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Re: Why to choose Faces or Tris for modeling? Pros vs Cons?
Yeah good point, its why most people triangulate their models before doing materials, especially if there is a normal map involved. If you aren't doing any modeling, you don't need the edge loops or rings and you want to make sure the tri-striping is constant between apps. Any difference will screw up your normal maps and… -
Re: problem with DynaMesh
Dynamesh is designed to work with water-tight volumes, which is why it will try to fill holes in. It is hard to tell based on that screenshot, but the strong aliasing on the larger circle combined with what dynamesh is doing me think you might have a giant hole there? If so, I can't think of any setting that will make… -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
Unless the prosecution releases some new evidence, Megaupload is legal despite it's prolific usage to share copyrighted material. It complied with DMCA takedown orders, ergo there is no legal reason to shut it down, let alone arrest it's founders like they're some sort of international spy ring. If you want to close down a… -
Re: Pickup Truck from District 9
If your a fan of District 9 I highly recommend this book, its one of the best art production books I know of. One of the great things about it is they don't just show you the final result. They go into a lot of detail with all the prototyping and evaluation they went through.… -
Re: Portfolio review - Engage!
The light edges of the cloth seem very odd, especially on the pieces covering the black windows. The windows also seem too dark - a dark brown or grey would be less abrupt than pure black. The green blotches don't make much sense to me - in a wet environment, I'd accept them as moss, but that doesn't make much sense given… -
Re: Bridges across multiple holes
Their is no automated way to do this, and even if their was it'd have to be a two step process where you specify the two sides to be bridged, and then the side(s) that would cut across. I actually looked into doing something like this in Maya a few months back, and came to the conclusion that it wasn't feasable (flat… -
Re: New Sci Fi Console Kajigger
Thanks for the crit! The gloss maps helped with those pipes a ton. I also messed around with the spec map to make a ring of chrome around the center. I spent the better part of this morning looking into gloss maps more fully. I was also lucky enough to have my Marmoset license recovered today, so the rest of my day was… -
Re: Yes, another 'NEW PC' thread... with a technical question.
Apologies, I explained that really badly... I'm running an OEM version of XP SP2 on the laptop, but what I had hoped to do was use the OEM 7 disc I just ordered with my new PC, to install 7 on both my new PC and my laptop. But I'm guessing that won't work? Does it constantly check activation remotely? I've had to ring MS a… -
Re: Can you really be a freelancer?
What nyx702 said rings quite true to me and I also tried freelancing for nearly a year and a half. Started out well, but I couldn't cope with the months of slow income, and doubt can really creep in. Not a good idea if you're starting a family (like I was). I think it helps a lot if you've already been working in the… -
Re: Street Cone Prop
Looking good. Crits: - The reflective tape should have a higher/different spec then the rest of the cone. - The bottom part of the orange piece doesn't blend well into flat bottom part. Check the normal map, its casting a really dark shadow when it shouldn't. I suspect it is because you rendered out the base and the orange…
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