1st part in a series about the making of Borderlands: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2gceJ2lzYk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=876X30YznqE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.polycount.net%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D65584&feature=player_embedded[/ame]
In an ideal world, the one and only way to avoid such seams is to have a viewing environment and a baking environment that are completely synchronized (and there is much more to that than just the normalmaps "looking good"). Unfortunately, almost none of the display environments we use (CG software, games engines) are…
Hello All, I'm currently doing a machine part design with lots of cylinder shapes.Instead of having Cylinder and extruding with /bevels/chamfers. I'm usingseperate cylinders for each section of the canister. This makes changing stuff more easier asyou can scale/move/parts adjust thing on the fly. I only need to make a more…
So I'm thinking about eventually enrolling in the Think Tank Training Centre online program for VFX. It looks like a really good program but one thing that I am concerned about is making professional connections with classmates, instructors, and mentors. For anyone that has done the online program, were you able to make…
i hear tell that several of you guys are making tf2 maps, i'm havin a problem with my cap points.. here is the overview of the problem I am making a small cp map with 3 points my map layout is like this (red spawn) - cap point 0 - cap point 2 - cap point 1 - (Blu Spawn) i have point 2 set to require red to already own…
Hi guys, Just wondering what you are doing to making the max viewport more appealing, if anything? In Maya and MODO is think stuff always looks great, but I cant say the same for Max. I always end up setting lights or ambient environments etc to make the modelling look more appealing. Currently, I press "8" to open the…
Sorry for asking most likely a noobish queston but I haven't got a lot of time to be learning/searching myself for an answer to this question. I have recently submitted my portfolio to several studios and a couple are saying they cant access it as their firewalls are blocking it. They have asked for .pdf versions of my…
so, I've been working on a big project the last few months. And i'm now at the stage of putting everything in UDK, lighting it, etc... But my problem is that it runs so so so slooww (moving around, selecting things) so my question is what can i do to make it run faster? i read somewhere that you can turn off or turn down…