No problem! Dithering is well explained in this stickied thread: http://polycount.com/discussion/148303/of-bit-depths-banding-and-normal-maps Basically it adds a bit of noise as you convert a texture from 16 bits to 8 bits. This can be beneficial because when that rounding I mentioned happens, you can end up with pixels…
A bit more info on this. We found a bug with low to low baking where an additional calculation was happening that shouldn't have been. We should be able to fix this with the next update. We're working on a hot fix, so this should be sooner rather than later. This issue only appears to affect the metalness output. As far as…
Are you sure about that moving fast thing? This is how long I have either been using or been adjacent to some commonly used industry tools. Maya:25+ years Max 25+ years Photoshop 30+ years zbrush 20+years Houdini 20+ yearsSubstance Designer 4.x ~10years Substance painter 8/9+ years I had Blender running on a Windows phone…
Thanks Equil. Do you mean grade as in 'school grade', or grade as in JLPT? The app I'm using organises lists for both school level and JLPT. £6.99, it's here: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/japanese/id290664053?mt=8 I use that for Kanji, and I used this to learn Hiragana/Katakana.…
I can agree with some of the points, bad wording here and there but what's important is that I understand the message. My girl keeps telling me the same on a weekly basis... And before that, it used to be my mom, I never listened! I even heard it from some co-workers in the past. heh But it's true, you risk burning out. I…
Not that you are interested, but here's the classes to get the bachelors in computer animation.. minus the gen ed classes... CONCENTRATION COURSES Course # Course Title Credits ANM 1011 History and Business of Animation 4 AGR 1012 Fundamentals of Graphic Design 4 ANM 1021 Animation Drawing Basics 4 ANM 1051 Photoshop for…
Most TN panels are 6-bit + FRC which boosts it to the 16.7m colour range whereas nearly all IPS panels are true 8-bit panels with a lot being 8-bit + FRC to get the extra range. In summary TN panels use extra tech to reproduce colours more accurately which in most cases doesn't do a better job then the native 8-bit+ units.…
It's hard to estimate if you're not used to working 8 hours days in a studio. Did it take you 16 hours to reach that point? That seems a bit slow tbh, the thing on the left is not finished and I wouldn't call that game-ready. If you find that out of 8 or 16 hours you're only getting a couple of hours effective time then…
This is where a lot my anxieties (concerning ai+art) are. While we're not there yet, it also isn't some far-fetched fantasy to imagine that that could be a possibility. And to a similar idea regarding topology, UVs and workflow: These systems were all developed primarily from the standpoint of human authorship, right? If…