Another awesome tutorial and I just got new video card that has dx11 and this write up makes me very happy :) I could not find any info on the subject in the past and was not sure if the displacement map rendered in max was the kind of map I need :) I guess the info you provided regarding image formats, geometry and…
there is an HDD solution coming for the slim PS2. here's some info on a case that will allow you to load imports etc.. on the slim PS2 along with the swap magic 3.3 disks. http://www.customps2.com/site/pages/prods/ps2_orangeslim.html and heres the info on the HDD solution http://www.ps2nfo.com/usbfaq.html i'm not sure that…
Delicious Monster looks great...too bad it's Mac only. That kinda seems to operate like Libra but much nicer. Libra seems to rely on amazon for info. Found a comparable product for windows. It's called MediaMan. Spent a few minutes playing with it and it's very nice, user friendly and highly customizable. Has a virtual…
there is a utility in the utilitys tab called 'channel info' that will let you copy and paste mapping data between channels. utilities - more -> channel Info. seeing all these hacks makes me wonder why the hell there isnt dxt format that stores 2 channels specifically for normal maps. (edit DX 10 has this with BC5/3DC)…
Few notes. - I muted your video almost instantly. The music is annoying and quite loud. - I think you need some labels. Half the time, i wasnt sure what I was looking at. Concept art? 3d? compositing? I dunno. -You dont have any contact info. You just say your blog site. You need contact info on your reel.
Hello, Was hoping someone here could help me. On EP they mentioned something about a montreal games conference. I googled it and went to an official looking site (wikipedia later backed this up.) But my kaspersky flagged a virus in its theme. I won't link to it on the off chance It was the wrong site. Could anyone assist?…
The last 2 years, thousands of artists have participated in Inktober, a prompt started by artist Jake Parker. I want to participate this year, and I'd like to invite the artists of Polycount to participate this year too! The premise is to draw, traditionally, something in ink every day of October. (of course you don't have…
Thanks CGilbert. So one of the main reasons i ask for auto loading the baker as an option is when i load a previous settings file that i saved out with all my bakes set up it fails to fill in the high/low poly sections unless i load the baker first. it would be good that if loading settings from a file that it detects…
@Vincent074 What is the prop being used for? If a hero asset of some sort definitely model out each board of the box do some highpoly sculpting on it. If it's for a background set piece of such that will not be seen too close not necessary IMO. Make sure to do a good job texturing (add nails, scratches, some edge wear and…