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New Patreon project. Got inspired by nature and had to make this. Great start into the week for everyone! #houdini #nature #patreon

@andrewpprice It’s hard to believe a company like Anthropic is donating purely out of love for artists. More likely, there’s some strategic angle behind it. Regarding MCP, there’s also a real chance that whatever comes out of it ends up tied to Anthropic’s own ecosystem.

I don't know why, but I actually like these viewport renders a lot.

🤖Back in Action: New 3D model now on Patreon! I’ll be uploading the hole Chappie model in parts, building up the full character over time. This post focuses on the lower legs. Hands are already in the collection #chappie #3dmodel #patreon

@dami_digital wonderful

High res still, viewport and clay view for anyone interested.

Over the next 5 to 10 years, many current apps will become obsolete or heavily disrupted as AI development receives far more funding and resources than traditional 3D software ever did. However, traditional 3D artists will still have opportunities, alongside creators who specialize in AI-driven workflows. Visual production will likely split into two main paths: fast, low-cost generation and work that requires human oversight, fine control, and deliberate artistic decisions. We will also see deeper integration within software. Individuals may end up using custom mini-applications or workflows built and maintained by personal AI agents tailored to their needs. The area most likely to be disrupted or transformed is the asset marketplace ecosystem. If models, textures, HDRIs, and templates can be generated on demand, there will be far less need to buy them. Only assets of exceptional quality are likely to have strong value. Or maybe we will trade our own trained models or app integrations...

Question : How many of you think that most 3d sofwares or even graphic design softwares will become redundant within the next 5-6 years because of generative AI?

@JalexRosa Holy kunai. Enjoyed every second. Thank you so much for that.

Naruto vs Sasuke video after almost 1 year of work, I hope you like it 🙏

@dami_digital Gorgeous little device!

Had a ton of fun modelling this neat speaker I saw on Pinterest. I think I'll take some time to do some more product render practice.

@motionpunk1 So good!

Happy Friday! Back to 2022 with one of my favorite personal work called "A(n)ti" Read all about it here: lnkd.in/d7TVqkDh #cinema4d #octanerender #artdirection #houdini #xparticles

@Cyrus3v @MattiaMerenda2 All good Ciro, no rush. Thanks for helping with this.

@_pointindex @MattiaMerenda2 Let me prepare that for you. I am a little bit busy today, but I can send you the file tomorrow.

How do you build different and precise UV directions + projections (like for brushed metal and such) for complex objects in Houdini? Find it kind of hard.

@Cyrus3v @MattiaMerenda2 That would be awesome, thank you very much. I’m kind of doing it in a similar way, like separating the parts and working step by step. But it’s really tricky sometimes.

This is a tough one to do procedurally, and it depends a lot on how good you need the UVs. My first instinct would be to separate the geometry into sections and work from there. I have a technique that generates a spline in the middle of the geometry, then I generate a tube and try to copy those UVs into the original geometry. Is a little bit hit and miss to be honest, but it works well for organic things like tree branches. I can send you the setup I have for you to have a go.

@SulkinMaya @PalantirTech @a16z I think the Anthropic case may be an example here: posing a realistic possibility for diminishing white-collar jobs while also refusing to fully open its product to the military.

Alex Karp, CEO of @PalantirTech at @a16z summit: “If Silicon Valley believes we’re going to take everyone’s white collar jobs…AND screw the military…If you don’t think that’s going to lead to the nationalization of our technology—you’re retarded”

Like these shapes, for instance, where the (very accurately drawn by me) red lines indicate how the brush direction should go. Projecting the UVs in such a way would be my idea, but stretching and distorting the UVs procedurally in these areas so that, when you apply a texture, it stretches in an anisotropic way and especially the transition areas merges smoothly, seems almost impossible.

@MattiaMerenda2 @_pointindex I would need a couple of examples to understand what you need.

Yeah, sure. We often need to have a specific brushed direction for sink faucets. For most, it’s easy because they have simple cylindrical projections, but some faucets have curved shapes and brushed surfaces. I was wondering if there is a more intelligent way of doing it, since directions changes all the time and have smooth transitions, or if the Berserk Mode HDA is the way to go.

@3DxDEV7 probably its not just one?

Serious question for 3D artists: 🎙️ If you’re still paying thousands a year for software, what is the one feature that keeps you from switching to Blender? #VFX #b3d #3Dmodeling

@minchoi "its over for vfx". The entire ground for these AI visuals are made by vfx. Nothing you make would be even possible without talented artists. How can anyone think that the vfx industry will thrive without them?

It's over for VFX artists... AI can now keyframe every second of animation from just prompts

@TBC_on_X I didn't said its easy to make. I made a different point there.

@_pointindex it’s funny that people think this is so easy to make. and the caption was using a device known as sarcasm.

We made a $100,000,000 AI movie about Operation Epic Fury in less than one day. Yes, this is 100% AI.

You missed the point and got triggered for no reason. AI is here to stay, there are plenty of awesome use cases. I was just pointing out the funny thing about the “we made this awesome movie that turned out to be a meme… again” narrative. I’ve also heard about that cancer use case, but it is kind of sad, it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal in terms of virality.

@_pointindex @TBC_on_X Just because you only spend your time browsing X doesn’t mean that represents the “best example” of AI use. Forget how it’s detecting cancer in scans FAR better and faster than radiologists or protein folding, self driving, target detection, just dumb memes eh?