CG Spectrum

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anatomy Understanding anatomy is essential whenever drawing humans, animals, or plants. helps you illustrate, sculpt, or animate more realistic poses and movements, such as walking, jumping over a fence, or picking up an object from a table. featured] Think of early artist sketches for animation storyboards.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even as game graphics became beautiful 3D scenes, the animations didn’t match up. Animation Integration. The processed mocap data is integrated into the game engine, where animators refine and polish the movements to ensure they seamlessly blend with the game’s overall aesthetic. Data Cleanup.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. If your previous development experience is based on OpenGL, you may find that the texture on your grid is vertically flipped. the RGB of the color will be multiplied by 0.5

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

They include everything from 2D particle effects to realistic 3D simulations. Today’s VFX artists use advanced tools to create real-time particle systems, complex simulations, and stunning visuals that captivate players. Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation.

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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. Then I unwrapped the low poly mesh model into three UV sets in order to get a good resolution of the textures. UV sets are the coordinates that map the 2D texture images onto the 3D model surface.

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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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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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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Overall I feel it's an OK game that's basically playable, despite the bugs and aggressive texture streaming and general unfinished feeling. Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. But not really.

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Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

Fixed animation switch issue when GPU INSTANCING is enabled for the material of SkinnedMeshRenderer. Fixed bone animation texture size error on some platforms that don’t support float point texture format. Fixed animation system error by saving incorrect material uniform binding.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

NVIDIA is researching tools and developing ways to accelerate and simplify digital human creation and we believe that AI and simulation are the key to doing this. There are three main components to making a digital human, and each of these requires a different combination of art and technologies: generation, animation , and intelligence.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 7, 2023

It empowers designers to render high-quality images and animations of their products, helping them visualize and iterate on designs more effectively. Realistic lighting and materials can be accurately simulated, providing a more realistic representation of the final product. Rendered with Chaos V-Ray.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Use asset stores wisely Unity Asset Store offers a wide range of free and paid assets, such as 3D models, textures, sound effects, and plugins. Shader programming allows you to manipulate lighting, textures, and visual effects, resulting in unique and optimized visuals. Be mindful of memory usage, especially on mobile platforms.

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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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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Techniques such as using lower-resolution textures, controlling particle spawn rates, and optimizing the lifespan of particles can significantly reduce the load on the GPU. Efficient Use of Textures Textures are a significant component of mobile game visuals, but high-resolution textures can quickly consume memory and processing power.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

Dedicate time to practicing drawing and sculpting human figures and animals. Refine Your Texturing Techniques Hone Your Texturing Techniques to enhance the materiality of objects in your game art. The texture is crucial for conveying realism. By refining your texturing techniques, you bring your game art to life.

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Filmustage

JANUARY 10, 2025

VFX studios use specialized software and animation techniques from early planning to final rendering. Pre-vis artists use specialized software to develop rough 3D animations. These animations help directors see camera movements, timing, and scene composition. This case study examines the VFX process of a notable sci-fi scene.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact. Though often humorously described as a ‘walking simulator’ this is actually a major element in driving the game’s atmosphere. All of this can add to the atmosphere.

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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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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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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Additionally, all 2D shadows and light textures use a single atlas, resulting in improved performance. the new CanvasTexture texture type has been introduced. x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. Improved 2D materials. Using normal mapping in 2D was also hit or miss.

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Cocos

JULY 2, 2024

Fixed the issue where the gizmo icon of nodes in the animation panel was not displayed when selecting nodes in the animation edit mode. Fixed the issue where multiple bones were added in the skeleton texture layout in the project settings, but there was no scrollbar.

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Cocos

JULY 2, 2024

Fixed the issue where the gizmo icon of nodes in the animation panel was not displayed when selecting nodes in the animation edit mode. Fixed the issue where multiple bones were added in the skeleton texture layout in the project settings, but there was no scrollbar.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 16, 2020

As an example, the grass and some bushes will bend when the player is close, simulating being pushed: 2. Not really, games generally just use a texture aligned to the world (that often moves with you), with different colors meaning different things. Do they make animations for each piece of grass? How do they do it?

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Shaders Mesh Texture Editing 52

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. 3D Modeling and Animation Tools For games that involve three-dimensional environments and characters, 3D modeling and animation tools are indispensable.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It’s fair to say that 3D game art styles are used everywhere – in film and cartoon production, animation, interior design, and architecture fields, and especially in game development. A vast majority of all triple-A projects – simulators, shooters, strategy games, and others – are developed in this style.

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Cocos

JANUARY 31, 2024

Adjusted the scrollbar of various module panels in the project settings, optimized texture compression interface interaction (need to test if there are any abnormal displays on various pages, especially the texture compression page). Optimized texture compression task scheduling and build progress display during compression.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

CREATING AND SIMULATING PHOTO-REALISTIC GRAPHICS OptiX OptiX is an application framework for achieving optimal ray tracing performance on the GPU. Texture Tools Exporter Version 2021.1.1 With the Audio2Face app, Omniverse users can generate AI-driven facial animation from audio sources. Download the latest version here.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 10, 2024

VFX teams use specialized software to create detailed 3D animations that outline complex sequences. These include rotoscoping, 3D tracking, animation, lighting, and final compositing. Artists adjust muscle simulation, skin textures, and facial expressions. Some projects have up to 18 different vendors working at once.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Pre-Visualization (Previs) Pre-visualization marks the next critical stage, where rough 3D animations map out complex sequences. Rough 3D animations map out complex sequences. Texture artists design realistic surface properties. Animators bring characters and objects to life. 3D modeling teams construct digital assets.

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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 sky cover texture for ProceduralSkyMaterial ( GH-58018 ).

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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. The Marketplace ecosystem in the Unreal engine offers high-quality textures, plugins, add-ons, and other assets for sale.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Character Animation Blueprint. To animate the character we need to create the animation blueprint. Give the new animation blueprint name BP_Player_Animation and open it in the editor. Inside the Player_Character folder Right Click and create a new folder called Blend_Spaces.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Adjust the scrollbars of each panel in the project setting module, and optimize the interaction of texture compression interface (need to test whether the display is normal on each page, especially the texture compression page). Fix the issue where opening other prefabs from the animation mode prompts that node data cannot be found.

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Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

” Avatars and Connect Roblox already features various in-game chat applications, but videos with animated facial tracking technology, in a game-like context, is something new. ” He said that adding video and animation is a natural next step. ” He said that adding video and animation is a natural next step.

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Played with Fire

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Astronomical observatory simulator, manipulating telescope POV, rotating planets on lens display like dioramas or puzzle boxes, relaxing, immersive 360 experience in space, UX pillars: precision, real-time, comfortable distances, avoiding locomotion sickness. . ✓ Poses & Suggestive shapes / animations (hand & object).

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