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Re: dds in video memory. more (dxt1) or less files (dxt3)
As Eric described, there is an encoding difference between DXT1 with alpha and DXT1 without alpha. Both have the same memory footprint at 8 bytes per texel, and both store two 16 bit color values (565 RGB) in the first 4 bytes of the texel. With no alpha, the first color value is always set to be greater than the second… -
Re: Rant TIME!
just don't upgrade unless you see a good reason in favor of doing so, i tend to only buy every 3rd or 4th version of things. i only upgraded from photoshop cs2 to cs5 last year, and did the same with maya 2009 when i upgraded to 2012 last year, and the only reason why i upgraded maya was because i was getting into python… -
Re: Question for Prop Modelers
You need to sit down and set out what you want to do. EG: I want to Speed up my high poly creation. Just find something, and make highpolies of it. 5-6 Just make a bunch. Now you can't tell me that by the 3rd clone, you haven't gotten faster. 1 cause you know the object so well you could make it without reference, and 2.… -
Re: Volcanic activity in Yellowstone rising, along with other volcanoes
1: http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ 2: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ If you feel that volcanic eruptions occurring during or in close proximity to an incredibly huge earthquake are strange, you didn't pay attention during midschool's geology lessons. Lava is squishy. You squeeze the ball that holds it,… -
Re: KA-52 Alligator Russian Attack Helicopter
Progress Update with 4 days work. I started blocking in the Tail Wings and the Wing Containers (they store the flares for the helicopter). There a 2 armament Tail Wing design and a 3 armament Wing design, I did them both there also 3 wing container design with 1 being one without any flares. This took me most of the time… -
Re: Creative Fantasy Writing
If you are a starter, its an amezing work I tried to fix the second and third paragraph to make it more ancient and fantasy. Its tone is more modern than what fantasy should be. Like for example: Hez quoting "what the hell." If I remember correctly, there was only one book came close to writing this directly. As in "what… -
Re: Unity 3D - So who all here is using it and for what
Im using Unity a lot, for paid works aswell as own projects. I currently work on a 3d puzzle game called Space Shapes together with a programmer, we also entered the unity flash contest with it. I also do a lot of work for the crescent moon iOS unity games, recently released is Paper Monsters which i did a lot of work for.… -
Re: [Portfolio] - David Finlay, Vehicle & Environment Artist
Good stuff, but there is mixed quality in my opinion Your archviz screens all have things that dont work in it and are all in the uncanny valley, and archviz lives from photorealism. The first screen has really bland furniture, strange lighting and that photoshopped part on bottom totally destroys the scene by making… -
Re: Artstation Game Character Art Challenge - The Red Witch
Thank you very much for the kinds words, chaps! I'm really excited to show you her final form when she comes together. Sadly....it's starting to not look so good for finishing her on time for the Artstation Challenge as I'm trying to complete her around a full-time work schedule. BUT FEAR NOT! I shall forge onward until… -
Re: 40-hour work week
There is tons of research that shows neither you nor the company you work for will gain anything by continuously working in excess of 40 hours a week. Most research seems to come to the conclusion that effects of overtime work will show signs of degrading work quality after only TWO weeks of continuous overtime. Assuming a…
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