CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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. Texture baking Texture baking allows you to generate 2D texture maps from a 3D model's high polygon count and is a technique used particularly in video games.

Software 70

Software Polygon Baking Texture Mapping 70

CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

Control rigs for the crew and X-Wing models. Building Control Rigs for a crew member. For specific types of standardized movement, you can create a Control Rig in Unreal Engine, which is a rigged set of controls that you can grab and move to drive the movement of part of the model — a bit like the strings of a puppet.

Film 80

Film Engine Engineering Rigging 80

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

What’s even better and why more people would likely be interested in using the Unity Cinemachine is it’s not a standalone software program but a plug-in. It plugs directly into Unity’s software and provides the opportunity to get started right away. What If You Aren’t Using Unity? Unity Cinemachine In Action. Why We Love Cinemachine.

Animation 52

Animation Animation Code Software 52

Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) Leveraging the power of ray tracing, the RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI) SDK provides scalable solutions to compute multi-bounce indirect lighting without bake times, light leaks, or expensive per-frame costs. Version 1.1.30 allows developers to enable, disable, and rotate individual DDGI volumes.

Ray Tracing 52

Ray Tracing Graphics Render Technology 52