Some Australian folks are putting a documentary of indie games development funded via Kickstarter. While it's not the first of its kind, Rise of the Indies already has a much broader range of interviewees from both independent and commercial video game development and publishing studios and from a much wider array of…
So just curious if the community knows of a good automatic way to pack UV. Essentially a program that you guys think does it best. Here is a few programs I tried and my ranking of it from 1-10. * 3ds max: 7.5, I think this is the best results I have gotten * Maya: 7, sometimes better then 3ds max, but sometimes it just…
Hello everyone. While modeling I will occasionally run into an error saying "3Ds Max has run out of memory". It will attempt to make a back up of the file I was working on and will proceed to crash. When I reboot 3Ds Max it will load fine, however when I try to load my previously saved file or the back up another error…
hey I'm new here, heres my first Zbrush model amd here's the low poly base made in milkshape, it's 3500 polys, I'll probably get rid of a few polys. I'd like to put him in Doom 3, but I'll have to make all new animations so that may or may not happen. I want to make the normal map in 3ds max 7 but when I try to import the…
I recently reformatted my computer and installed Windows 7 for the first time. I then installed 3ds max 2011 and got back to work without any problems. I would set my own keyboard shortcuts and they would work fine, but a couple of days ago they just stopped working. Not just my custom shortcuts, ALL of them. It gets…
Check it out dudes - nLite www.nliteos.com It's an app that takes your Windows installation CD and lets you strip out components you don't want, etc. and burns the stripped down installer to a new image. You can also slipstream service packs and other drivers. Pretty cool stuff, I used it to create a light version of…
Mudbox...How does anyone create anything with this system hog? It appears to be a sucker for mesh density above 1.5 million. simply opening and saving an existing scene with a mere 2 million faces sends my system into a chugging twisting cry for help. Its no wonder that busts seem to be about 75% of all mud box models out…
Summary: Im a rookie 20 year old 3d artist looking for freelance work. Currently a student attending the Art Institute of Phoenix Game Art Program. I have experience working with the Jedi Outcast/Jedi Academy engine on several amature mod projects. Most notably: The Matrix: Unplugged http://www.tmunplugged.net/ Software…
Hi folks, I´m using vista 32bit atm on my laptop and photoshop gives me some strange and annoying performance breaks ps CS: the brush-tool is very laggy and after I´ve used the hand-tool everything is even more laggy ps CS3: the brush-tool / marquee-tool sometimes gets a bit dull if i used the hand-tool before.. the funny…
Hello everyone, I've recently finished studying Games Design (degree pending) and wish to improve my abilities in 2d aspects of design, specifically painting. I thought I'd tackle two elements at once, so I'm also improving my knowledge of human anatomy, starting with the head. After consulting Proko's video tutorials as…