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Re: Starting point for understand shaders and their fundamentals.
the cg tutorial book is available online (cg and hlsl are very similar) http://http.developer.nvidia.com/CgTutorial/cg_tutorial_chapter01.html 1. I think it's easier to go the c#/script route to get fundamentals, especially as all the "hard bits" about C/C++ the low level memory management and so on are removed from those… -
Re: Maya Nurbs Face Modelling from a sphere?
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I'm not sure I follow you. What might be true? Many cg film studios and fx houses DO use Nurbs. Either in part or in whole or in construction technique. "nobody uses nurbs" is not an accurate statement. Trust me, I've had interviews with some *very* major fx houses in the last 4 months, and every one of… -
Re: leprocy
[ QUOTE ] I really doubt it will be much different working on a Blockbuster movie [/ QUOTE ] Well, speaking to friends at places like Sony and Digital Domain, I believe it can be and is for the most part. My reasoning behind that belief is the 'cg supervisor' model. In film and fx, animators and modelers might eventually… -
Re: Creating a good metal texture or: My metal is not metal enough!
wow lots of odd opinionated info in here. 1: The gloss, or specular power map isn't more important than the specular color map. Some materials do not read correctly without a proper specular color. Its partly why so much of CG stuff LOOKS like its CG. These maps go hand in hand. Rough materials have a larger specular… -
Re: Some advice for learning lighting,masterials, shaders
This a great overview of Lighting, mainly for film, but still applies to general CG work. A great overview of lighting, shadows, composition and general lighting techniques. [ame="https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Lighting-Rendering-2nd-Edition/dp/0321316312/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338223437&sr=8-1"]Amazon.com: Digital… -
Re: Mad toxic discourse about character art appeal
They likely just wanted a certain type of character and the actress is just that, an actress acting that cg character. The intent was clearly not scanning and using her likeness 1:1, it's not intended to be the same approach as death stranding. What a cumbersome discussion. -
Freelance 3D Artist for Environment Game Assets
At XRS we create real estate CG experiences using Virtual Reality technologies. We are looking for freelance 3D Artists and Studios that are proficient in creating game ready assets (mainly furniture) to help us cope with our increasing workload. This is not a permanent job, but an on demand requirement. Responsibilities *… -
Re: Unity acquired Weta
Yeah, it's a tool investment IMO, Weta have some magic tools in development, of the top of my head they have this ;) * Manuka: Manuka is the flagship path-tracing renderer used to generate final frames and is able to produce physically accurate results based upon specific spectral lighting profiles. * Gazebo: Gazebo is the… -
Arc Productions HIRING FOR Software Developers
Arc Productions, a Canadian based CG animation and visual effects facility located in downtown Toronto is looking for Software Developers to join our team. With over 250 artists and technical directors and the most up to date resources available, we bring the vision to both major Hollywood studios and independent producers… -
Experienced 3d Artists for hire
Hello, If you are a CG studio or individual developer and need cost effective staff or just want to expand your team then it should be interesting for you! About Us: We are a solid professional team made of experienced 3D Artists looking for interesting projects in game environment and character creation, animation for…
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