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Create perfect topology for animated charactersSaturday, November 16th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerCreate perfect topology for animated charactershtml PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"The Gnomon Workshop has released Topology for Animated Characters, a guide to creating models with clean topology for production, recorded by Freelance Character Artist Joo Victor.The workshop provides over an hour and a half of video training on 3D modeling and retopology work in Maya and ZBrush.Create 3D characters with clean, animation-friendly, production-ready topologyThe work done by modelers is critical to the success of 3D characters as they move through the production pipeline in professional animation projects. In the workshop, Victor focuses on the technical aspects of character modeling, setting out how to produce models with clean topology that deform correctly when animated.He begins with the basics of 3D modeling and retopology work using Maya and ZBrush, moving on to more advanced techniques with the aim of creating unique solutions for characters.Topics covered include edge flow, poly counts, n-edged vertices and n-sided polygons (n-gons), and the location of pole vertices.The workshop sets out techniques and production tips for creating both facial and full-body topology that can be applied to both studio and personal projects.About the artistJoo Victor is a freelance character modeler and sculptor.He has worked on movies, ads and TV, for clients including Pixar, Paramount and Skydance Media, on projects including Inside Out 2 and Saving Bikini Bottom: the Sandy Cheeks Movie.Pricing and availabilityTopology for Animated Characters is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.Subscriptions cost $57/month or $519/year. Free trials are available.Read more about Topology for Animated Characters on The Gnomon Workshops websiteHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Full disclosure: CG Channel is owned by Gnomon.Latest NewsDownload VFX Assets' free 2D Cloud Textures PackGet 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.Sunday, November 17th, 2024Create perfect topology for animated charactersNew Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D characters with animation-friendly, production-ready topology in Maya and ZBrush.Saturday, November 16th, 2024Ephere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4DHair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.Friday, November 15th, 2024Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.2 and Universe 2025.1Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.Friday, November 15th, 2024Nekki releases Cascadeur MobileNew mobile edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software is now available for iPad and iPhone users.Thursday, November 14th, 2024Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artistsRead our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.Thursday, November 14th, 2024More NewsBlackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1Get the Blender Studio's free Brushstroke Tools for BlenderFoundry releases Mari 7.1 in betaScene Group releases Cavalry 2.2Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.1Foundry discontinues ModoEpic Games to share new free assets on Fab every two weeksGet 100+ free modular airport assets for Unity and Unreal EngineReallusion adds AI Smart Search to Character Creator and iClonePoly Hammer unveils MetaHuman DNA add-on for BlenderAcademy Software Foundation adopts OpenAPVOlder Posts0 Commentaires 0 Parts 169 Vue
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WWW.THEVERGE.COMNarwals Freo X Ultra, the best mopping robot available, is on sale for a new low priceHosting Thanksgiving dinner is fun and all, butthe amount of cleaning you have to do afterward can be exhausting. The Narwal Freo X Ultra robot vacuum / mop hybrid can help speed things up, though, and its currently down to an all-time low of $849.99 (about $690 off) at Best Buy and Amazon (when you apply the on-page coupon).RelatedThe Narwal Freo X Ultra is one ofour favorite robot vacuums for mopping. It features a commendable 8,200Pa of suction power and a host of welcome features, including a set of spinning triangular mops that allow it to clean hard surfaces exceptionally well. It can adjust the amount of pressure applied by its mop based on floor type, too, and can even make its own cleaning decisions, one of which will prompt it to remop your floors if they remain dirty after its initial pass. It can also clean its own mop pads and offers support for several voice assistants, including Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.Additionally, the Freo X Ultra can accurately map your home and touts a disposable onboard bin that can compress dust, so theres no need to contend with a noisy auto-empty dock. Narwals accompanying mobile app isnt the best, nor is the vacuums onboard obstacle avoidance, but youd be hard-pressed to find a more balanced option for the price. Narwal Freo X Ultra $850$154045% off$850$850$154045% offA superior mopping bot with a superior price tag, the Narwal is smart enough to know when it needs to go back and mop more. Its vacuuming is good, and its unique onboard compression bin means no loud auto-emptying.A few more ways to save this weekendSonys last-gen WH-1000XM4 headphones are available from Amazon, Best Buy, and Sony starting at $196.01 ($154 off). The older XM4 remain a great pair of headphones with terrific active noise cancellation and sound, even if the slicker XM5 offer slightly better ANC and improved voice call quality. Plus, unlike the latest model, they fold up for easy transport, meaning you dont have to rely on Sonys oversized carrying case. Read our review.Hotos 3.6V Screwdriver Kit is on sale for $34.99 ($15 off) at Amazon, which is one of its better prices to date. The lightweight tool is small enough to maneuver in tight workspaces and includes 25 commonly used steel bits, which allow you to tackle a variety of projects that dont require a hefty amount of torque. It even packs an integrated LED light to help you line up your screws.Logitechs wired G203 is on sale for $18.99 ($21 off) at Amazon when you clip the on-page coupon, which is $4 shy of its best price to date. If all you need are the basics,Logitechs inexpensive gaming mouse is a good pick with a comfortable design and several nice perks for the price, including customizable RGB lighting and six programmable buttons.0 Commentaires 0 Parts 181 Vue
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WWW.THEVERGE.COMGabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didnt happen because he was stumpedUnsurprisingly, yesterdays big Half-Life release wasnt the sequel to Half-Life 2 or even the third Half-Life 2: Episode entry, but a 20th-anniversary update to Valves legendary 2004 game. And given what studio co-founder Gabe Newell has to say on the subject in a 2-hour documentary that the company released in tandem with the update, it seems less likely than ever that well be seeing either follow-up anytime soon.Newell explains what he calls his personal failure near the end of the video:You cant get lazy and say, oh, were moving the story forward. Thats copping out of your obligatiion to gamers, right? Yes, of course they love the story. They love many, many aspects of it. But sort of saying that your reason to do it is because people want to know what happens next... you know, we couldve shipped it, like, it wouldnt have been that hard. You know, the failure was my personal failure was being stumped. Like, I couldnt figure out why doing Episode 3 was pushing anything forward.Thats not to say the company didnt try. One idea for Episode 3 included an Ice Gun that Engineer David Speyrer says in the documentary wouldve let players spray amorphous shapes that could serve as barriers, platforms, or even Silver Surfer mode paths that they would shoot in front of themselves to cross gaps. Speyrer also talks about blob enemies that could move through grates or split into smaller head-crabby things. RelatedBut Speyrer and other Valve employees featured in the video echo Newells sentiment that they just couldnt come up with ideas that seemed worth a new Half-Life game. One of its level designers said something similar in a 2020 IGN interview. He also blamed scope creep the tendency of a project to slowly grow beyond its original plan and the company wanting to get going on developing the Source 2 engine that drives VR prequel Half-Life: Alyx. Newell sees Half-Life 2 as an engine, a platform, or at best a whole industry unto itself, gaming journalist Geoff Keighley, who Newell once gave a key card for Valves studios and told to do whatever you want, wrote for Gamespot.0 Commentaires 0 Parts 166 Vue
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WWW.MARKTECHPOST.COMGoogle AI Introduces LAuReL (Learned Augmented Residual Layer): Revolutionizing Neural Networks with Enhanced Residual Connections for Efficient Model PerformanceModel efficiency is important in the age of large language and vision models, but they face significant efficiency challenges in real-world deployments. Critical metrics such as training compute requirements, inference latency, and memory footprint impact deployment costs and system responsiveness. These constraints often limit the practical implementation of high-quality models in production environments. The need for efficient deep learning methods has become important, focusing on optimizing the trade-off between model quality and resource footprint. While various approaches including algorithmic techniques, efficient hardware solutions, and best practices have emerged, architectural improvements remain fundamental to efficiency gains.Several approaches have emerged to address model efficiency challenges, each with distinct focuses and limitations. Existing methods like LoRA introduce low-rank adapter weights during fine-tuning while keeping other weights constant, and AltUp creates parallel lightweight transformer blocks to simulate larger model dimensions. Other methods like compression techniques, include quantization and pruning to reduce model size and latency but can impact model quality. Knowledge distillation techniques transfer knowledge from larger teacher models to smaller student models, and progressive learning approaches like Stacking and RaPTr grow networks gradually. However, these methods involve complex training or trade-offs between efficiency and performance.Researchers from Google Research, Mountain View, CA, and Google Research, New York, NY have proposed a novel method called Learned Augmented Residual Layer (LAUREL), which revolutionizes the traditional residual connection concept in neural networks. It serves as a direct replacement for conventional residual connections while improving both model quality and efficiency metrics. LAUREL shows remarkable versatility, with significant improvements across vision and language models. When implemented in ResNet-50 for ImageNet 1K classification, LAUREL achieves 60% of the performance gains associated with adding an entire extra layer, with only 0.003% additional parameters. This efficiency translates to matching full-layer performance with 2.6 times fewer parameters.LAURELs implementation is tested in both vision and language domains, focusing on the ResNet-50 model for ImageNet-1K classification and a 3B parameter decoder-only transformer for language tasks. The architecture seamlessly integrates with existing residual connections, requiring minimal modifications to standard model architectures. For vision tasks, the implementation involves incorporating LAUREL into ResNet-50s skip connections and training on ImageNet 1K using 16 Cloud TPUv5e chips with data augmentation. In the language domain, two variants of LAUREL (LAUREL-RW and LAUREL-LR) are implemented in a 3B parameter transformer model and trained from scratch on text tokens using 1024 Cloud TPU v5e chips over two weeks.The results demonstrate LAURELs superior efficiency compared to traditional scaling methods. In vision tasks, adding an extra layer to ResNet-50 enhances accuracy by 0.25% with 4.37% more parameters, but LAUREL-RW achieves 0.15% improvement with just 0.003% parameter increase. The LAUREL-RW+LR variant matches the performance of the extra-layer approach while using 2.6 times fewer parameters, and LAUREL-RW+LR+PA outperforms it with 1.82 times fewer parameters. Moreover, in language models, LAUREL shows consistent improvements across tasks including Q&A, NLU, Math, and Code with only a 0.012% parameter increase. This minimal parameter addition makes LAUREL efficient for large-scale models.In conclusion, researchers introduced the LAUREL framework which represents a significant advancement in neural network architecture, offering a complex alternative to traditional residual connections. Its three variants LAUREL-RW, LAUREL-LR, and LAUREL-PA can be flexibly combined to optimize performance across different applications. The frameworks success in both vision and language tasks, along with its minimal parameter overhead shows its potential as a superior alternative to conventional model scaling approaches. The versatility and efficiency of LAUREL make it a promising candidate for future applications in other architectures like Vision Transformers (ViT).Check out the Paper. All credit for this research goes to the researchers of this project. Also,dont forget to follow us onTwitter and join ourTelegram Channel andLinkedIn Group. If you like our work, you will love ournewsletter.. Dont Forget to join our55k+ ML SubReddit. Sajjad Ansari+ postsSajjad Ansari is a final year undergraduate from IIT Kharagpur. As a Tech enthusiast, he delves into the practical applications of AI with a focus on understanding the impact of AI technologies and their real-world implications. He aims to articulate complex AI concepts in a clear and accessible manner. 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TOWARDSAI.NETChatGPT Gets Windows AppChatGPT Gets Windows App 0 like November 16, 2024Share this postLast Updated on November 16, 2024 by Editorial TeamAuthor(s): Get The Gist Originally published on Towards AI. Plus: Elon Musk Sues OpenAIThis member-only story is on us. Upgrade to access all of Medium.Welcome to Get The Gist, where every weekday we share an easy-to-read summary of the latest and greatest developments in AI news, innovations, and trends all delivered in under 5 minutes! In todays edition:ChatGPT Desktop App Launches for WindowsElon Musk Sues OpenAI Over Alleged Breach of Founding MissionAnthropic Partners with US Government to Secure AI Against Nuclear RisksNew Gemini Model Beats ChatGPT-4oAnd more AI news.Image by: MSPowerUserThe Gist: ChatGPT is now available for all Windows users via the Microsoft Store, while macOS gains beta integration with developer tools for paid users, expanding its usability across platforms.Key Details:Windows users can now download ChatGPT for free, featuring web search, text-to-image tools, and lifelike voice interactions.macOS users can test a beta feature that connects ChatGPT with tools like VS Code and Terminal, enabling seamless workflow integration.The Windows app offers a shortcut (Alt + Space) for quick access, while the macOS app requires a direct download from OpenAIs website.OpenAI plans to expand the macOS apps compatibility with more software in the near future.Image by: BloombergThe Gist: Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of deviating from its founding Read the full blog for free on Medium.Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming asponsor. Published via Towards AITowards AI - Medium Share this post0 Commentaires 0 Parts 210 Vue