I've searched the normal mapping thread and i didnt find this tip so I thought I'd post it here. If you are rendering with mental ray there is a superb time saving feature called 'Round Corners'. Basically any hard edges the shader sees are automatically 'beveled' using a bump mapping trick. The cool thing about this is…
I wasn't sure because of the forum rules if this was appropriate to post. If you feel like it doesn't comply or is not useful for the members here, please delete the post. Anyway, Earlier today we at FlippedNormals launched our second product: FlippedNormals Lighting Scenes - V-Ray for Maya & MODO Take a look at our…
Visual Effects Artist - Seattle, WA Job Description Amazon Game Studios is looking for a Visual Effects artist to join our development team. The perfect candidate will be comfortable creating a wide variety of visual effects using particles, shaders, and physics simulations. You will need to be proficient in hard surface…
Hello all! I am very clueless when it comes to batching tools and very not sure how to go to create a graph that will be able to be batched (I guess a simple name corresponding to the map I want to input but still...). I tried to look at the batching tools help file but I am still very unsure still... Very puzzled indeed.…
Image rendering by Samuel Zeller Acropora is a procedural voxel modeler for creating complex, organic mesh topologies that are useful for all types of 3D modeling applications. Acropora incorporates some of the latest advances in voxel modeling technology. Acropora combines volumetric modifiers with multi-octave 3D noise…
Hi guys, i'm concepting a new character idea at the moment for personal fun. Thematically it's a bit of a mixed bag but the underlying idea is female assassin taking influences from sci-fi, western and modern day. So far it's all sub-d modeling in Max (for practice) and in the near future will do detail passes in zbrush.…
Hi guys, Brand new to the forum. I finish university in a month and only started modelling 3 years ago when I started so I haven't become as good a modeller as I wanted to be by now. My intention isn't to get a job in the games industry as a modeller but I would like to improve my skills as it is something that interests…
Los Angeles based studio is looking for a few 3D animators to create cute cartoonish characters for a kids pilot. Do not apply if you dont know MAYA, as all models MUST be created using MAYA. Please see the attached link for reference of style & characters. Please respond to this email by filling in the answers to the…
Limited Time Offer Buy now and get 3 Licenses Offer Expires on 08/4/2012 RappaTools3 is an advanced toolset that comes with a great variety of tools for the artist working in 3ds Max. The main focus is to speed up the workflow and to reduce the click count. It offers a wide variety of tools, everything from selection tools…
I wanted to make a current/next gen version of Sanctuary from Borderlands 2. I have been at it for about 1.5 months now and need some feedback before I get any further into it. Any critique would be greatly appreciated. This is quite ambitious for someone who doesn't know what they're doing, but I don't have any real time…