{"id":643,"date":"2023-12-26T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-26T10:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/?page_id=643"},"modified":"2023-12-26T10:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T10:36:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/about\/#Game_Media_Development_Consulting\" >Game &amp; Media Development Consulting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/about\/#So_why_the_change_from_Quake3Bits_to_KatsBits\" >So why the change from Quake3Bits to KatsBits?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/about\/#Getting_in_touch\" >Getting in touch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/\" title=\"KatsBits\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">KatsBits<\/a> (previously  Quake3Bits), is for anyone interested in making content for games or making  games and interactive products. The site has tutorials, resources and information not found elsewhere. Learn the &#8216;how&#8217;, and more important to the budding developer, the &#8216;why&#8217; things are done the way they are, <b>&#8216;principles&#8217; rather than &#8216;particulars&#8217;<\/b>. This includes information on making and optimising 3D models and meshes, texture making, general game development hints and tips and a host of other things related to asset and content creation.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Game_Media_Development_Consulting\"><\/span>Game &amp; Media Development Consulting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Businesses looking for advice on realising their ideas into the virtual world space (&#8216;Metaverse&#8217;) and\/or 3D generally, frequently get in touch to take advantage of a unique degree of expertise exclusively available to assist in making their web3D experiences a reality. <\/p>\n<p>Previous consultations have included the likes of: <b>IMVU<\/b>, <b>Complex Games<\/b>, <b>GolVision<\/b>, <b>Frenzoo<\/b>, <b>Splitz Acez<\/b>, <b>FireStaff PC<\/b>&#8230; and others.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about development consulting services available to clients see below on how to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p>KatsBits has been a regular Technical Reviewer, both full (credited) and partial (uncredited), on the following Blender 3D manuals, books and training materials;          <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/blender-2-6-cycles-materials-and-textures-cookbook\/book\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Texture Cookbook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blender 2.6 Cycles: Materials and Texture Cookbook<\/a>&quot; (Packt 2013)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/blender-25-project-development-hotshot\/book\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Blender 2.5 Hotshot\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blender 2.5 Hotshot<\/a>&#8221; (Packt 2011)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/blender-25-materials-and-textures-cookbook\/book\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Blender 2.5 Materials and Textures Cookbook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blender 2.5 Materials and Textures Cookbook<\/a>&#8221; (Packt 2011)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/blender-25-lighting-and-rendering\/book\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Blender 2.5 Lighting and Rendering\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blender 2.5 Lighting and Rendering<\/a>&#8221; (Packt 2010)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/create-3d-architecture-buildings-scenery-with-blender\/book\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Blender 3D 2.49 Architecture, Buildings and Scenery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Blender 3D 2.49 Architecture, Buildings and Scenery<\/a>&#8221; (Packt 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_why_the_change_from_Quake3Bits_to_KatsBits\"><\/span>So why the change from Quake3Bits to KatsBits?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When Quake3Bits.com was originally set up, it was within the content of creating content and editing games based on id Software technologies, Quake 3 (now know under the moniker &quot;idTech3&quot;) in particular. Over time, and as a natural occurrence associated with editing game content, many other none Quake or idTech based subjects were covered. To reflect this growing change in what turned out to be a &#8216;direction&#8217;, the sites name was changed to  &quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/\" title=\"KatsBits.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">KatsBits.com<\/a>&quot; in 2007. And here we are today, a content creation site catering to all manner of production with a focus on Blender but covering many other topics and subjects related to games. Welcome!<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_in_touch\"><\/span>Getting in touch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><i>Business enquiries<\/i><\/b> should be made by e-mailing <a href=\"mailto:business@katsbits.com?subject=business enquiries\" title=\"Business enquiries can be made directly to business@katsbits.com\">business@katsbits.com<\/a> or through Skype as &quot;katsbits&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>For copyright or DMCA enquiries contact <a href=\"mailto:dmca@katsbits.com\">dmca@katsbits.com<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:copyright@katsbits.com\">copyright@katsbits.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>All other enquires<\/i><\/b> should be directed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/community\/\" title=\"post your question to KatsBits forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KatsBits forums by posting a message<\/a> &#8211;  to save time <b>search the Internet thoroughly <i>before<\/i> contacting KatsBits<\/b> as most questions have already been answered, and\/or have as much information to hand about your problem before doing so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":644,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-643","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","comments-off"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/643\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}