Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Deserted house in the night, rendered In RedShift. Blue car on the street with sunlight , rendered In RedShift. Red fabric with golden texture rendered with Houdini XPU. For the most performance-minded with memory to spare, curves can be rendered much faster by using the build flag OPTIX_BUILD_FLAG_PREFER_FAST_TRACE.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Its capabilities for VR content creation include comprehensive 3D modeling tools, advanced texturing and shading, animation and rigging, and integration with VR Devices. Looking for stunning 3D product renders for your ecommerce website? Get 20-min free consultation on how Unreal can change your game idea.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. However, with the ever-increasing visual fidelity of their rendering engines, game engines have grown in popularity for situations that demand high-end visuals. Recording procedurally generated animations or motion design.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. However, with the ever-increasing visual fidelity of their rendering engines, game engines have grown in popularity for situations that demand high-end visuals. Recording procedurally generated animations or motion design.

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Filmustage

MARCH 29, 2023

Different types of visual effects Movies employ a wide range of visual effects, from basic compositing to intricate simulations. Rotoscoping: In this technique, artists trace over live-action footage to produce animation or isolate elements for compositing.

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Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

ENGINE Features ● Custom Render Pipeline based on Render Graph supports for GLES backend ● Deprecated interfaces, such as addRasterView, addComputeView, etc., Fixed animation switch issue when GPU INSTANCING is enabled for the material of SkinnedMeshRenderer. Cocos Creator 3.7.3 Release Notes Download Cocos Creator 3.7.3

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Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

Render Graph The Render Pipeline customization based on Render Graph will be officially available to developers in version 3.8. The documentation for the Render Graph and pipeline customization is not yet ready, please give us more patience, we will provide the complete documentation before the official release of 3.8.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

3D lighting involves simulating the behavior of light in a real-world or fantasy situation, including shadows, reflections, highlights, and color, using specialized lighting software and rendering tools. Scene from the 3D animation Finding Nemo before and after its been lit and rendered by a 3D lighting artist (Image: Pixar).

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. Is it well-defined?

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It offers high-quality lighting for applications and for making iterations of animations and still images. For interior scenes and close-up exteriors in architecture, Lumen is highly effective and makes rendering easy, comfortable, and quick and offers the highest quality at the same time.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Not only does LOD support faster rendering, it does so in a way that doesn't negatively impact the visual quality of an asset. They can be rigged and animated, placed as a stationary object in a scene, combined with other assets to create a set/environment, simmed or destroyed, and used for shadows or holdouts.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight—a painstaking process. Path tracing and ray tracing are both rendering techniques, but they have key differences.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Different software may cater to specific genres, whether it is first-person shooter, role-playing game, strategy game, or simulation. Features and Tools Graphics and Rendering Capabilities Graphics and Rendering Capabilities are essential in game design software because of its graphics and rendering capabilities.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

In his groundbreaking film "A Trip to the Moon" (1902) , Méliès used stop-motion animation, miniatures, and practical effects to create fantastical scenes. One of the prominent figures of this era was Ray Harryhausen , a stop-motion animator known for his meticulous craftsmanship.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Nanite achieves this by streaming and rendering vast amounts of triangle data, resulting in breathtakingly realistic environments and objects. This tool has been further enhanced with MetaHuman Animator in the more recent iterations of the engine, making the process of creating realistic facial animations easier than ever before.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To ensure high performance, it’s crucial to limit the number of particles rendered at any given time. However, rendering these effects can be taxing on mobile devices. To optimize real-time VFX, consider reducing the number of simultaneous effects, limiting their duration, and optimizing the rendering pipeline.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

Graphics and Rendering One of the most significant challenges in game test automation lies in dealing with the complexity of graphics and rendering. Games often incorporate advanced visual effects, complex shaders, and intricate animations. Overcoming Challenges in Game Test Automation: I.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Hybrid Translucency Another way to do ray traced translucency, with greater compatibility, speed and rendering options. World position offset simulation for ray traced instanced static meshes (beta) Allows ambient motion of foliage like trees and grass. Selectable per instance type.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Artists have always played a crucial role in game development, meticulously creating characters, environments, and animations. Machine learning algorithms now generate realistic textures, procedural landscapes, and lifelike animations, reducing the time and effort required by human artists.

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Nvidia

JULY 22, 2021

Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools. Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools.

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Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

The latest release includes some of the most highly anticipated features, such as Custom Render Pipeline , Light Probe , Reflection Probe and LOD. Kylin: Do you use the Custom Render Pipeline that is available with Cocos Creator v3.7? Forward and Deferred Render Pipeline has been implemented in the project.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

Animation: Fix blend animation to solve TRS track bug & blend order inconsistency ( GH-57675 ). GUI: Add options to embolden and transform font outlines to simulate bold and italic typefaces ( GH-59013 ). Rendering: Add multiview support to the clustered forward renderer ( GH-49092 ).

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

RTXDI makes this possible while rendering in real time. Reflex Reflex SDK allows developers to implement a low latency mode that aligns game engine work to complete just-in-time for rendering, eliminating GPU render queue and reducing CPU back pressure. Times Square billboards. Even exploding fireballs.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I wanted a colony sim where other settlements around you aren’t just a static backdrop, but parts of a living, simulated world. For example, one of the things DOTS handled really well was rendering large amounts of entities. For every animal we design, we try to come up with both a unique look and role in the game for it.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By dynamically changing this value, a simple animation effect can be achieved. More applications of UV in Shader UV can be widely used in effects such as frame animation and water ripples. vec2 waveOffset (in vec2 uv0) { float waveWidth = 0.25; vec2 uv = uv0; #if USE_WAVE vec2 clickPos = vec2(waveFactor.x-uv0.x,waveFactor.y-uv0.y);

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

These engines offer powerful rendering capabilities, physics simulations, and asset management systems necessary for creating realistic virtual environments. These tools facilitate the integration of features such as tracking, rendering, and input for a seamless user experience.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 3, 2023

Conversely, if you are developing artwork for a role-playing game (RPG), you may prefer to employ a more complex and intricate art style, incorporating lively colors to animate the game’s world. Enhance the gameplay with animation Animation is an effective way to elevate your mobile game’s level of engagement and excitement.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Dedicate time to practicing drawing and sculpting human figures and animals. Acquire the skills to create lifelike textures using software tools and techniques like bump mapping, normal mapping, and PBR (physically based rendering). Bump mapping simulates surface irregularities, while normal mapping enhances fine details.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I knew that if I could get the simulation capture process figured out in the City Sample Demo, I could make my own environment in the future and use the same workflow. I showed him my first cut, and he had very valuable animation suggestions. He assisted me in animating the character movements and giving it a more natural feel.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 13, 2021

We have several GTC sessions for game developers , content creators, and engineers looking to explore new tools and techniques accelerated by NVIDIA technologies, from real-time rendering to cloud gaming. Learn how the 3D nature of the technique is ideal for integration into virtual environments.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 5, 2024

Maya is also more effective for animations. The gun has metallic surfaces and I wanted that successfully simulated. It has fantastic in-built shaders and is a real-time renderer, which means what you see is what you get. Seasoned gaming studios like ours love Maya for its features and flexibility.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

Moreover, objects that are further animated (such as characters) maintain their own strict set of topology requirements for the deformation to work efficiently. The solution also enables users to fill objects in with color, paint over them with an RBG brush, or cover regions with physically based rendering (PBR) materials.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The main one was performance due to every light being rendered in a separate draw pass. x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. The regular CanvasOccluders have a new option to enable them for SDF rendering. Improved 2D lighting. This is no longer a problem in 4.0,

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Automated game testing involves creating scripts or using testing frameworks to simulate player interactions, such as button presses, mouse movements, and UI interactions. Game automation testing aims to address these challenges by leveraging automation tools and scripts. Examples: Game Driver, Poco Driver, Alt Unity 2.3.

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Nvidia

JUNE 4, 2021

This new open, cloud-native platform makes virtual collaboration easy for creators, researchers, and engineers on photorealistic rendering projects. For a deeper understanding of the platform and its capabilities, we curated a collection of the latest resources to help you get started on Omniverse.

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