transcript : Time: 00:00.00 #1: Wanna copy a layer? I say jump it: Ctrl+J. You a Mac user? Awesome. #2: When I say Ctrl, press Cmd, the one with an apple on it. #3: For a new layer, press Ctrl+Shift+N (Cmd-Shift-N on the Mac). #4: To delete a layer, get the move tool and press Delete (or Control-Delete). #5: Every letter…
Oh man, I <3 the game/art community sometimes. Thank you for all the replies and advice I'm going to try and get to everyone here who had something to say to see if it helps a bit more. I appologize for the wall of text, but I don't want anyone to feel I ignored them, since no advice here was useless. @chrisradsby: "Game…
this was posted on Newsarama and most of it seems relevant to us too. ONE STEP: PORTFOLIO HORROR by Jim Zubkavich This bi-weekly column is meant to give advice from me and eventually other people in the industry about how to break in as an artist. This will include tricks for the formal submission routes as well as a bunch…
Extremly laconic exposition of the following text, which I figured Might be usefull to have in one place: If you're interested in more details, I suggest you just take it from the top. And ready yourself to spend sometime reading. top Hey. I felt like doing this paper, because. Because becoming a video game artist isn’t…
Development Second Piece (Speedtree) My second Project is the integration of Speedtree into my workflow. Using the software to produce the bulk of my foliage and just getting used to the industry standard Software altogether. Planning: My research regarding the scene began with getting to know the region i am designing the…
The Photomerge tool in Photoshop is great for normal panoramas, but it cannot stitch fully spherical panoramas. (This will be added in CS4). Don't even spend time on the mirror ball technique, it's a lot of work and the results are not very good. You are very limited by the resolution of your camera, so at best you'll get…
The Hollywood Reporter published a piece today about the “chilly summer” that Warner Bros. had, pointing out that its big summer movies like Magic Mike XXL, Hot Pursuit and Entourage didn’t do as well at the box office as they had hoped. It’s mostly a business article about behind-the-scenes stuff and how people’s jobs…
Looks like it's coming along! Currently I see a bit of a undecidedness when it comes to whose room I'm exactly looking at here. Currently the ikea-like furniture designs that you chose, the big peace sign on the chair, colorful posted notes, messy yet organized looking clutter, Mac and Macbook-type computers leads me to…
You're on the right path for both render and game-mesh (or at least one of the right paths; there's always more than one way to do something). Take note that I have a very limited amount of experience compared to what many others on this site may have, but I can at least pitch in my two cents, and maybe point you in the…
China does publish some interesting stuff though. Should put some of America's criticism of China into perspective. (all of this is backed up by the HRC an Amnesty international as well) http://www.china.org.cn/world/2010-03/12/content_19596239.htm The United States ranks first in the world in terms of the number of…