Hey, So i've been doing 3d stuff for a while now but i dont work in the industry. I've tried a lot of stuff and absorbed a great deal of information either through trial and error, tutorials, GDC talks, etc. So take what i am about to say however you see fit. There is a big difference between knowing how to use the tools…
I read your entire post and I gotta agree with Adam. Networking isn't the way you'll get a job but it is one tool that you can most def take advantage of. Looking at my career so far in this industry most of my work has come from my relationships with the people that know me on this forum either from just being online,…
I agree nothing is going to give you better results than doing it all by hand but what a task that is. I do a few metric tons of lip sync every year. Pretty much the same situation it sounds like. The two apps you're looking at, don't. They are both horrible. At work we looked into them both extensively and came to the…
You are severely limiting your scope of view towards consoles and arcade machines, you are talking as if this was the only market that existed, if you look at the pc you'll see it quite ahead of its time, games with deep stories, very long length and no intention to eat coins. The first person shooters and its birth during…
Some are a bit old, or are bug reports that have been fixed already. Also I think I use the app a bit differently thatn then now. But still! Topogun1.3 notes-ALWAYS SAVE BEFORE HITTING THECTRL KEY !!!-NEVER CTRLSHIFT TO ADD SELECTION !!!-Load reference-Right click switches between move mode and creation mode-Viewport…
Anybody can teach, but to be a good teacher -- that's something special. Like anything else, you have to really care about what you are doing, and strive to be the best at it. I think OP asking their prospective students what challenges them is a sign that OP is serious about becoming a great teacher. Sometimes the way…
Orientation does not matter, but in some cases a thoughtful layout can make for easier texturing -- for instance with hair cards all facing the same direction. About scale -- you are on the right track. I think if you spend some time studying the wiki, you'll be able to answer these questions yourself. Do you know about…
All 3 of these options are batshit crazy. Dropping $5000 on a laptop is an absurdly bad way to spend your money. Let's start with why you think you need a $5000 laptop. What are you using this for? Why do you think you need a laptop workstation rather than a desktop? Keep in mind a very powerful desktop workstation should…
personally (bias off) I like irrlicht most of all open-source engines. The license is very liberal (in fact some of the luxf3d fileformat conversion uses irrlicht code), features are solid and support is growing... while it is not technically as advanced as some others, ease of use, clean code and compiling and so on are a…
I've given this a lot of thought and wanted to chime in. I'm self taught for about 11 or so years, taught classes in high school on 3D, attended college for it but already knew as much or more than my professors (hopefully this doesn't sound like bragging, just the raw truth haha). I tutored a good number of my classmates…