Ray Tracing and Two-Sided Foliage
A few years ago, as I was preparing my foliage libraries for sale on the Unreal Engine Marketplace, I had issues with Ray Tracing (a...
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David Sparks
- Nov 7
- 1 min
William Faucher on Unreal Engine
I've been running into this guy's YouTube videos a lot over the last year or two. I needed to make a shout out. He's got excellent...
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David Sparks
- Aug 21
- 1 min
3ds Max and Maya "Indie" versions
A friend recently reminded me that Autodesk's regular subscription models are getting difficult to afford if you're a hobbyist or basic...
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David Sparks
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Excel Data Sum by Color
This may seem a bit off topic to many, but if you spend time in Microsoft Excel dealing with data (work at an engineering firm?) this is...
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David Sparks
- Feb 18
- 2 min
3ds Max Training Materials for Free Download
3ds Max Training Materials for Free Download
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David Sparks
- Feb 17
- 1 min
Export FBX w/LODs for Unreal Engine
If you have multiple LOD groups prepared with Max’s Level of Detail utility, the best resource I've found for easy export is this...
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David Sparks
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Pre-Multiplied Alpha Channel in Adobe Premiere
One of those annoying things I always forget how to setup. If you've rendered out an animation to frames with an alpha channel, like old...
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David Sparks
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
WSP Inc. USA, design visualization for the city of Paris
Before I retired in 2019 I had the privilege of being part of the visualization team at WSP creating interactive versions of the area...
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David Sparks
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Online UE Blueprints resource
I came across this wonderful place online where users looking for a way to solve a problem can share their solutions and blueprint code...
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David Sparks
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Unreal Engine: Overcome the 16 Texture Sample limit
I mentioned in my previous post very briefly about overcoming the 16 Texture Samples limit in your typical UE Material. This is frankly...
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David Sparks
- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
"SparkoMat", Dave's Universal Unreal Engine Master Material
I spent some significant time developing this Uber master material, primarily so I could use all the content I’ve downloaded over the...
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David Sparks
- Nov 27, 2022
- 1 min
Dave's Editor Utility Blueprints (Blutilities) for Unreal Engine
I've been creating these as I needed for some projects. Thought about uploading them for sale on UE Marketplace but decided I'd make them...
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David Sparks
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome to the new Blog!
You will find all entries prior to November 2022 on the old blog site at blogger here
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David Sparks
- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
DAS is officially closed for business
I have big plans for my own 3D work going forward and I'll be sharing tidbits here and there as I progress through these new endeavors....
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