I’d been into video and photo editing as a hobby for years (this was as a retail manager for 22 years). I’d gotten all my software through edu discount. I even built a dual core system (about 10 years ago). It still didn’t have the horsepower I needed so I jumped the Microsoft ship and bought a MacPro. About 3 years…

No comment is better for them than the truth: “We are really pissed off at Microsoft for turning on backwards compatability. We wanted to resell all our old games again. For some games we wanted to do a crappy HD port and sell them again at near full price.”

I think Blender and ZBrush must work much the same then from a technical stand point. ZBrush seems to be a bit more user friendly though. Then again Blender is free.

Where the heck is the VND, Variable Neutral Density filter? I get more use out of my VND than any other filter, especially in bright sunny conditions. It lets me keep my aperture wide to get the DoF and/or bokeh that I want and still be able to quickly react and change my f-stop. It’s also allowed me to get really…

I think it’s a model for a heavy metal hair band character that will be used in the up comming Rock Band 4.

How do you model your hair? I’ve not used Blender (I’m mostly a Zbrush guy) and I don’t know the process. In ZBrush the best way is laying one bundle of hair at a time with the Fibermesh tool, building up from the inner layers at the base of the skull. You then layer up till you get to the top outer layers. It’s not…

Yes and no. As with most questions it’s complicated. Mixamo for example provides characters with animation that you can add into your project. They even have an engine where you can mix/match parts. This is fine for background NPCs but not for main characters.

I actually had this happen to me. As a manager for Sam’s Club I was called out to tires. Short story; customer wanted tires rotated and re-balanced. They were not just bald. They were showing threading from the ply in places. Customer said we were trying to rip them off and force them to buy new tires. I took…

I just tried it but OSX (10.10.3) will not recognize the ability to go to 60hz. It seems locked on 30hz no matter what I try. I’m researching how to force it.

Holy crap! That was awsome. I cannot give you enough stars!

The levels that cosplayers are going to is simply mind boggling. They are constantly pushing their craft to new heights. As you said, this a really impressive pice of work.

I have one of those “old” Seiki 39” 4k displays and I love it. It calibrated to 98% of sRGB. I don’t care that it’s only a 30hz display as I am mostly doing graphics design work. (I don’t do much gaming). I got it almost two years ago for $400 delivered and I never want to go back.

I stay away from snow country as much as possible so I don’t have the experience that you do... but I’m sure your right.

We’ve had two people taking showers, someone washing dishes and the washing machine going at the same time? What more do you want?

If you own your home consider upgrading to an on-demand hot water heater. They have no tank so you never run out of hot water. Ours is gas powered and super efficient. They cost more up front but even with the low cost of propane the return time is only about 5 years.

I’m gonna have to disagree with you there. My brother and I learned to team up on Contra and beat the hell out of it. We got to the point where we could get through the whole game without a single life lost. The next time through when it got more difficult we would only lose one or two. Third time through the game…

I did the equivalent with a cross threaded bearing housing on a bicycle crank case. Had to weld on a 3 food angle bar to get the leverage needed to turn the damn thing. The new bearing case went in easy as pie though and it all worked out.

For anyone (like me) who didn’t know what these thread repair methods were, I refer you to the following:

I’ve actually used the work computer to edit and print my bosses resume. He was looking to get out of his job so I helped him polish his resume and print it out. I had been working with him across two companies and multiple locations for more than a decade. But still, it was a bit surreal.