I started with 16-bit normal maps in PNG format, but noticed the same issue while texturing. Later, I baked the normal map in PSD format, which solved the problem. For the logo, I felt using a floating plane helps achieve better texel density and makes customization easier (though it’s not strictly necessary). The UV…
The USD Team at Autodesk has just open-sourced the 3ds Max USD Plugin on Github. We look forward to those starting their USD adventure to share feedback and help participate in the future of the plugin in Max. We hope you enjoy!
Concept to 3d modeling practice ive attempted to get better at my 2d drawing and in general 3d design, learned how to take a concept from blockout to sketch then to midpoly and im pretty happy with how it turned out, wanna try to keep this pace for more 2d stuff in the future but for now heres what I have!
Hello to my fellow polycounters! I’ve been working on a character in the evenings after my day-job, in hopes of pushing my portfolio forwards. In the past I’ve either had a fairly generalist portfolio, or the chosen designs were not visually strong. I’ve reflected a lot lately, and decided to push forwards with a stylized…
Week Twenty Day 1- I finished adjusting the lights in the scene and added some small dry leaves on top of the roof. I created some level sequences and rendered them out. The rendering process didn’t go smoothly; my screen crashed several times, and errors constantly appeared in the image sequence. Anyway, after all these…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8201332.stm Alarm sounded over game futures A stark warning about the finances of the games industry has been aired at the Edinburgh Interactive conference. The sector had suffered "significant disruption" to its business model, Edward Williams, from BMO Capital Markets told the…
oh it absolutely is a positive move! But for a future tool perhaps. Or in a different workflow. Numbers are very impressive. we artists are thrown "gazillion of polygons and dozens of megapixels texture sizes" and we are easily impressed like little kids. Because we are :) "Extreme nanopolygonal vectorized sudivisional…