Time for another update! A new tool, new context menus and some more bug fixing :) Hilights: Quick Hp Lp Namer Finds the lowest poly mesh in the selection and adds the low poly suffix to it, then proceeds to name all the high poly meshes with the low poly name adding the high poly prefix. The prefix for the low and high…
Hi all! Lately I've been working on a character design for a story idea I've been mulling over for the past month of so. I'll see if I can link some images here. (Apologies if I don't get this right away... This is my first time on Polycount!)…
MegaUpload was in compliance with the DMCA actually, removing all files that were reportedly infringed. It isn't their fault that people upload faster than they can search and delete. How much of the content on YouTube is actually original content? YouTube was born from the very concept of sharing content. The biggest…
White background is fine. Im not sure what Skillmisters problem is. Changing a website to a dark background doesnt make its design good. Instead, fill it with abit of text and center the content. Do some proper formatting. Try wordpress or equal if you dont have much webdesign experience. Make sure the whole website…
I think that both are valuable. One provides a lot of information but lacks content, the other lacks information but provides content. Maybe in the future a representative from a particular team/project can approach Polycount if they are interested in doing an in depth article like the one 343 has provided us. It would…
The thing about this design - and content - is, that it isn't exactly neutral. It has a clear historical feel to it. So if you would apply to me (if I would have a game company) for a job and we are looking for sci-fi style work, I wouldn't hire you, simply because your design AND content tell me you are incapable or at…
You should give Context a try.. Its got a great MEL highlighter, and their MSX highlighter is pretty weak. Might try to add to it, found the 3DSMax 2008 highlighter to be adequate for the time being. The website has too many highlighters to list so they make you search for the one you want, ontop of the many of hundreds of…
Very useful thread. :) Eat 3D cant claim ownership for all these brushes but its important not to redistribute content from the DVDs for legal reasons. If you want I can release some brushes under GPL from a personal collection but the actual content from the purchased dvds need to be respected as a product. This is to…
Yeah, i think it's important to remember that the end goal is to make art. It's awesome to do a lot of isolated technical studies, but if we never finish any of it, we miss the important context of how our studies lead to the art that we want to make.
A mix. Simply using a tiling texture for each mat type would work, but it's low effort and kind of meh looking a lot of the time. For a load of props, unique/atlased RGB masks might be worth considering. So a mix of generic tiling materials, with a mask to blend them with context to the object. an example for metal it…