Nathan Ridley

Me: Software engineer for 27+ years. System designer, UI/UX, ML/AI, graphics/design. Yes, I've joined the agentic coding bandwagon along with so many others.

[Nathan Ridley @NathanRidley]

@PashaIGooD @threejs Nice work so far. How hard is getting the lip sync and facial animation believable?

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https://t.co/Fpe8xb0qHK

[Nathan Ridley @NathanRidley]

(1/2) Work in progress: XF Studio, an all-in-one modding powerhouse for Cyberpunk 2077. Extensive V customisation: custom makeup editor, custom expressions, lighting, live game integration with MCP server, ...
#CyberpunkVP #CyberpunkPhotomode #threejs #webgl #gameart

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(2/2) remote control, photo mode integration, fully automatic support for all your existing mods (MO2/Vortex/Manual), full body, clothing, idle animations, lighting customisation, export your own mods with ease. Loads more features coming.

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@agi_aibusi How do you stop Seedance from complaining about the image having real human faces?

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@vladkrutenyuk hybrid - screen-space SSS for diffuse scattering, plus optional thickness-based thin transmission using ray-measured paths through the mesh and occlusion checks. neither is full volumetric/path-traced SSS. pores and spots are procedural; transmission is a separate toggle

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Procedural skin texturing really starting to look realistic now, I think. #threejs #characterdesign #gamedev #webgl #gameart

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Still work in progress, but character creator skin texturing is starting to look really good! Some ways to go yet, but realism/fidelity definitely on the rise. Users can still make skin look however they like though. #threejs #characterdesign #gamedev #webgl #gameart

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@theo @synthwavedd Astra is literally generating gibberish text today. I've seen multiple reports of this.

"You’re right about challenge question outlines points0 yellow off visual photograph lines’ve read readlybadhe"

Mine an hour ago.

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@resona_dev Just experienced the same:

```
You’re’re right?

You’re right about challenge question outlines points0 yellow off visual photograph lines’ve read readlybadhe

You’re right
```

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Woah. Problems with capacity? @thsottiaux
GPT-6 Astra (high), 20x plan. Running very slowly the past day or so, presumably due to capacity issues Tibo mentioned. Never saw garbled output like this before though...

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@Bhavani_00007 These models are not deterministic. Generate 10-50 samples and compare the average. Single-shot tests barely tell you anything.

[Nathan Ridley @NathanRidley]

@NicolasZu I'm observing very efficient token usage on high. Switched from xhigh after determining that intelligence level between high and xhigh wasn't significant, but that token burn on xhigh was chewing up my weekly limit inside a couple of days. On high it's way more efficient for me.

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@MBashirzadeh Mostly texture variation right now. I have a huge array of procedural tools in place to get the skin texturing just right. Screenshots in this post were mostly about the subsurface scattering starting to look nice. The shadowing needs more work. Perf is decent for the moment.

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Making steady progress on the character creator. These shots show off work-in-progress skin rendering. #threejs #characterdesign #gamedev #webgl #gameart

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@stickdevx Yeah I'm pretty happy with what I'm seeing so far, thanks for the comment!

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@JeremyBufford Oh, thanks!

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@JeremyBufford Not sure I understand what you mean. As in, it reduces believability? This is an early work in progress, but I'm always open to feedback/suggestions.

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Work in progress tech for realistic eyebrow design