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Speeding up animation baking when using bakeResults command
Hi all, I am using Maya 2017, scripting up a code that will perform mass animation baking via from a list of controllers. The process is as follows: * Perform a parentConstraint towards all controllers/ selections from the Rig that I want to constraint to * Use `cmds.bakeResults()` to bake out the constraints' values *… -
Another reason why ArenaNet is awesome
http://www.arena.net/blog/meet_ameranth#more-8060 This is about my sister. Inspired by her favorite game, she walked across America, ocean to ocean. When she ended on the west coast, ArenaNet invited her for a tour and a sneak peak at the game, including a look at the then unannounced Mesmer and Silvari. They surprised her… -
Digital Sketchbook: Pierre Fouilloux - crits: yes plz-
Hey, My name is Pierre (aka ArchangelZero on CGTalk and Archangel00Zero on deviantart), graduating from 3d design & imagery program at Interdec college in Montreal at the end of the summer. I joined this forum in the hopes of getting crits to help improve every aspect of my art (if you can call it that yet). I'd like to… -
Looking to get a new comp
My computer is ancient, was mid-range when I bought it back in 2000. So I'm looking to get a new comp, and I have an idea as to what I'm looking for but I'm not too sure on the specifics. My current computer: gigabyte mobo p3 666MHz 256meg memory geforce 3 20 gig and either 160 or 180 gig HD (my motherboard is so old it… -
Paid - Texture artist with hand painting/sculpting and stylism skills
Greets, Bit Fry, an indy game studio in New Hampshire that's working on a AAA-quality title, is in need of a very strong *environmental* texture artist with the ability to hand paint/sculpt textures/surfaces that are a blend of realism and a yet fairly stylized (think Pixar-esque qualities). I failed to mention int he… -
ThunderFlash !screenshots!
Hey, heres a game I've worked on for the past 9 months at AICLA. I was the lead designer/level designer along with other students in a production team called "Game Wizards". Its a class for Game Art & Design students to get a hack at what its like to work in a studio environment. For each project we pitch ideas and the… -
Baker crashes only in one specific scene (SOLVED)
Hello, Latest driver is installed -- I just reinstalled it to be sure. I also am using the latest version of Toolbag. Here's my machines info: The problem is this : Every time I try to generate a test bake (or a full bake), windows gives me the thinking icon for about 20-30 seconds and then Toolbag crashes. To be clear,… -
Schools and networking
Hi everyone, I thought to start a new topic, because the previous one took a bit of a detour from the original content :smile: My main issue is that I began the Game art program at Vanarts, but I won't be able to finish it because of financial issues. This is very concerning, given the fact that this school is really… -
Keeping track of windows floating off screen!
Unfortunately, I do not have a second monitor. I use a cheap, dying, 20" TN screen and it feels cramped alot of the time. (doubly so in zbrush). However, my brother who I live with has a nice 22" HDTV that I can borrow. This leaves me with an incredibly aggravating problem. I can borrow this monitor and plug it in as a… -
MAYA: Mechanical rig for offline rendering - performance optimisation - non-joint based?
Hello polycount community, curious if someone of you has the technical background knowledge to answer this. I'm currently working on a rather big personal project of a futuristic sniper rifle with a lot of moving parts. Workflow is that I will render both the highpoly in some raytracer, probably Redshift, and create a pbr…
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