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New release: modo 501
Luxology has pushed modo 501 out the door in time for the holidays. I'm imagining that many loved ones of 3d artists are cursing their luck as they had already purchased a Cintiq or something else of lesser value than this release. As you can imagine, there is improvement and new features across the board and there's no… -
Dorkbot Seattle: Innovation in Games (Dec 6th)
Im like sooo there, I was there yesterday. These are the areas I am trying to go versus being another name on another bland game. Hope some of you come. Dorkbots are always cool, (and you get to drink BEER while listening). :::::::::: ************************PLEASE FORWARD FREELY********************* * * *WHAT: December… -
Re: 3ds max vs maya ( again! :( )
I'm going to get all sweary, don't take it personally, I don't have time to clean it up and think of proper verbiage, plus it's how polycount used to be. My personal usage history: I've used Max more than any other program, but that means I'm more intimately acquainted with it's warts =P I currently use Maya for animation… -
Re: CryEngine 3 Master Thread
Just wanted to share some advice on the Editor. Couple of things have been bugging me for a long time, and only recently I've figured how to fix or explain them. 1. If you are using Parallax Occlusion Mapping feature in your materials, you may be familiar with this issue: ^ PoM off ^ PoM on To avoid incorrect self-shading… -
Re: Stylised Witch for UDK
My apologies for the massive, massive delay between posts, but it should hopefully be worth it as Ive worked on this project solid as crunch time approached for the end of uni. So a completed the low poly mesh was completed within 3DS Max. The mesh has 4 material IDs that correspond to head, body, hair and outline. The… -
Ask A Fellow Polycounter - "Maya Mental Ray Issue"
This one I really need help with... I've finished my new portfolio scene with shader maps assigned to and all but when I booted up to do final renders today, Mental Ray suddenly could not render. The script editor said it's out of memory, I tried restarting and optimize scene size but nothing is helping it. This is what my… -
Re: Your Portfolio Repels Jobs
this was posted on Newsarama and most of it seems relevant to us too. ONE STEP: PORTFOLIO HORROR by Jim Zubkavich This bi-weekly column is meant to give advice from me and eventually other people in the industry about how to break in as an artist. This will include tricks for the formal submission routes as well as a bunch… -
Re: 101 Photoshop tips in 5 minutes
transcript : Time: 00:00.00 #1: Wanna copy a layer? I say jump it: Ctrl+J. You a Mac user? Awesome. #2: When I say Ctrl, press Cmd, the one with an apple on it. #3: For a new layer, press Ctrl+Shift+N (Cmd-Shift-N on the Mac). #4: To delete a layer, get the move tool and press Delete (or Control-Delete). #5: Every letter… -
Tutorial - Create stylized textures in Blender
This tutorial has been written originally in French, here is the Google Translate version (french version: https://zestedesavoir.com/forums/sujet/6759/guide-la-creation-de-textures-pour-les-jeux-video/ ) We will see in this guide how to create a stylized texture of professional quality for a video game. We will need to… -
Tutorial - Create Dota 2 textures in Blender
This tutorial has been written originally in French, here is the Google Translate version (french version: https://zestedesavoir.com/forums/sujet/6759/guide-la-creation-de-textures-pour-les-jeux-video/ ) We will see in this guide how to create a stylized texture of professional quality for a video game. We will need to…
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