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Re: Bethesda decal techniques - The Skyrim case
Here is a bit of an explanation about how you would do the hard blend with the vertex colors. There are other techniques as well, but their one is likely this. I mentioned that "if" thing, that gives you the fully hard alpha, so its actually very simple. This is what your if would do: A= height A B= height B A>B = 0 A>=B =… -
[Project] RIB Boat Grand 850 — Hard Surface / Vehicle Art
Hello everyone, I’d like to share my first independent project: a detailed 3D model of the Grand 850 rigid-inflatable boat (RIB). Since I am still a beginner in 3D modeling, this was a massive learning experience for me. My primary objective for this project was to achieve accurate hard-surface geometry representation,… -
Beginner Unreal Engine C++ Programmer Looking for a Project to Hone Their Skills
Hello everyone, I’m a beginner C++ programmer and Unreal Engine user looking for a project I could believe in and in which to hone our skills together. To put this in perspective, I’ve tried this as an hobby in the past but it never panned out, so that little skills I might have acquired then is now long gone and… -
Re: Urgent job help needed ASAP
This seems to be happening to polycounters alot this week :P A good studio doesn't have to worry about locking in a candidate cuz their offer sells itself. I was offered a job in vancoubver (company A) last year in April. I accepted the offer and then; while on vacation I was offered an interview here in California… -
Blast from the past, 2002
Found this again today, featuring some of the old crowd, and a bit of what Polycount used to look like, back in 2002 when we were all trying to figure out how to make normal maps https://ericchadwick.com/examples/files/polycount_2002_messageboard.html -
MtoA Warning: [gpu] device 1 is out of range and other Errors
I'm on Maya 2022.1, and the MtoA Arnold Integration. I was working in the hypershade window and toggling between Arnold and the other rendering engines, and I got an error: // Warning: [gpu] device 1 is out of range // I did a google search to figure out what it means but there are no results with that specific error. I… -
Re: Ooh boy....
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Biorganic Kamen Rider — WIP
Hey everyone! I'm ABR, a self-taught 3D artist about 4 months into learning Blender with roughly 1 month of actual sculpting experience. This is my first major project and I'd love any feedback or critique from people more experienced than me. A bit about me: I'm actually more of a topology person than a sculptor — which… -
Re: AI Art, Good or Bad? A (hopefully) nuanced take on the subject.
I found this article pretty informative, about how to spot AI fakes, and whether it's ultimately a losing battle (or not!). https://www.science.org/content/article/deepfakes-are-everywhere-godfather-digital-forensics-fighting-back One thing I found a little bit annoying was their reliance on perspective lines to help…
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