The free version is the student version. You just need to create an Autodesk account. I still have my account from when i was going to high school and it's still fine. For Blender been easier as you said it's a personal opinion. In my case i found that Maya is what i like the most so it's easier for me and i'm also way…
I'll make an example that hopefully clarifies what is happening: For simplicity, your timeline is linear going from zero to one in one second. Let's assume you have 4 frames per second, the rotation values you get from your timeline will be: 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1.0 add them all together and you get a total of 2.5. Let's…
@Obscura ; @zachagreg ; I feel like crying and laughing at the same time: this is a screenshot from september 2018, when I was already testing the idea of skipping cards altogether and using a "pure mesh" approach instead. It was mostly a test and I didnt think too much about polycount/shadows, just wanted to see what…
Yeah if you don't mind the size/weight and price of the D850 it's an absolute beast of a camera. If you value image quality above all else that would be my recommendation or a Sony A7r if price isn't an issue but size is. It's safe to assume that the size and amount of files will affect how long the scans take to process…
Been doing some pre-pro this morning. Here is a more formalized asset list: Asset List Bldg_Gallery_Base_Corner Bldg_Gallery_Base_Middle Bldg_Gallery _Corner Bldg_Gallery _Middle Bldg_Store_Entrance - Just the entrance, no supports, will reuse on long side Bldg_Store_Corner - Is just the corner support…
100% doable. The only education I have is highschool. I got into the industry just by sitting at home, making art until my portfolio was good enough to catch the attention of a studio in vancouver, they brought me in for an interview, art test and then offered me a job. There are a ton of insanely talented artists on…
Voxel Remesh is a multi-threaded & C++, volume based remeshing plugin for 3dsMax developed by PolyDesign. - Volume based Voxel Remesh allows you to:* Create closed surfaces from self intersected meshes, * Create a high-poly mesh for baking with round edges, * Create a lowpoly mesh from highpoly, * Generate a better…
In one of their recent videos guys from FlippedNormals said that when a company starts a project, they stick to the version of software they started with. So if they started with "3D Software 5.1" in 2013 and the production takes 5 years, in 2018 they're still working on 3D Software 5.1. I find it hard to believe. However,…
Hey! I haven't made a topic on Polycount in a looong time, but I have this on-going project that started really simple and then grew and then mutated and then got put to the side for a year. So I'm thinking that posting about it here can work as a kind of blog, and ventilate some of my thoughts and progress! I'll go…
Greetings! I am looking into buying a new drawing tablet for my PC. The old one I used was from Trust and recently stopped working. I am looking into buying a drawing tablet from Wacom. I have been looking at the Wacom Intuos Pro series and is a bit thorn between buying the medium or large one. I've done some calculations…