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zvrt, 5 days ago to Birds

Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis, 🇩🇪 Zwergtaucher, 🇵🇱 perkozek) chicks are little indeed.

#birds
#birdphotography
#birdsofmastodon
#birdwatching
#nature
#naturephotography
#vogelflausch
#ptaki

ozzmeister00, 26 days ago to random

My hashtag#GDC2024 hashtag#UnrealEngine learning theater talk, Accelerating Your In-Editor Workflows with Editor Utilities is now live on YouTube and the Epic Developers Community!

I've linked the EDC article here, since it has all the links and snippets I mention during the talk. Check it out!

https://dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/5J9b/unreal-engine-accelerating-your-in-editor-workflows-with-editor-utilities-gdc-2024

apq, 1 month ago to GraphicsProgramming

Another day, another piece of proof that** there are still no ethically sourced AI tools out there:**

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/adobe-s-ai-firefly-used-ai-generated-images-from-rivals-for-training

#VFX #CG #Rendering #GameDev

apq, 2 months ago to unrealengine

We have a new trailer, and a title for our game!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb2wwEx6DVw

#UE5 #UnrealEngine #CG

apq, 2 months ago to random

We've ruined the internet.

compfu, 3 months ago to random

By the way, what happened to spherical harmonics? Is it still a thing in lighting and rendering or has it been superseded by "brute forcing" on GPUs?

#vfx

plausible, 3 months ago to random

Diving deeper into our four favorite concepts for the new logo...

apq, 3 months ago to random

https://www.theverge.com/24066646/ai-electricity-energy-watts-generative-consumption

leaverou, 3 months ago to random

Color.js (https://colorjs.io) has now been downloaded 2 million times on @npmjs 🎉

To celebrate its upcoming v0.5.0 release, we want to list of all the ways it has been impactful since its public release 1.5 year ago.

If you maintain a popular tool/app that uses Color.js, please let us know so we can add it!

brad_frost, 3 months ago to random

I've been a Mint user since forever, and I'm super sad it's going away.

What are others using for budgeting, tracking net worth, and making sure you're in good shape financially?

BartWronski, 4 months ago to random

Trying to ban gas stoves is such a weird hill to die on. Miniscule impact on the environment (can be a net negative in regions with very dirty electricity sources), very tiny safety wins, but makes a lot of people upset. And to some might not be super bad on its own, but becomes straw that breaks the camel's back on "government overreach trying to control everything in our lives".

(And for some specialized applications like stir fry or wok just objectively worse)

haukethiessen, 4 months ago to Unreal

Even though #Unreal allows you to specify light colors using temperatures in Kelvin, there is no corresponding material function to use the same behavior in materials. It's easy enough to add though, using FLinearColor::MakeFromColorTemperature() as a reference.
Very useful especially for VFX.

For example, you can have embers that change color as they cool by animating the temperature over the lifetime of the ember particles.

apq, 5 months ago to random

PSA: This is finally an option (again) in Windows 🥳

apq, 5 months ago to gamedev

New materials added to https://physicallybased.info/
#CG #VFX #GameDev

Shader ball showing a gasoline material.
Shader ball showing a pearl material.
Shader ball showing a soap bubble material.

apq, 6 months ago to random

The OpenPBR project is now available on Github https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenPBR
#CG #VFX

apq, 7 months ago to blender

With Blender 4.0 comes some welcome changes to the Principled BSDF, and https://physicallybased.info is now updated to reflect those changes when you choose Blender from the Engine dropdown.

IOR is now controlling both reflection and refraction, and Specular Tint is working as expected for metals. You can also find values for Subsurface Radius for select materials.

#Blender #b3d #cg #vfx

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apq, 9 months ago to GraphicsProgramming

OpenPBR is coming, and if you want to have a peek, there's some interesting slides here: https://materialx.org/assets/ASWF_OSD2023_MaterialX_Final.pdf

#CG #VFX #PBR #Rendering #GameDev

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apq, 10 months ago to unrealengine

Unreal Engine 5.3 roadmap:

https://portal.productboard.com/epicgames/1-unreal-engine-public-roadmap/tabs/88-unreal-engine-5-3-in-progress

#UE5 #UnrealEngine #GameDev

apq, 11 months ago to random

I’ve added a color space converter to https://physicallybased.info/tools/

I found myself jumping between different DCC softwares and web based tools whenever I needed to convert colors, so I combined all the features I needed into one. I tried to make it as minimal and intuitive as possible, because most things related to color science isn't.

Made possible with the help of the great Color.js library from https://colorjs.io/ made by @leaverou and @svgeesus

Converting between different color spaces with a web based widget.

apq, 26 days ago to random

"If you really want passkeys, put them in a password manager you control. But don't use a platform controlled passkey store, and be very careful with security keys."

https://magnetic-ink.dk/objects/dbce8aa2-36c9-4a72-9a0d-dadea0a12f3b

apq, 29 days ago to random

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/unreal-engine-5.4-release-notes

apq, 4 days ago to ubuntu

Holy cow does Ubuntu (Gnome) have the best native renaming tool or what?

#VFX #Ubuntu

apq, 1 month ago to random

Here’s the live demo of our game we showed at GDC. Proud to be working with such a talented team! https://youtu.be/BnE8GqyB_bc?si=XYOKT2q3a0Ag0Way