buut if you really want to do it in mental ray add a lens shader in the render settings, you can add one called glare and it'll glow everything out that's brighter than 1. here are some tuts w/ glare http://masteringmentalray.surpass.nl/content/view/36/10/ http://masteringmentalray.surpass.nl/content/view/22/10/…
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html The GF is a beast, but then again the next ATI card is 150 bucks cheaper. Depends what you want to do though. My card is down the list by now, but it still manages to drive a 30" and a 22" monitor at respectable FPS with very high settings in e.g. Mass Effect 3 (yes, I…
What Justin said. Take a look at this thread: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79595&highlight=%22cottage%22 about halfway down he has a little breakdown of how he did the foliage. This is pretty close to how I usually do mine as well. Allows a lot of control and gives nice normals (if you use them), and…
Holy crap, Tim, that is a bad lookin' gun there. I never got serious with the hobby. As a kid I used to shoot bummble bees and dragon flies with something like this. http://store1.yimg.com/I/cobraairguns_1835_8897621 At 16 I got my first .22 which I still have. I hunted deer and did my own reloads. Later sold all that for…
sorry for not supplying images in my first post. Here is a link to my blog that has images on it. http://gam631cmarch.blogspot.com/2012/09/assignment-22-self-critique.html Striker, we are to post in the forums to get critiques and understand where we need to improve on our work. Whether its composition, or just the 3d…
Out of interest, how about using one of these super-size 6" phones for showing a portfolio? I'm not talking for environments, but for products, props etc. Anyone got experience with one of these? Might be too small ..not sure. http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/22/4865276/nokia-world-2013-lumia-phone-announcements…
something to note is that what matters for memory and performance is vertex count not polygon count. I've posted a quick example to my twitter here: On these two models the number of faces is 22 (left) vs 33 (right) and I've welded the cylinder onto the top face of the right hand side. However they're both 25 vertexes. So…
This sounds like we're gonna have to determine how much being face to face with people matters (or in another way, do you need to live in a hot place to be hot) Well, there is something that beats problem solving in class: problem solving on the job, but I think we recognize that as a catch-22. Show us your artwork. We'll…
@ Samfisher84: Thanks for your interest. Right now, we are around 20 individuals working on the project, including a few Polycounters. I hope you enjoyed the announcement trailer and the screenshots :) Also, if you are curious to know... here is an interview about the game:…
GTX 1050 is probably the best choice for your budget and PSU requirements, it requires a 300W PSU. The AMD RX 460 is another option, but it's slower than the Nvidia card, looks to be about the same price, and requires a 380W PSU so it would be a little risky. As far as monitors go, 100 euro isn't very much for an IPS…