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Re: Another education thread
There's almost always going to be steady work for people in IT. The same can't always be said for people with arts degrees. It would probably be beneficial to have a more technical degree, at least as far as job security is concerned. And hey, doing art on the side can never hurt. It's always a good idea to keep practicing… -
Re: How to make an A3 sized UV space in 3DS max that doesn't stretch.
UV space is purely described as a 0-1 numeric range. So even if you specify a different width/aspect ratio for the display of the UV space, the positions/values of all the UVs are still the same (think of it like a percentage - a UV point at 0.25 will still be 25% across the space, regardless of if it's square or… -
Re: Learning trim sheets. Some questions...
You'd need to delve into your packages scripting to make a tool like theirs, or it's gonna be a lot of manual work. Also one thing I missed at first is that it seems like you are trying to use this on a non-90 degree angle. Unless I'm brainfarting atm, this shouldn't work. The technique uses two 45 degree transitions, one… -
Re: Getting Started!
If you're interested in art of any kind, traditional courses will always be a benefit, as long as you apply yourself instead of cruising through (man high school art was an easy course). Whatever you do, having some knowledge of color and form will come in handy, and the more the better. Most awesome 3d artists are at… -
Re: [UDK] New Mexico Desert
:) the terrain near Sonoma is very similar to much of Northern New Mexico. There area right at Sonoma has more interesting sand and wind blasted rock formations. The terrain of new Mexico varries a lot. If youre wanting to keep the breaking bad vibe then you're going to want lots of scrub brush, some sage, the occasional… -
Re: Art from Alliance: The Silent War
[ QUOTE ] hey lookin good! Im very confused by something though, I was always told at school that anything more than 4 sides to a polygon was a no no. [/ QUOTE ] I really wish schools would take the time to explain why, instead of just packing hard and fast rules in a cannon and firing them off at students. Most engines… -
Re: Wii Polycount?
We did a bunch of Wii stress testing over a year ago just to see what we could do with it and we were pleasantly surprised actually. As kio mentioned, static polygons are a breeze for the Wii it seems, we managed to get 300,000tris rendered with 25 unique 512x512 textures without any real significant hit to render times… -
Re: Showreel compression grief
Just a few additional thoughts: You don't need to be running at 30fps - this is waste. You can get by with smooth video at 24-25 fps. Additionally, I've had a lot of luck encoding w/ Quicktime using the H.264 codec using AAC for audio. This can be done w/ Quicktime Pro or software like Camtasia. With the settings below,… -
Re: Stick
Haha no keep going! These should be great with that stick thing. I have most of the woodwork done now, hopefully the Happ parts are waiting for me in the mailbox. Funny how I discovered a noise-free hole dremelling technique ... just when I tackled the LAST TWO pushbuttons holes haha! As for diameter Notman I believe Happ… -
Re: water fuled car
Thats what i mean by how strong his resolve is, if its weak then he will sell his idea to the oil company's and they will sit on it until hell freezes over. If hes got a strong one then he doesn't sell it and he becomes a billionaire in the next 25 years. As for the oil company's dieing and taking us with them, it wouldn't…
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