A talk about NVIDIA gfx hardware pipeline and some effects on vulkan/gl together with a colleague at GTC is now public http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2016/video/S6138.html http://on-demand.gputechconf.com/gtc/2016/presentation/s6138-christoph-kubisch-pierre-boudier-gpu-driven-rendering.pdf special thanks to @SimonT…
As a VFX Artist, I highly recommend this to both animators and FX artists. Joseph Gilland does a phenomenal job in explaining the science and fundamentals behind elemental effects and what drives them.…
hi, i'm looking for a new GFX card for my i7 rig. i'd be upgrading from an nvidia 9800GT. for compatibility reasons alone it'll have to be another nvidia-based card. quadro is out of the question due to some specific app compatibility problem. looking at what's out there i'm mostly after a noticeable performance bump when…
Hello everyone, My name is Nick and I'm the solo developer of a game called SYSTEM32 -- a retro computer simulation whereby you are attacking hackers in real-time within your infected computer. You can watch a video of some gameplay here to get an idea of the aesthetic. My primary skills are in Programming/SFX/VFX. I am a…
Hello! :) So, my name is Luis, i`m from Brazil. I started my college last week, i`m doing Game Art (my passion) and my area of focus is VFX (Effects for games) and modeling/sculpting (I received zBrush from the school). A asked a lot of people and most of them told me that if i`m focusing in Modeling and effects, my sketch…
I recently spoke to someone who said that they had to make all their VFX's with 3d meshes instead of billboards, because billboards (in UE4) just didn't work in VR. Now after this conversation I was thinking to myself is that just a bug or is "camera facing billboards" intrinsicly unsuitible for stereoscopic/VR? a) Just a…
What's going on Mecha Men and Women! Mecha Mayhem is an explosive mech FPS Multiplayer title supporing both VR and PC gameplay. Check out our alpha teaser here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7i0amHexSI The Mecha Mayhem team is seeking a skilled Visual Effects Artist to work on enhancing our visual presentation for Mecha…
I started as a junior VFX artist at Climax Studios. Learned shed loads and made alot of amazing friends, still cant believe the difference it made being in a professional working environment. The best thing was due to the wide spectrum of VFX I was able to work in characters, environments, concepts and animation aswell and…