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Re: External HDD recommedations
I haven't used those, but I have two external LaCie Quadras connected via an eSATA card, and they work great. eSATA is very fast. http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=11156 To give you an idea of the difference, here's from their specs page... eSATA: up to 3Gbits/s (300MB/s) FireWire 800: up to 800Mbits/s… -
Re: Starting from Zbrush for production
WTF? Guys like this, can get an internship with less to know knowledge of the game / film and I cant even get a factory job with a Software Engineer's Degree. :( To the OT; You sir, are in the wrong part of the realm sir. If you find making a base mesh for anything in any 3d modeling software boring, here is an intel for… -
Re: Road to Become an Artist
well, i can already tell just by looking at this, that if you put this in an engine or setup a quick mat in maya or whatever... that brick is going to look wet. and those normals are pretty strong for being a concrete brick. Another thing, this won't tile correctly. to help get a texture to tile, go into photoshop, go to… -
Re: Head modeling, why do some artists model eye/mouth first?
You are taking this tutorial way too literally. You have to keep in mind that building a solid mesh structure (connecting edges, filling faces, and so on) and capturing the likeness of a character are two different things - clearly illustrated by the fact the the end result of this modeling video looks nothing like the… -
Re: Arms & Armor: Questions & Answers
Totally non game related but the grand prize winner's printed 3d model...is it life sized?! A: The print will be valued at $500. the size will depend on the object being printed, but it will not be life sized. under 1 ft definitely. -
Re: Thanks Quixel
Sure i can and happy you liked the render. I used the Octane blender plug in 2.15 but the nodes work about the same as the stand alone. Attaching the node setup for the metal parts. I split the model up in 2 parts. One for metal and one for wood because Octane cant change the index values with a map so there is no way… -
Re: Just How Important Are Specular Maps For Photo-Real Faces? Cameras, filters etc
Stradigo: I used a CPL, i'm not exactly sure how linear polarizers work. gir: You can get a $10 CPL filter and hold it in front of a cheap camera, its not a major investment. You could also buy something like this:… -
Re: "Meat Moss" texture tutorials?
Here's one example, from Doom - the flesh and organs that are around the base of the gore nest. And the gore nest itself, to an extent. http://www3.pcmag.com/media/images/501801-doom-2016.jpg?thumb=y There's lots of hard surface tutorials out there, and plenty of vegetation ones, surely there are some "meat" tutorials? -
Re: Polycount Tower Q&A
are there any restrictions on texture channels, triangle limits, texture sizes? I guess sketchfab has support for more than just diffuse and specular now, need more specifics, please Texture channels: https://help.sketchfab.com/hc/en-us/articles/202600873 diffuse, specular/glossiness, normal/bump, lightmap, transparency… -
Re: Amazing Renders: How?
What are you trying to render? Tricks: Don't use a lot of lights. Learn to use lighting correctly. Reduce your texture to sizes that are specific to your rendering sizes. What i mean is If you are rendering the front of a house which takes up 1/4 of the screen and you're rendering at 1024x768. The texture doesn't need to…
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