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Whenever i import it makes the scene way bigger than it actually is and im lost

Hey Mr. Riley! Loving the videos! Definitely appreciated this one on red flags, me and my 3D Artist friends all send little screenshots to each other of crazy job listings and all the red flags you mentioned there show up constantly on them. You seem like a real genuine guy and I'm hoping your channel will grow further!

Insanely useful, especially the explanation regarding targeted de-noising, thanks!

Thanks for sharing Riley! I agree with you on these ideas - especially when it comes to some of the "kiddo" terms like, "wizard," "rockstar," or, I would argue, even the term "junior" could fall into that category as well. Not every industry refers to entry-level candidates as "juniors," and I think it's subtly diminishing even though it's common. I've been on the hiring side of things lately, and I can say for sure I've avoided candidates that take on "kiddo" terms because I'm looking for people who come off as legit as possible.

Amazing video man, really think I can improve my lighting with this!

As a student right now, videos like these are really valuable! Thank you for talking baout this important topic. When I am finished with my 3D education next year I am really exited what will await me. Luckly I have some time on my hands after graduating to find a job, but I would still like to get a job asap. Thank you for your insight into red flags, I never though about the "family" topic that way, but now that you said it it really makes sense why one should be thinking critically about it!

Great video! Would love to see more topics covered like this.

My red flag for this at the moment? There is barely any junior listings. Im literally about to graduate from University after finishing my Games Art course and i feel scared because i feel like I won't be able to find a job opportunity in this industry. Every time i click on a application it always: "2-3+ years experience in AAA games." Or something like that. I've had the opportunity to speak to some people from the industry in person before my university lessons finished and frankly yes i was told i gotta work on my texturing more, which im willing to improve, and that my topology was rather good. But right now i just don't feel optimistic about this industry at the moment with the layoffs and whatnot.. (If you wish to see my portfolio im happy to email/link it in the comments if anyone wants to look at my work)

I love your videos so much and all the Loves and support and UA-cam channel and live stream"

First of all i liked the video very informative and nicely structured for this kind of topic ! and second i have some questions if i may ? How would you say do these Red Flags inifluence A Beginner 3D Artist like myself especially if i just want to get in the Market ? I mean i Try to look online at Job Listings and i kinda dont have a lot of choices which really limits my ways of avoiding these types of Things. I know stuff like Freelancing you Definitly have more control to avoid such things but if i want to have any Job which is more Traditional i just cant dodge all of this because i want to get in first. Or how could a beginner suggest a changes to not get any of these red flags and maybe still have a chance at work ?

The video at the end is looking awesome. Can't wait to see what you come up with! And to the topic of this video, I sometimes read job listings just for fun and they all look like giant waving red flags to me. Just notice the ratio between requirements and benefits. It's 8:2 tops, many don't even bother to list benefits. Also notice how concrete the requirements are. "X years of AAA experience." "Strong understanding of this and that". Benefits on the other hand are vague. "Competitive Salary"? What does that even mean? "Opportunity to develop your skills". Oh wow, thank you. I could never do that without you. I am so glad I am not looking for a job.

I had a "red flag" experience a few months ago. Made it pretty far in the interview process and was asked to do an art test within a week. The amount of work required to complete the test exceeded what I felt would fit inside a typical work-week. I emailed and let them know I didn't want to set a precedent where I would be continually overworked. The test was also unpaid, which I wish I would have mentioned as another grievance. They were understanding in their reply. I just hope they received other feedback similar to mine. Maybe the biggest factor for me in job satisfaction is whether I feel appreciated or taken for granted. An employer communicates this in a lot of ways--compensation, boundaries, showing gratitude and trust. Unfortunately, you can't always detect that during the interview process, but watching for those red flags is key.

@ 3:37 whaen i apply loop tools it extrudes the mesh in z axis

that was excellent its given me a springboard to leap from thank you

Super!

thanks for the tutorial man

I have imported USD stage mesh into U5 outliner. I am gettng a root mesh with lights

Awesome tutorial

My lights are not as its in blender,its dim and lags or its overexposed in ue.baked animations or not baked when importing in ur the animation offsets.any clues

Hi, is there something I'm missing that gives you the individual meshes within your scene? All I'm getting is a 'root' object, though all the materials are coming through from Blender just fine.

Dude, your video is fantastic, I've been doing this method since I saw your video. But a few days ago, when I export the USD File from Blender, the entire scene is exported in the Unreal engine as a single object, do you know what it could be?

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Dear Riley, Please don't make the same mistake as POLYGONPEN. You need to enlarge the Blender UI to be readable on laptops. Otherwise the text on the menus are small and hard to read. Thanks

Yes please

In the video, the automatic pin insertion during playback in the blender scene is very smooth, but when I turn on the blender, the frame rate is very low. Is there a solution🥲

Wow! Thank you so much. This is a huge help.

THANK YOU for explaining what's actually going on behind the clicks, finally a tutorial that teaches you the tool and not just how to get a super specific result

Hi, you should show full build for blender texture setup. I dont know anything about blender texture setups and this tutorial wont be useful ppl just like me. Also there is jump seen about ue sections new comers also will confuse about creating materials in ue.

not sure why but this just doesn't work. when you upload scene to unreal it becomes one giant object called "root" and you cannot select specific meshes

I too have been experiencing this same thing for the past couple years and have put off working on my own creative projects. Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experience. 🙏

Amazing stuff friend. I loved the content, found your voice smoothing and the explanations easy to follow. Cheers friend.

One small tip on the exposure compensation of 8 to match up with blender: this is due to "physical camera exposure" being ticked. One way to make things easy is to set it to 1 and just untick "physical camera exposure". What's good about this is it decouples things like DOF from exposure, which is actually quite nice.

I'm going through a bit of this right now. The first time this happened -- maybe 5+ years ago -- it sucked but it put things into perspective for me and forced me to answer these basic questions: What I want from my career and how I want to live. It's a process and I think the answers change over time. In the end, it worked out better than I expected and I believe the same thing will happen this time around. I'm handling it much better with a clearer personal vision, good exercise and eating better. After reviewing your work and your dedication to your craft, you'll be fine. Trust the process!

I used to think such work was unnecessary, as I was working on low poly objects... started looking into blending edges with textures as beveling helps me to smooth edges, but increases geometry exponentially (when using many low poly objects). Looking forward to using this method too, as it works in cycles :D

Awesome and thanks!👍💪

I've been using Blender for over four years and did NOT know you can outset something with the inset tool! Mind = blown.

Honest the techniques I learnt in this 30 minutes video are mind-blowing. Secondly, thank you for the voiceover. Nigeria 🇳🇬 ❤

Thank you for sharing your experience my man. I listened to the whole thing. I relate to you in so many ways, one of them is worrying too much about production quality lol .. 😂 I watched a lot of Allan McKay videos on this topic and others, one thing I learned, is also having a weekly break or something to do or look up to with friends,, with or without friends, I try to disconnect from work on weekly basis (which is extremely difficult) however doing that helped me with my burnouts and recovery Much love to you, and everyone ❤

not being able to say no to projects is so real. I just don't want to miss any chance on anything I want to be a part of everything I can, but it comes with the cost of mental and physical health that makes you question: Do I really 'really' want all of these things? so thank you for the video it really surprising seeing people I admire and follow going through similar things and they are not just magical beasts thats creating art since from the birth easily

There is a legend, MX2

This is such a great and personal video. It really felt like you were talking to me, especially because it was so grounded. Thank you for taking this step and sharing your experience with all of us. Stay brave, I am happy for you!

hope you feel better soon man, i love your work!

I can relate to a lot of this. I experienced severe burnout a year or two ago. This year, I faced redundancy, moving house, and medical issues. Basically, all the most stressful things that could happen happened within six months. That's why I've been absent from social media and Discord for a while. Fortunately, I now have a great freelance gig working on game assets for an indie game, so I've decided to focus all my efforts on that and my health. Thanks for sharing. Stay strong and take care of yourself.💪❤

exercise and diet first, computer later

when you're editing make sure the soundtrack is set to stereo, not mono and it will correct the sound for you otherwise the video is really good

Stay strong, mate! Sports help, personal projects help.

I can relate as someone who's been a graphic/web designer since leaving school, a dabbled in 3D since my 20s (I'm 54 now). I probably didn't recognise my burn out when I was working on some big projects. It probably still affects me in some ways, many years later. It's good that you've recognised it and have a strategy to manage it.

I was just wondering why wasn't this video top notch like it normally is, then I started to relies that I felt like it was a statement of what you felt. Also I notice that every time you look at your screen, I can see the joy in your eyes of what your trying to achieve. Thank you Riley for the videos you do, and I WILL see you on the next video! ~ ShadowRenders