Hi Eric, thanks for the help and willing to share your data! I will check out the 2024 file as soon as I have the trial installed! As for ShaderFX, currently starting to check out the Max help on the subject. Is there a big difference between OSL and ShaderFX? And can you recommend a good place for tutorials and guidance…
Hey everyone, new guy here :). I'm working on processing some animations that I found and was told that MotionBuilder was probably the best to use since it can batch retarget them to my target skeleton. The screenshot on the left shows that all of the joints in the animation files have no proper hierarchy; they are all…
Hi! I wanted to ask about an issue which occured to my normal map through baking in Substance Painter (2024). The UV seams of my mesh are clearly showing, which doesnt let it be solved through using triplanar projection, using Smudge or Stamp Tools or a brush. This tex is baked in 4k, but will be still too visible for the…
Here's my updated artwork for 2025 with improved lighting setup, materials and presentation. I will be posting comparisons between older versions and the latest version to demonstrate the value in revisting older work with an iterative approach to reformation and curation. Many times artists are recommended to abandon…
The NoAI tag on ArtStation is not for indicating how the art was made, but to try to prevent scraping. https://magazine.artstation.com/2022/12/noli-tag/ The tag is so poorly designed, because at first glance it looks like a "how this was made" tag, since all the other tags are setup that way. Pretty unfortunate. Anyhow, to…
Epic release the February update to UDK Epic Games Releases February 2012 Unreal Development Kit Beta February 29, 2012 - Epic Games, Inc. has released the February 2012 Unreal Development Kit Beta, the latest version of the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 that provides access tthe award-winning 3D game engine and toolset…
Who played it and what were the thoughts good and bad? IGN: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIMHsx3wfv0"]Hawken Gameplay: "Explosive Action" - E3 2012 - YouTube[/ame] [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhVYDFu6xno"]Hawken Gameplay "Mech Battle" - E3 2012 - YouTube[/ame] GameTrailers: [ame="…