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Re: Normal map question
When talking about accuracy in normal maps we basically have 2 separate issues to consider. 1. Accuracy as it pertains to bit depth, comparing a 8bit image to a 24bit image, sure you would instantly say the full color image has more accuracy. However, we fail to consider that a tangent space normal map, being the… -
Re: Unreal Engine 3 - MASTER THREAD
It all started while I was having trouble deleting a few mesh's, material's and textures. When I tried to delete them they said that they were "in use" and therefore couldn't be done. They are NOT being used inside the scene, nor do they show on the scene graph, so I am positive that this is not the case. The error talks… -
Re: Microsoft's Longhorn OS, now 'Vista', announced
It is not a 'nanny mentality' but a security necessarity... but I guess that are just fundamentally different concepts of how an OS should be designed. And configuration isn't really needed, everything is configurated automaticly more or less (concerning the hardware), and where it isn't there are graphical configuration… -
Re: VFX production in Japan.. what's wrong?
yeah... I mean I used to work under those conditions. in my opinion the problems are 4 and they are related to the pipeline. 1* the artists are not motivated, because the companies use to put stupid rules to overcontrol the freedom of people, see Konami. And often they use the artists like tools, not like artists. In my… -
Re: UK tax payers to cover 25% tax break
No, no and yes. Most of the companies now are owned by either the chinese or indians. They dont talk about it much, but few are actually american companies anymore. No one goes to hollywood and vine to take pictures, unless they want to snap shots at a wallgreens (department store), a chase bank or some burger joint. The… -
Re: How to Post on the Internet
Now, to touch on a couple interesting topics. RE: Praise is better than no response: In the general sense I agree, however, lets look at what I wrote again. Bold added for emphasis on this particular point. Praise is all well and good and often deserved, however, mindless praise serves no purpose what so ever. Here are two… -
Re: PBR BaseColor/Metallic to Vray (3.2) / Corona / Redshift / Arnold converter
I wouldn't say that. Energy conservation is dependent upon the formulation of the BRDF problem. If the diffuse BRDF and specular BRDF aren't identically formulated (meaning they are derived from exactly the same microfacet description) then the microfacet model is broken and energy conservation must be applied more like an… -
Re: Rigging helper bones: And other nonsense.
I remember that article. Stephen Theodore talked about it in his Pixel Pusher column. No idea what issue it was in though. I don't think it was three years old, maybe early last year? Half-Life 2 uses a lot of fix up bones in their character rig, which I think Theodore was referencing when he wrote the article. I remember… -
Re: artistic anxiety
I think it's extremely important to not waste time while still remembering that it takes time to learn. If you are practicing the wrong things and not pushing yourself outside your comfort zone you will spin in circles forever. I know people who have done this, and it usually starts when you withdraw and don't show your… -
UE Marketplace Newsstand prop pack
Hello, I would like to share the process of creating my second pack of props that I am sending to the UE Marketplace, just like the first one, it deals with following a very specific style of content that we find in local neighborhood commerce, This volume is a completely modular and customizable newsstand. This work also…
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