Hm.... after looking around and reading this, http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3153458/wpf-how-to-load-lots-of-large-images-fast-into-wrappanel It seems like the approach I currently am doing, might be the best. I was hoping to Multi-Thread creating/adding the blobs to the DB, then adding to the View with realtime…
Building a reference library of architecture photos that you enjoy would help to focus in on the style you're going for. By taking a bit from each photo that you like, it's possible to build upon that premise. For a color palette, you can search through google and read about color theory and how light affects the…
https://vimeo.com/31405112 By non destructive, I'm just referring to 3ds max's modifier stack which is like the bread and butter of 3ds max's modeling advantages. it essentially is a stack of modifiers that can manipulate your model in a linear ascending fashion in which you can toggle each modifier on and off or rearrange…
I'm very sorry friends, I thought the contest ended on the 31st of last month, but it continues so I'm going to try to continue it as much as I can, I'm very sorry, :confounded:
I've been coming around to the Verge's layout more and more. They're landing page is a very clustered layout and hard to navigate, but their blog post and forum post layouts are fantastic in the way they're cohesive. Their comment design is to be desired and wouldn't fit for something like our community, though. In the…
The model was inspired by the Quel'Serrar and created in Blender. Texture was painted in Gimp with a mouse. Render was in Blender using cycles. The model is at 318 Tri's with a 512x256 diffuse.
I have a sony vaio laptop i7 Core Processor Nvidia 310m (512mb) Mobiles Graphics Card Windows 7 64 bit 4gb of ram Here is my exact specs http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834127044 It freezes up if I start a new scene and edit a cube or whatever. I do have some plugins installed. I have xoliul shader,…
If you go with the 2,718 tri lod you could probably round out the gauges, bottle and tank a bit and still come in under 3k? Especially if you delete the unseen tris. You could probably push it up to 5k or hell even leave it, 8k -unseen isn't going to be that expensive really. And as if we haven't beaten this dead horse…
I hate to say it, but the 19th will most likely be it. This deadline pretty much lines up with last years extension, "You now have until Monday, January 20th to get your submissions turned in for consideration." and the event will most likely begin on the 31st again, so it looks like crunch time to me :poly122: