CPU, Ram and SSD are key. Video card is not as important but i would recommend a nvidia card so you can use CUDA. Processor - It comes down to budget, and how to maximize it. For example CPU the i5 has better gaming performance and will save 100 bucks but the i7 has better rendering ability. So you gotta decide if its…
The one thing that always kills it for me is not having hotkeys/keyboard in slate mode. Then it's battery life... Also finding a decent stylus is hard... saw this the other day: http://enliighten.com/blog/axiotron-studio-pen-for-tablet-pcs/ might be worth looking into. If you're only aiming to be portable some of the time…
Think of design. The ratio between visually noisy areas and visually clean areas. A perfect balance (I think its 80/20?) between those two is more visually appealing to the eye. And where are you getting your 90% figure? Sounds kind of pulled out of your ass. If this has been troubling you for some time then you should…
Looking good! I assume you have seen this? -> http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=86206 I'm not a huge fan of the patches though, I can't see any purpose behind them, and they're too straight. Also one of them could block the door from opening!
"Great documentary on making Disney's Emperor's New Groove and the meltdown of Feature Animation (via @mikeyface)" https://twitter.com/nickconfalone/status/864529386703171584
Coming along nicely. The green shades on the leafs look much better. As for branch cards, i tend to bulge them out in the center quite a bit (talking a bout the single card mesh) to give them volume so that from whatever angle you look at a tree you never see thin flat cards from the side killing the illusion. Also you can…
alright here's an update. not completely happy with the result but tired of hammering on this one. tried to match the lighting with the concept but kept getting inconsistency with the rest of the scene. anyway i''m trying to wrap it up so feedback is welcomed as always. thanks. [vv]86631970[/vv]