^^^! Ive been listening to that station for the last 3 days
Something calming and awesome is ALWAYS playing when a program crashes i don't even care i feel to relaxed to rage
Kinovea is an open source (GPL-licensed) video tool to help analyze motion. It lets you load up a video file and adjust playback speed for slow/fast motion, frame-by-frame advance, do overlays of timers, draw lines on the image, angle indicators, perspective grids, do split-screen comparisons, etc.
Don't know if this has already been mentioned but man, check this out http://www.splashtop.com/
Lets you control your computer from anywhere in real time, with sound, everything. I love this program. I was actually working on an aftereffects project from my crappy laptop and tricked people into thinking it was some sort of superbeast (the real superbeast lives at home) And I managed to fly a jet around in battlefield 3. Until some ass shot me down.
Nice! I used youtube playlists in the past It's really nice to find new music.
You guys eat your heart out. http://www.filtermusic.net/ a crap ton of good audio streams. Most with a bit of ads here and there but not much of it.
You could also download http://www.spotify.com/ and use its 'radio' - it generates a random playlist of music similar to a song you specify. It's free+ads or 4.99 a month.
I use it to sync some maxscripts, to transfer larger files and to share some Unity project stuff.
How does Unity handle this when having a project open with 2 people at once? Me and a friend tried a project with Dropbox, but Unity automatically saves files or something - long story short, I opened the scene on my end, and my friend's Unity crashed and lost a bunch of files/progress.
How does Unity handle this when having a project open with 2 people at once? Me and a friend tried a project with Dropbox, but Unity automatically saves files or something - long story short, I opened the scene on my end, and my friend's Unity crashed and lost a bunch of files/progress.
Yeah, you definitely shouldn't be working on a collaborative Unity project directly in Dropbox. Remember that Dropbox will immediately (or close enough to it) sync files across a shared folder, so you're guaranteed to lose work or get corrupted data if you're both working on the project simultaneously.
If you don't have pro (ie, access to source control), keep the shared dropbox folder as your repository, so to speak, and not the direct working copy. Keep a local copy of the project, and update the dropbox folder with assets that have changed.
I'm using this right now to collaborate on a Unity project. It actually does a pretty good job. Slight learning curve with the UI, and I always seem to screw up versions and what not, but it's pretty forgiving.
The only thing I noticed is that it doesn't always merge scenes 100% correctly (sometimes a missing actor or two). No biggie. Beats drop box.
Pretty sure you'll need Mercurial too. Not sure, I didn't set it up.
Great website that compiles random website, images, videos, gifs, you name it. Perfect for inspiration or perspective. The Android phone and tablet apps work great as well. I use it every day on my Xoom2.
Appwise komodo edit, for music I use shoutcast Google add on for chrome.. For anatomy on Android I use real body works they have two apps in the playstore. There's a free version of ace project on Google Chrome which allows you to clock your productivity.. Stay focused is awesome to block out Facebook, twitter, etc.
anyone know a reference image viewer that not only clips your reference image on top of your main work application window but saves all the reference images you opened in a session, and then you can at any time reload all those images again by simply opening up the saved session. Pretty much like a playlist in winamp or itunes of your mix songs.
One tool that i love is QTTabBar it allows you to have tabs in the windows explorer as well as tons of other things. Couldn't live without it its such a time saver! Give it a try its free.
And another one which might be already posted is SageThumbs a windows thumbnail viewer who supports a wide range of file formats. No doubt its a must have! And its free.
Hi all, first post here! (Been lurking for a while and haven't got any art good enough to post yet -_- )
Anyway, as an alternative to Notepad++ I've started using Sublime Text for coding and general text editing. Has some nice features like multi-line editing, 'distraction free mode' and is pretty much entirely customisable.
An unlimited length 'evaluation' copy is available to download.
http://subtlepatterns.com/
This website is made for web designers in mind but all of the patterns are seamless and most of them are in grayscale, making them good to use for textures. These are all free and they are adding more all the time. Here is their github link to download them all with a photoshop .pat file included https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns/zipball/master
Here are some great search tips by one of Google's own research scientists. They work great for finding obscure technical info or tutorials on the web or even here on Polycount itself.
One more goody that i've found years ago is AjaXplorer its a powerful open-source file-management system for your webserver. I spare you guys the features and details, just head over to site and test the online demo. You will see its a pretty neat piece of software. Oh and its free
Greenshot - a free screenshot tool optimized for productivity
Create complete or partial screenshots quickly.
Easily annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of the screenshot.
Send the screenshot to a file, the clipboard, a printer or as e-mail attachment.
Being easy to understand and configurable, Greenshot is an efficient tool for project managers, software developers, technical writers, testers and anyone else creating screenshots.
Capture a region:
Annotating, highlighting or obfuscating parts of a screenshot:
System tray context menu (+hotkeys) & settings dialog:
Oh, and not really software but shortcuts I use ALL THE TIME
Windows + E : Open the Computer folder Windows + D : Minimize all windows, and display the desktop :poly142: Windows + Arrows Keys : Move the current window, it's very useful when you have say 2 windows, take one, do Windows + Left, take the other, do Windows+Right, and there you have it (works across multiple display too). Up & Down minimze or maximize the current window Windows + F : Open the search window F2 : Rename a selected folder Middle Click on a program on the Task Bar : Open another instance of that program (Use it all the time to open another 3ds max, doesn't work with everything though...) Windows + 1/2/3/... : Open the First/Second/Third/... program pinned on the task bar, or bring it to the front if it's an opened one Windows + L : Exit the current session
And finally some browser related shortcut (I love shortcuts ) Middle Click on a Link : Open in another tab Ctrl + click on a Link : Open in another tab Middle Click on a tab : Close the tab
Here's a nice little tool that captures your screen straight to GIF: http://www.landoleet.org/licecap/
Very straightforward, you just set the area to capture as well as the framerate and you're good to go.
TACTIC is a highly flexible web-based production asset management system that cures the headache of complex digital content creation. By combining digital asset management with data and project management, TACTIC keeps your files secure, your team on track and your projects on schedule as you create more and more digital content.
Oh yeah, Paint Tool Sai is awesome, though I'd categorize it more as a concept, illustration, or painting app rather than as a Photoshop substitute. Unless of course you do a lot of hand painted textures, as I know you do.
Speaking of painting apps like Paint Tool Sai there's also:
One great place to watch for new painting apps is the Chrome Web Store. It seems like there are new ones popping up there all the time.
Another great utility to add to these programs is Lazy Nezumi which can add a ZBrush like lazy mouse function to pretty much any app. I've even used it in Mudbox. There's about it here. Sadly it's Windows only though.
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http://kuler.adobe.com/#
Also, if you sign up via a referral link (like the one I posted) you get an extra 500MB.
I use it to sync some maxscripts, to transfer larger files and to share some Unity project stuff.
http://www.friskyradio.com/
http://www.delftship.net/delftship/index.php/downloads/viewcategory/3-delftship-software
Nice! I used youtube playlists in the past
Something calming and awesome is ALWAYS playing when a program crashes i don't even care i feel to relaxed to rage
http://www.colorexplorer.com/imageimport.aspx
http://www.splashtop.com/
Lets you control your computer from anywhere in real time, with sound, everything. I love this program. I was actually working on an aftereffects project from my crappy laptop and tricked people into thinking it was some sort of superbeast (the real superbeast lives at home) And I managed to fly a jet around in battlefield 3. Until some ass shot me down.
Damn. You.
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Why is there a Tag for Blonde and Brunette which is bigger and...oh...oh...Oooooh...
So erm, yeah, let me get productive....
a web based normal map generator:
http://www.smart-page.net/smartnormal/
Huh, that's interesting. I'll probably stick with NDO2, but I never imaged seeing an online normal map maker. Why do people still buy CrazyBump?
Does anyone else have problems using this with Max?
No way i was task switching for 6 minutes, more like 30 seconds total if that, so it seems to be picking up bits of other programs as that.
Same with detach, had that window up for maybe 10 seconds. ivy2.max should probably have been 15-20 mins
Seems to be missing 8% of the time..
Any clues?
You guys eat your heart out. http://www.filtermusic.net/ a crap ton of good audio streams. Most with a bit of ads here and there but not much of it.
You could also download http://www.spotify.com/ and use its 'radio' - it generates a random playlist of music similar to a song you specify. It's free+ads or 4.99 a month.
How does Unity handle this when having a project open with 2 people at once? Me and a friend tried a project with Dropbox, but Unity automatically saves files or something - long story short, I opened the scene on my end, and my friend's Unity crashed and lost a bunch of files/progress.
Yeah, you definitely shouldn't be working on a collaborative Unity project directly in Dropbox. Remember that Dropbox will immediately (or close enough to it) sync files across a shared folder, so you're guaranteed to lose work or get corrupted data if you're both working on the project simultaneously.
If you don't have pro (ie, access to source control), keep the shared dropbox folder as your repository, so to speak, and not the direct working copy. Keep a local copy of the project, and update the dropbox folder with assets that have changed.
I'm using this right now to collaborate on a Unity project. It actually does a pretty good job. Slight learning curve with the UI, and I always seem to screw up versions and what not, but it's pretty forgiving.
The only thing I noticed is that it doesn't always merge scenes 100% correctly (sometimes a missing actor or two). No biggie. Beats drop box.
Pretty sure you'll need Mercurial too. Not sure, I didn't set it up.
Great website that compiles random website, images, videos, gifs, you name it. Perfect for inspiration or perspective. The Android phone and tablet apps work great as well. I use it every day on my Xoom2.
A nice Opensource alternative to Dropbox or Google Drive (yes, you can install it on you own server, and they have a client for windows too) :thumbup:
This literally saved my lost soul. Thank you!
(imo) Looks better, runs smoother, Opens faster than Adobe Reader and works better with a table when scrolling. Also has one better viewing option
And another one which might be already posted is SageThumbs a windows thumbnail viewer who supports a wide range of file formats. No doubt its a must have! And its free.
Anyway, as an alternative to Notepad++ I've started using Sublime Text for coding and general text editing. Has some nice features like multi-line editing, 'distraction free mode' and is pretty much entirely customisable.
An unlimited length 'evaluation' copy is available to download.
I hope to be posting some art soon...
http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/
This website is made for web designers in mind but all of the patterns are seamless and most of them are in grayscale, making them good to use for textures. These are all free and they are adding more all the time. Here is their github link to download them all with a photoshop .pat file included https://github.com/subtlepatterns/SubtlePatterns/zipball/master
How to solve impossible problems: Daniel Russell’s awesome Google search techniques
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Here is SnappyTree's Mozilla Developer Network page if you want more info.
Being easy to understand and configurable, Greenshot is an efficient tool for project managers, software developers, technical writers, testers and anyone else creating screenshots.
Capture a region:
Annotating, highlighting or obfuscating parts of a screenshot:
System tray context menu (+hotkeys) & settings dialog:
http://www.voidtools.com/download.php
Everything is a free search engine, like the one from windows, except a research is instantaneous. Yes.
Why no one told me before.
Wow ! So useful, thanks !!
This thread is awesome
Oh, and not really software but shortcuts I use ALL THE TIME
Windows + E : Open the Computer folder
Windows + D : Minimize all windows, and display the desktop :poly142:
Windows + Arrows Keys : Move the current window, it's very useful when you have say 2 windows, take one, do Windows + Left, take the other, do Windows+Right, and there you have it
Windows + F : Open the search window
F2 : Rename a selected folder
Middle Click on a program on the Task Bar : Open another instance of that program (Use it all the time to open another 3ds max, doesn't work with everything though...)
Windows + 1/2/3/... : Open the First/Second/Third/... program pinned on the task bar, or bring it to the front if it's an opened one
Windows + L : Exit the current session
And finally some browser related shortcut (I love shortcuts
Middle Click on a Link : Open in another tab
Ctrl + click on a Link : Open in another tab
Middle Click on a tab : Close the tab
Almost everything I tried has crash written all over it, my last hope is GIMP it seems, with a plugin, but I just want to make sure before I DL it.
OK, I'm an idiot PS and GIMP both have Video Editing options built in, no plugins required.
http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/how-to-make-an-animated-gif-from-a-video-clip/
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Animated-GIF-from-a-Video-in-Photoshop-CS5
http://www.southpawtech.com/tactic/
Windows, Mac, and Linux:
GIMP
Pinta - a cross platform clone of Paint.net
Sumo Paint
Pixlr
Windows and Mac:
Corel Painter - Which has a new Photoshop-like UI mode now. (Not really inexpensive, but still cheaper than Photoshop, watch for sales.)
Corel PaintShop Pro
Windows Only:
Paint.net
Mac Only:
Pixelmator
I haven't messed with all of it's features but it has better pressure sensitivity than Photoshop - no shoelace strokes in Windows 7.
Oh yeah, Paint Tool Sai is awesome, though I'd categorize it more as a concept, illustration, or painting app rather than as a Photoshop substitute. Unless of course you do a lot of hand painted textures, as I know you do.
Speaking of painting apps like Paint Tool Sai there's also:
My Paint
Art Rage
Autodesk SketchBook Pro (Goes on sale about once per year, try Amazon).
Autodesk SketchBook Copic Edition - Free but limited features.
Autodesk SketchBook Express - Free - Mac only - limited features, different brushes than Copic Edition.
Alchemy
Manga Studio
Flow Paint
Qaquarelle
Krita
Project Dogwaffle
One great place to watch for new painting apps is the Chrome Web Store. It seems like there are new ones popping up there all the time.
Another great utility to add to these programs is Lazy Nezumi which can add a ZBrush like lazy mouse function to pretty much any app. I've even used it in Mudbox. There's about it here. Sadly it's Windows only though.
Most $:
Pro Motion
Least $:
Graphics Gale - Has a free version too.
Pablo the Pixel Art Builder A set of Photoshop actions to speed up isometric pixel art creation, for CS3 and up. See: http://youtu.be/YJEEayL0-UM
Free!
GrafX2 - Scripts for GrafX2 - Don't let the extremely retro UI fool you, Grafx2 is powerful!
Allegro Sprite Editor
Pyxel Edit
Pickle
D-Pixel
Pixothello
Moai
P-XCEL - Actually a 3D Painting app for really low poly models with tiny textures.
Tilemap Editors:
Tiled
Ogmo Editor
DAME Editor
Tile Studio
Non-Tile Map Editors:
GLEED2D - Generic Level Editor 2D
Scope 2D
Utilities:
Shoebox - by renderhjs - Polycount thread
TinyPNG - Compress your PNGs
ImageAlpha - Compress your PNGs. Then compress them even more! with ImageOptim - Mac only.
Color Oracle - Simulate color blindness to test for accessibility.
ConvertICO - Free online ICO/PNG file converter.
BitFontMaker - Pixel font editor.
BitFontMaker 2 - Pixel font editor.
ImpactJS Font Tool - Pixel font generator.
ColorPolyByVerts - http://www.rpmanager.com/plugins/ColorPolyByVerts.htm
Colors Triangles, Quads and ngons to quickly clean up icky ngons.
Shout out to Prophecies for showing this to me.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/15/free-download-useful-legal-documents-for-designers-pdf/