i render all day long cause im lighting TD and we here have chosen vray 7 years ago. we have a little farm and need a lot of masking stuff. so vray was the best move. i have done smoe reavaluation in the last month. i tested arnold, mr, renderman and redshift. arnold: great render engine fast for lookdev. optimized for…
I am not sure if I am the best fellow to ask. I haven't been having the best luck as of late and don't feel as though I am the guy for guiding new dudes as I am currently in a pickle. Despite what has been occurring for me, don't let fellows discourage you; much of getting the correct position is being at the right at the…
ok. so i think i have this figured out, thought I better post it and see if anyone knows if this is the right way of doing things. It's a bit off a faff about but it's certainly easier than doing it on photoshop. to get decals onto your Ddo PBR texture set: 1. [Photoshop layers] Import the decal into the albedo map. (make…
@illusive: helpful much? @nathanPreston: the idea itself is fine... it's about execution... that being said, a single asset isn't going to provide much insight into what you're thinking of with this environment. Suggested course of action: 1. Reference collection/concepting 2. Blockout prototype/paper design 3.…
Henry Ford proved that working 8 hours a day, five days a week is the most productive schedule. It's a solved problem even though many people would like to pretend it isn't. Also, if you have a family you can forget about putting in 70+ hour weeks. Unless you want your kids to hate you and your wife to say adios. Divorce…
Allow me to elaborate; In Canada many jobs that are relevant to the IT requires at least 3 years worth of experience. People that I have come across really make such experience that guarantees them an interview call, otherwise they wont call. Same experience that I refer to as a lie because they dont know anything about…
1) Master one thing before moving onto other things. Mastery in multiple disciplines is a huge bonus. It often goes one of two ways: Career: Where people grow and expand their skillet often mastering new disciplines as they continue to work. That job I did for a while: Often they focus on one thing, burn out and leave.…
Phase 6. Expansion Many different ideas on flow and blowing out the old borders of the image, I go a bit insane in this phase. Everything is generally ramped up, the phoenix chamber is now a giant tower. Pushing more Peak-like elements of cliff side narrow walk-ways and a spiral. Phase 7. Make it a space castle! I was…
This post kinda directly relates more so to our industry than others, there are other boys club industries for sure (who hasnt been to mechanics garage and seen pin up girls all over the walls) but I find most of these points are more about the social aspect of game devs. obvious disclaimer, not singling anyone out or…
System InformationTime of this report: 8/11/2013, 20:36:29 Machine name: SQUEAK-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: System manufacturer System Model: System Product Name BIOS: BIOS…