Hey. I was playing around with max and came up with this method for faking volumetric light. It uses a mix of gradient and falloff for opacity map and a flat self-illumination color, applied to a geosphere. I just took a raw render of the result, this is exactly what it would look like in-game. It has limitations such as…
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone can shed some light ( no pun intended ) on why I am getting these strange white lines in my scene. The enclosed images show a pretty high bake with what I am talking about. The mesh density is pretty high so I know its not that. There are no overlapping UV's so its not that. I am little…
Hey guys, we are looking for a lead lighting artist to join our team here in Vancouver Canada. Link to apply for the Job below. https://careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?jid=270719&pp=VR
With a small and dedicated team, we are currently working on a first-person tactical co-op game using Unreal Engine 5. The game features a realistic, military-focused setting with a strong emphasis on simulation and tactical gameplay. We are searching for an ambitious generalist with a high focus on art and tech-art…
Hi everyone! I have written a post some hours ago to get help but...no replies for the moment. So I now try here, with a new topic, hoping in better luck. This is my original message : I'm a newcomer and I kindly ask you some help to solve a strange issue that I'm experimenting with Toolbag 3. I must admit that I'm not…
Hey guys, I am looking for a range of new artists to join the team at SplashDamage. http://www.splashdamage.com/ The Job roles are going up in the next few days and I wanted to post this here to give everyone a heads up. Next Gen AAA work. Being in house is a requirement. Environment Artists, Lighting Artists, VFX artists.
Hi all...the struggle to get a decent workflow for normal mapping continues =D Does anyone know of any normal map viewer that's capable of baking lighting to a texture as reference for a diffuse map? The maya method is so finicky, and needs a pretty complex shader setup to do it even half decently. Freeware would be best,…
I've looked at a lot of threads and still can't seem to figure out what the problem is. I am trying a very simple test mesh for grass. It's two sheets crossed in the center. In Maya 2012 I have rotated the vertex normals so they are all pointing up and slightly out. I have explicit normals checked on the import. I have the…
Nice! Now you're getting somewhere. I see big leaps in the areas that needed improvement. I think you're mostly on the money for the mesh. The arms might be a touch long, if you bring the arms down so they rested vertical along the body the tips of the fingers should line up around mid thigh. Right now they look like they…