Project is absolutely not dead. I have been grinding down on hardcore production the last two weeks. Building up a new track (hope to show this coming week), based off of Rock Island, IL. Building up a better shader for the paint and decaling system. The old system was disabling a mesh with transparent textures overlaying…
My wife works for 3d Systems and she uses this all the time when doing parts for knees, jaws, etc. What the stylus does in Freeform, the way 3d systems uses it, is to feel the contour of the bone from the CT scan data. Then they sculpt the prosthetic to ensure that there is a smooth contact surface between the prosthetic…
Most "next gen" character artists don't rig or animate. The studio is going to have their own rigging and animation systems. Also you wouldn't outsource weapons to a character artist. So you aren't going to get a solid answer for your question. If you just want guesses on how long it would take to do a character with all…
That's as far as you can take it. It's biped, there isn't much more you can do... except use another system. Before they added knuckles I would build my own hand rigs from regular max bones. It was a bit of a pain managing two systems but I built a lot of tools and controls to make it easy to work with, but never automated…
In CS4, you would back up the following folder (in Windows 7): C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\AdobeCS4\Adobe Photoshop CS4 Settings\ I assume CS5 will be similar. You can use Microsoft Synctoy to automatic it every day if you want too. If you go to a new system, you can just copy that folder to the same directory…
If you have a rigging system and several characters using that system then look at the Max help page “Custom Attributes Version Number Handling” But if this is just a one off rig you have a few options. - Delete the CA, evaluate, then add the updated CA. - Declare an AttribID when evaluating the CA. Then you can update by…
Thanks for sharing your opinions, everyone! :) I'm actually much more comfortable reading/writing it than listening/speaking it. Mostly because I'm a visual learner (as many people on this site can probably relate to) so I have much more trouble getting the hang of the tonal system Mandarin Chinese uses than its writing…
If you're unlucky, your system config just conflicts with something. Like I could never get 3ds max 2010 running on my old PC with a gf260 with more than 8 fps, even after multiple windows + max reinstalls. You could quickly install a fresh bare bones win 7 on an external drive, then install max and the drivers and see if…
What if said person had gastro intestinal problems? Some people spend almost 3/4 of their day in the bathroom due to this issue, and take pills which are composed of (and I'm not kidding) bacteria matter from a pigs intestine, in order to stop the system from 'attacking' it's own system essentially. Stressed out parents…
Video games will never be respected like movies or seen as an art form. A lot of people today talk about Blade Runner or The Shining, but would people talk about System shock or Silent Hill in the future. Even if you manage to create amazing art it would look ugly in a few years. Take Bioshock for example, looks amazing…