Found this great free tool that allows you to render H264 H265 PRORES, etc… directly from After Effects newer versions, Premiere, Davinci, Vegas pro.

https://www.voukoder.org/forum/thread/783-downloads-instructions/

A very interesting project that tracks your gaze while watching films, a great way to assess the sight’s location and if it corresponds to the intended point the DP or the Layout Artist defined as a focal point.

More info here:

THE DIEM PROJECT

http://continuityboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/smooth-pursuit-on-bbc-breakfast.html

Home

Deepface realtime for using with a webcam or video sequences.

Download latest version here:

https://mega.nz/folder/m10iELBK#Y0H6BflF9C4k_clYofC7yA

Github Project here:

https://github.com/iperov/DeepFaceLive

James Crossley shows some methods for creating flat characters in a 3D world.

There is a certain appeal to having characters that look hand-drawn or hand-painted. In a digital world, that means using a 2D animation app like Spine, ToonBoom, Ae, Moho, or others. Some other alternatives work with a hybrid of 2D and 3D objects simultaneously, like Bender’s Grease Pencil. You can also create a 2D flat character in a 3D app, like Cinema 4D or Maya. There are a lot of advantages to doing that, and some drawbacks too.

2D in 3D.

A new breakdown from James Crossley shows some of the methods he uses to get that classic 2D flat character look in Maya. Crossley plans to create a series of examinations covering character building, rigging, and animation using flat puppets in Maya. One of the benefits is having access to Maya’s animation and rigging toolset, not to mention the sheer speed of a 3D viewport.

Rigging The body

Rigging The Leg

Rigging The Eyes

Rigging The Mouth

1. Select the clothes mesh
2. Select the root bone of the rig
3. Go to SKIN/BIND SKIN (Keep Default Parameters)

1. Select the skinned body mesh
2. Then Select the clothes mesh
3. Go to SKIN/COPY SKIN WEIGHTS
4. Select Closest Joint
5. One to One
6. And Normalize

Press copy.

A great tool for standalone denoise your renders PNG or JPG sequences supported.

https://github.com/DeclanRussell/NvidiaAIDenoiser

You will need to download Nvidia’s OPTIX and CUDA SDKs from the dev site.

“You will require an Nvidia driver of at least 465.84 or higher and an Nvidia GPU of Maxwell architecture or newer to use the OptiX denoiser.“

Found this thread for solving the sluggish UI on 3DS MAX.

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/3ds-Max-UI-lags-or-seems-sluggish-even-on-very-fast-multi-core-CPUs.html

Issue:

3ds Max lags or shows a delay in performance, even on fast CPUs. This includes, but is not limited to Intel i9 and AMD ‘Ryzen Threadrippers’.
This includes clicking any area of the user interface or moving objects, animation playback (FPS, or frames per second) in the viewport.
When trying to move an object from point A to point B, it may take two – ten seconds to perform the action.

Environment:

• AMD Ryzen CPUs.
• AMD Threadripper.
• Intel i9 CPUs.

Causes:

Includes, but is not limited to:

• Under certain PC hardware configurations, the multicore CPU’s cache memory access may become bottle-necked when performing certain calculations. The CPUs may run fast as long as they can hit the data they need directly (in the cache), but can become stalled when hitting a “cache miss.”.
• Outdated video card drivers.
• Power management options in Windows may be switching between a slower, low-power onboard graphics processing unit (GPU) and a higher-performance video card.
• Large 3ds Max scene files (more than 1 gigabyte) with many objects and high-resolution textures.
• High-resolution monitor settings or multiple monitors connected to laptop docks.
• Corrupted scene geometry.
• Dense, high poly objects.

Solution:

The solution may require one, or a combination of the following to resolve: 
 

Check the scene for corrupted scripts

Go to the Script Controller entry in the ‘See Also’ section below to check 3ds Max for corrupted scripts that could affect performance.

Turn off Deferred Plug-in Loading

1. In 3ds Max, go to the Customize > Preferences menu.
2. In the General tab, deselect “Load Plug-ins When Used.”
3. Close 3ds Max, then restart the program.

Disable Hyperthreading (for Intel CPUs) or Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT, for AMD CPUs)

Although it may seem contradictory, disabling Hyperthreading (for Intel CPUs) or SMT (simultaneous

multithreading, for AMD CPUs) may actually speed up 3ds Max performance.
Note: The Arnold renderer takes advantage of both Hyperthreading and SMT, so disable these settings only if getting the best performance from Arnold isn’t necessary.

Set a Qt Environment variable in Windows

In some instances, 3ds Max UI improvements may occur by setting a Qt (UI) environment variable in Windows:

1. In Windows (8 or 10), go to the Windows Search bar.
2. Type: System. (It should bring up the choice of “System (Control Panel).”
3. Press Enter.
4. In the System menu, in the bottom-left of the menu, click the Advanced Systems Settings item. A System Properties menu will appear.
5. Click Environment Variables. The Environment Variables menu will appear.
6. Under System variables, click New to bring up the New System Variable menu.
7. Under Variable name, enter: QT_OPENGL
8. Under Variable value, enter: Angle
9. Click OK in to save the changes.
10. Under System variables, click New to bring up the New System Variable menu.
11. Under Variable name, enter: QT_ANGLE_PLATFORM
12. Under Variable value, enter any one of these variables: warp, d3d9 or d3d11. (Note: Save only one of these at a time. If you see no improvement, reboot the PC and repeat the process but enter the next variable in this list.)
13. Click OK in each menu to save the changes.
14. Reboot the PC and test the performance in 3ds Max.

For more information on the Qt variables, see: Qt 5 on Windows ANGLE and OpenGL.

Update Graphics Drivers

To install the most recent version of the video card driver, update the GPU from the manufacturer’s website:.

• NVIDIA
• AMD
• Intel

Configure the PC or laptop to use high-performance graphics

See the following articles:

• How to configure Autodesk software to use high-performance graphics.
• Crash on systems with integrated (Intel HD) and discrete GPUs (NVIDIA/AMD).

Optimize 3ds Max scenes

Follow the steps in this article to optimize large scene for best performance in 3ds Max: How to optimize performance in large 3ds Max scenes .

Lower the display resolution if necessary

If running in 4K resolution and encountering screen redraw issues (especially if running multiple monitors), consider lowering the screen resolution. See this Microsoft article for recommended screen settings: 

Change your screen resolution

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Examine the scene for corrupted geometry

In certain cases, having corrupted scene geometry can impair viewport performance. Try the following:

• Use the Subobject: Vertex > Delete Isolated Vertices feature in case geometry vertices have become detached and are located far from the base object. For similar troubleshooting steps, see Objects in 3ds Max have Polygon Shading or Normal problems, appear “fuzzy” or render incorrectly .
• Try collapsing all object Modifier stacks.
• Use the following steps to isolate problematic objects and either rebuild them or remove them from the scene.

Optimize high poly objects

High poly objects will impact viewport performance. Use Xrefs where possible.

If you get the following errors when trying to pair the WF-1000XM3 on Windows 10:

• that didn’t work make sure your bluetooth device is still discoverable
• They don’t appear as a sound device despite being paired already
• They show up but you can’t select them as audio devices.

The solution is to try any of these, it’s most likely that the device was paired but your Bluetooth device on windows is missing the aptX HD codecs, therefore it pairs but cannot play any audio.

Solution 1

Win10, go to Devices and Printers, right click LE_WH1000M3 or 1000MX3 properties then Services and select all services. Once you’ve done that, Audio service (shown as WF-1000XM3) should appear. Note, that once your headset will say that it has paired with PC, you also need to change audio Playback to Headset.

https://i.imgur.com/XhaYzyW.png

Download the aptX HD bluetooth enabled drivers

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As much as the headphones may support it its not for granted that your pc is or if it has it installed, so here is a link with instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qr5o8x4LDQ

…and finally here is a download link to the install file: https://www.dell.com/support/home/sv-se/drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=100J9&fileId=3546946146&lwp=…“

Or download from here: cocoalopez.com/blog/uploads/Network_Application_100J9_WN32_17.1.1530.31_A00.EXE.zip

Taken from: https://community.sony.no/t5/portable-audio/wh-1000xm3-can-t-connect-with-windows-10/td-p/3756476

Now for the stutter or laggy playback

Disable audio enhancement 

Audio enhancement is designed to make your system sound perfect. But things can go wrong somethings. To fix your sound stuttering problem, please perform:  

1. On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key + R on the keyboard at the same time.
2. Type mmsys.cpl and press Enter. 
3. Right-click your default playback device (the one with a green tick) and click Properties. 
4. Click Enhancement. Make sure the box for Disable all enhancements is empty. Click Apply and OK to save the change. 

If you don’t have an Enhancement tab here, the culprit is not enhancement then. Move on to the next fix. 

Fix 2: Change audio formats

If your audio driver or software doesn’t support the current audio format you have, sound issues such as static or stuttering would happen. To fix it, you can try different audio formats: 

1. On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key + R on the keyboard at the same time.
2. Type “mmsys.cpl” and press Enter. 
3. Right-click your default playback device (the one with a green tick) and click Properties. 
4. Click the Advanced tab. Select 16 bit, 44100 Hz (CD Quality). Click Apply and OK to save the changes. 
5. Test to see if your sound is still stuttering. If yes, go back to step 4 and try some other formats until you find the one works for you. 

UTILITY TO CONTROL SETTINGS ON WINDOWS 10

Found this nifty utility that helps you set your headphones using the PC instead of the mobile app:

https://github.com/Plutoberth/SonyHeadphonesClient

Pretty nifty little tool that restores compressed anime and facial details.

https://arc.tencent.com/en/ai-demos/imgRestore

Face Restoration

https://arc.tencent.com/en/ai-demos/faceRestoration

https://github.com/cmdr2/stable-diffusion-ui

Amazing 1 click solution to run StableDiffusion on Windows directly from a localhost. Textprompts and image generation.