You definitely want a 50mm to start with, hell, I think you should return that 18-200mm. How much did you spend on it? You can likely buy 2-3 good used prime lenses instead. A zoom like that is a only really a good choice for someone who wants casual use, and isn't ever going to take the time to learn much about…
One group of employees striking against a single employer. Basically: "Disney, if you want animators we've got you by the balls, lets talk". I see some of the parallels that you're drawing as far as creatives striking over some of the same issues, but game artists face a unique situations, the most haunting of which is a…
I meant that AO is usually done as a separate texture or texture channel. Because you shouldn't see any AO on pixels illuminated by direct sun light for example , only in shades . So it's not included into base color texture usually. Cycles , same as any ray tracer in general doesn't need AO because same effect occurs by…
With all the high streets dying couldnt Sony just do direct postage sales? Like you pay for a digital download and can get a Blu Ray copy if you pay a bit extra which they post directly to you. If you dont have the bandwith to download then you just buy the disc. SO they have their own direct shop where Sony gets all the…
Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback, I really appreciate it. @Peyd3d =) You’re absolutely right about the shading issues. I’ve gone over the meshes several times and addressed a number of those areas already. Some of the round and beveled assets were causing issues, so I’ve increased the geometry there to improve the…
I do not know if this belongs here, but it seems like the only other place. In basic terms I will be paying you for you to answer my questions on Cryengine SDK. It's pretty much that simple; no need for 3d modelling or animating anything, nor texturing or creating sounds. All I ask of you is to be experienced in using…
I downloaded Quixel Suite to try it out and possibly buy it, but after a day the 30 day trial no longer works and will not allow me to use DDO or NDO at all without an activate license screen popping up and closing it does not work at all as it will close NDO/DDO. I tried restarting, reinstalling, running at administrator.…
wasn't sure where to post this, i did it in general discussion. Hello community. I have made my first script and its fairly simple. set selected objects materials to standard gray and wireframe color to black in one simple button click. hope you enjoy it. here is the download link :…
So you are trying to use GI only without FG? You won't be able to get nice lightning solution this way. mental rays lightning techniques are like stone age so there is no one button solution for every possible case. But I still suggest you to try FG only with 1 or 2 bounces. Turn off speckle reduction(it actually makes it…
Where is the blue light / strange blue specular coming from on the floors and pillars? Your skylight / main focal point seems a bit dim. Also, I'd like to see some nice soft shadows from it. Shadows in general are falling flat in this scene. Nothing feels really grounded. Lots of great color to work with in this piece.…