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Autodesk acquires Alias for $182 million cash
No. Shit. http://today.reuters.com/investing/Finan...-11_N04463006:1 Autodesk today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Alias, a privately held developer of 3D graphics technology, for $182 million in cash. This acquisition will grow Autodesks expertise and offerings in the film and video,… -
Got me a PS3.
Ok so with the fall of hd-dvd and already owning a 360 I went ahead and picked up a PS3. Figured I have netflix they do blu ray. Work has a huge game library to check things out so why not. Picked up the console, extra controller and remote for dvd and also picked up Ratched and Clank Future. Get home unpack. What the… -
PBR BaseColor/Metallic to Vray (3.2) / Corona / Redshift / Arnold converter
Here is a filter to convert baseColor/Metallic/roughness to Vray/Corona/Redshift/Arnold This filter is now by default in SD library (search for PBR converter). Limitations: - in Vray/Corona the fresnel is colored, it's not in SD - a 100% black metal renders black/no reflection in Vray/Corona, in SD the fresnel is still… -
Re: re - rejoining the army
desk-job/pop ? yeah I'd say if its just to log data or something but anything physical might be a challenge, wine aside, i learned eating just any grass-fed meat and pasta with d.o.p. cheese for 3 years regulates the body to 100% weight for the height but I'd just do it for 1 year the most next time around. I've been 155… -
Re: Industry strugglin'
I would say the games industry is turbulent due to Global Events and the huge shifts of uncertanty post Covid. On top of this Seasonal Trends and so many different Technology Shifts going on. I have students making Assets for Dekogon with polycounts that I could only have dreamed of. Then there is the Economic Factors,… -
Re: Group that formed modern Capitol Punishment now says "US Court System doesn't work"
The Harris County Jail in Houston, TX is the third largest joint in the country and one of the largest in the world. Only the Rikers Island (which is actually a complex of 10 different jails) and the LA County Jail (largest on the planet) are larger. 25% of the $1.5 billion Harris County budget is law enforcement, with… -
Re: 3Ds Max 2012 sneak peek
Yea the curve editor still kills FPS for me too, there are times I would love to see 3fps. Here are the results of my tests on my work machine (a below average machine), with a 100k tri mesh. Vista 64bit Ultimate i5 2.67GHz 8gb RAM GeForce GT 240 (I'll test it at home tonight which is a lot beefier system) Realistic… -
Re: Are 3ds Max's Modeling Tools Good Enough for Us?
I really like 3ds max, I only use 2009. Because as some other people mentioned I find 2010+ up cluttered. the UI doesnt make sense. I like the number of plugins and scripts available for max, the community is big and there is some really cool stuff on scriptspot. Also I use a lot soulburn scripts, that helps a lot. I… -
Re: Let us help in saving the world.
You have to take into consideration that one US state is about the size of an entire European country with less population. Towns are not packed next to each other. As Asherr said, there is no public transportation to speak of outside of major cities. It takes me a half tank of gas to visit my parents and Asherr and come… -
Re: ASCII 3D file formats
Hmmm ok I just did a simple test. I never though about this kind of contraint before, before when I had the choice between Collada and FBX, I asked Collada because of Melscript. But Actually, the FBX 2010 version follow Collada for the melscript commands list, etc... I just prefer to delelete all the informations I don't…
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