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In this CG Cookie tutorial by Riley Brown, you'll learn how to optimize your game resources with Blender using these valuable techniques! Reduce memory usage and compute resources to improve frame rate and expand your creative freedom without sacrificing performance.

The video covers topology, baking, and a bonus tip on how to get more out of your texture resolution.

Discover how to locate geometry, resolve redundant edges, and break up your mesh to better optimize it. Explore texture baking to simplify materials, reduce draw calls, and master the art of channel packing for more efficient maps.

Don't miss a simple sharpening trick to make lower resolution maps appear sharper.

Chapter:
00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – Topology
03:20 – Texture baking in Blender
08:19 – Card sharpening

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