Also, on the subject of student software. Autodesk do a great package for upgrading from student licenses to full licenses upon graduation. They don't advertise it very clearly on their website, but I know here in the UK when I spoke to my reseller, it was like £400 for the Entertainment Creation Suite (Maya/Max,…
The game turned out even more awesome than I was already anticipating, I still can't get over how damn much eye candy there is in this game on Ultra settings, gorgeous! The lack of base building, while I'm slightly sad about it, pans out for the greater good as far as a warhammer 40k game goes, keeps the action exciting...…
I think the most significant point of the Martial Law discussion is the fact that disturbing and potentially harmful precedents are being set. The reason why Posse Comitatus Act was created was to prevent abuses of power by the state. It's now been overturned. And when one explores some of the other laws that have been…
Xview https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-40164BD8-6EA5-4D42-A54E-FB33CFDC179D My bad. Xview doesn't have this. Polygon Select menu under Graphite Modeling tools has it though!
Thanks a lot for the comments and critique. I've Made some progress - not much in the past few days. Been working on the lighting trying to add a bit more interest and contrast and fix some of the issues I was having. I'm not entirely loving the current light scheme but I think it is working better than the last one. As…
Back in my corporate studio days...loved the education or self-enhancement benefit a lot. It was something like 3 times a year you get up to $400 to spend on a class. If the class or workshop is outside the city you can still apply it towards your travel cost or course fee. Took lots of night art courses at the local U as…
I'm glad I waited on getting a 200 series card (now just got to wait till the 400 series is cheaper), my 9800GT is still doing really well on a lot of new games.
I a decent diffused Ring flash is the best idea for taking any texture shots. I got a hdd with around 40k textures now that I've collected over 5+ years mostly with my own camera.
looks great guys. The turtle model is great! looking forward to seeing it textured! Here's my latest pics. Its about 4000 polys at the moment, a few more doodads i need to make. I managed to get the characters down to 440 polys each.