An all new project begins! In today's Episode 7 of FATM, part 1/4, We begin our new project, The unreleased Sword Clubset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL_z4TdTZ6w&feature=youtu.be Tell me what you think of the new project.
Luma pictures (http://www.luma-pictures.com/) the lead visual effects house for this flick, only had a 7 milion budget to spent for all the vfx shots in the movie. I think they did an awesome job compared to the 117 milion spend for vfx on Weta's King Kong.
I've been paid internationally, via Paypal instant, Paypal echeque and a wire transfer. AFAIK, both instant Paypal and a wire transfer have fees. I don't think a Paypal echeque does, but it can take up to 5 - 7 working days to clear.
Ah thanks for the links. I'll try that out, looks like it could be useful when working on advanced models. EDIT: Can you explain how to install the QC plugin for Notepad++ for Windows 7? I tried it using the method for Windows Vista but it didn't work.
Doesn't work in versions of Photoshop prior to CS2 though. We had to use PNGQuant with Photoshop 7 in order to get pngs w/alpha on PS2. I use CS3 now as do most studios of course, but a lot of smaller studios and outside contractors might not.
Your layout could work, it's tough to tell what exactly goes where (I know I have that same problem pimping a layout). Read this post of mine for some of my philosophy on level layouts. http://boards.polycount.net/showpost.php?p=796211&postcount=7
I checked the website stats today and found out it was 50% IE and 50% netscape 7 (guessing thats firefox); so I've checked it out in firefox and it had some problems (namely not reading the CSS). I've updated that so now its perfect in both
Why don't they do this every week? It's damn good tv. Nice one Obama. Respect to McCain for bowing out gracefully and with dignity. Exciting times indeed. Fuck, its half five in the morning and I've gotta be up at 7. It's barely worth going to bed.
I know the EA employees went thru a 12 hour a day 7 days a week crunch as of Sept 20th till release of Lord of the Rings.....which people don't talk about...Soul? I had inside info at a GNomon class I attended.
Plugins and whatnot can really crash Maya. Otherwise, it is far more stable than 3dsmax (6, 7, or 8) for me. The exception is the Direct X exporter plugin. I couldn't press Ctrl+Shift for a month because Maya would freeze every time.