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Re: Multiple detail maps in one material. Possible?
Ah yeah, they have the shader source available. That's very nice of them. @EarthQuake Not complaining, but why don't you encode these? Unless I'm mistaken about what your idea is, lots of developers/artists do it all of the time. It's something that's typically seen in production more so than portfolio however, which is… -
Re: [Portfolio] - Sylver
I sort of liked the ship... I would start with vehicles in your case. Your next step is to show you can model and texture things in a realistic fashion. Check these tutorials out. Like the clock you made for example, get some reference for a grand father clock and make as realistic as possible with a small texture, 256 x… -
Re: VEC
as for the rearview mirrors.. no, tanks are not high-tech. they're relics from the 80s. as an example, the LRF on a "state of the art" main battle tank is 1.06 microns. a DVD player laser is about 0.6 microns. so basically, your 30$ mass-produced DVD player is more hi-tech than a 6 billion $ tank. tank interiors are… -
Re: SPIDER!
I think you could stand do a little bit of texture work on the cephalothorax where the legs connect. Right now it seems very clean, and maybe that's how they actually are or could be, spiders come in all sorts. But I think it'd help to make the area right around where those legs connect a little darker, grimier looking,… -
Re: Giacometti sculpture fetches £65 million at Sotheby's auction
Crikey, open your minds people. Good art teaches you a new way of looking at things. If there was no Piet Mondrian and his theories of colour and compasition then there would have been no Mirrors Edge, one of the most striking games to come out recently (not much fun but that's another thread!). That Giacometti sculpture… -
Re: Ork Warboss
looks really good. But could be ALOT better with some tiny modifications. I would suggest: Turn on "preserve UVs" if you model in max und move some vertices around to give him more weight and more feel. Best example: The biceps. You could give it a lot more weight if you would pull the veritces of the biceps bottom more… -
Re: MaxScriptin'
WOW that opened so many doors and is teaching me so much, talk about a quality example, thanks. I'm still going over it and learning but for the most part it runs pretty much like you envisioned it with some minor errors setting up the output path. No doubt the errors are probably coming from something I butchered to make… -
Re: PS3- too expensive to develope for?
[ QUOTE ] Think about it, does a custom made AK-47 make your game better than using a canned AK-47 that looks virtually the same? And speedtree has been used for ages with great results for example. Coders use library code all the time, but when it comes to assets its like a holy grail and everyone has to make their own,… -
Re: edge straighten maxscript
Yeah i understand perfectly the tutorial and what the script does, as i said its pretty cool. The mesh in your tut is something that you could do fine with just stardard bevel is what was confusing me. Well, seems that way atleast just looking at it, maybe not. Also sometimes like in your 2nd example you can get away with… -
Re: WiP/Near Done: Advanced Lighting Techniques
Thanks again very helpful advice- When I said the techniques can be taking over to an engine I meant for example the theory... ie colour/placement etc. Regarding the HDR/DOF no- neither are even required- basically a well 4 well lit renders could attain a 2:1 but to get the 1:1 techniques including camera effects, hdr,…
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