 Last	Torch Jul 2014
Is it cheating? Hey guys I've been really getting into my ZBrushin' recently, I start from a basic zsphere and continue on. I look at some incredible speed sculpts and some start with a basic face/body model alre…	36 Last	Hatred Jul 2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction Alright guys and gals, let's get this over with. What did you think?!	45 Last	The Mad Artist Jul 2014
Coorditante system problem Hello, I dont know how this happened, but im having a problem with the coordinate system in Max and i cant seem to fix it. Maybe you have solved before and help me. I attached a picture, but i thi…	0 Last	Red Deliallisi Jul 2014
using blender for freelance anyone tried it? and how does it compare to 3ds max? i'm using 3ds max and zbrush right now and 3ds max is just too expensive for me to keep paying for it when blender has it all. if you are using i…	8 Last	rino Jul 2014
Game of Thrones Break Downs So sexy [url]http://vimeo.com/100095868[/url] Even four seasons in, I'm always surprised on the amount of work that goes into making the show look so fantastic. (If anyone has any other videos, fe…	9 Last	Mstankow Jul 2014
22 Jump Street Saw it on wednesday with my girlfriend, film is fucking incredible. Full of references to how stupid sequels are, full of references to how stupid the actors are, just about every moment of the film …	4 Last	almighty_gir Jul 2014
Congrats CLEVELAND. [IMG]http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/feeds/Associated%20Press/2014/07/10/876/493/dda0c17ce8b97f1a590f6a70670006d4.jpg?ve=1&tl=1[/IMG]	3 Last	shotgun Jul 2014
Affordable 3D classes? I'm at my wits end because I've been trying for years to 'get' high poly modelling and it's just not working out to learn this stuff on my own. I want to make human models but I've never been able to…	13 Last	Ruz Jul 2014
Tricky decision Hey all, my name is Vidas (known as fakado online) and I'm an aspiring level designer. I've got some things I posted on the Unreal Engine forum and one of them here on Polycount named "The Room" whic…	10 Last	NegevPro Jul 2014
Bulb Boy Kickstarter! Hey guys! I recently found this awesome point & click game called [B]Bulb Boy[/B]. They have a playable [URL="http://bulbboygame.com/#page-demo"]demo[/URL] on their page and lots of great artwork to…	4 Last	BulbBoy Jul 2014
Survival games [COLOR="Silver"][I]TL;DR: Eager to hear which survival games you've played/are playing, and what makes them unique besides their themes.[/I][/COLOR] I was playing Stomping Land's today; ~45 minutes …	20 Last	Ben Apuna Jul 2014
Tablets? (Not talkin 'bout graphics tablets) I'm not very well educated on tablets these days, there's so many tablets out there, and I get a real sore back sitting at my computer just reading or watching stuff. I'm interested in buying a tab…	27 Last	Fogbrain Jul 2014
Gamma and linear alpha questions for mips I'm just stuck with the PS DDS exporter and alpha maps from 3DS Max. The way PS generates mips uses a kaiser filter and the gamma encoding value. If your diffuse map is corrected at 2.2, are the al…	0 Last	Mr Whippy Jul 2014