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Re: Looks Strange In Maya
I'm guessing you've learned this by now, but once you've baked your normals you generally shouldn't touch the vertex normals(smooth edge/harden edge/lock/unlock, etc.) as the normal map only matches the low poly's vertex normals as they were when you baked. Also, try to get as good bake as possible from your baking… -
Re: Editing Vertex Normals in the Industry?
While normals editing was available for decades , even before normal maps had became common, CG people often have no idea what they for. Neither 3d soft developers. "Why you might need it" was their common response usually. I personally did use them for faking self shading of some arkitekture details and trees only before… -
Re: 3Daily - Felipe Sanin
#7 Today I wanted to see if I was ready to be part of the January and February prop challenge, and decided to make only a small piece of the Stylized Prop (A Magic well or something like that). I decided I was gonna try using Zbrush and see what happened, and try practicing baking normal maps again. I think it feels too… -
Re: [Riot Art Contest] - aristides
Reply by aristides · · Home› Contests & Challenges Archives› Riot Art Contest› Riot Art Contest - Environment ArtI'm glad you like the designs, guys. Pdexter,noscop, Water is a good puzzle to crack. Here's what I reckon This is just a quick look at how I think they tackle their water effects. Judging by my observations there's no magic whatsoever just an impressive hard work. Let's start with the map first. They paint the whole… -
Re: Battlefront's Level Construction - how can everything just sort of match and blend?
There was a thread about the blending of the meshes with the terrain, but I don't think anything really came out of it other than it just being special Frostbite magic. You can achieve a similar affect in Unreal with the Pixel Depth Offset and the DitherTemporalAA node, although that's just a soft blend with whatever the… -
Re: Some advice!
What you're after won't be found by chasing a specific rendering engine or specific rendering features. The reasons those games look good are: 1. Art direction 2. Lighting, and the skilled people who create it 3. Art content, and the skilled people who create it ... ... 99. Engine specific features Instead of lusting after… -
Re: "Unpaid crunch deserves no sympathy"
for everyone saying that bonuses are some kind of whimsical fairy dust, and not to expect them; I was recently shocked to find out that the country I live in, if you are a full time employee then bonuses are a mandatory part of your contract, twice a year, for many if not all industries. A friend of mine who is a teacher… -
Re: Relationship issues caused by 3d?
I'd agree, except that a) he's said he splits his free time evenly between her and working on his art, and b) when he tries to talk to her about issues in their relationship, she says it's boring. Combine those with the fact that she's magically nice (though still indifferent to his interests) when he's got a steady enough… -
Re: Short Sword, with a twist!
ok so the hot sword idea is interesting.. though bizarre. I think I get what you're going for is the same sort of aesthetic as a flaming sword, without the magic ya? .. so suggestion: why not put the tank on the pommel as a counterweight to a heavy blade out front, then run piping from the tank through the handle, along… -
Re: Students demo [PlayStation 2]
[ QUOTE ] arshlevon: it sounds like it could be same thing you mean but we have a pretty cool program called OptPix image studio that does a great job of this stuff. I think it is expensive but still seems worth it for a dev team to have. [/ QUOTE ] yeah thats what i was talking about, i have never seen the name only heard…
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