Cinema 4D And After Effects Training, Tutorials, and Plugins for Motion Graphic Designers Congratulations to Michael Rinnan for winning the Five Second Project for March. His entry had a great concept and was outfitted with excellent lighting, atmosphere, camera movements and sound design. We wanted to know a little bit more about Michael’s entry, so we asked him a few questions regarding his workflow and the process for creating his winning piece. Where do you work? What is your title?
Ed Whetstone Visual Effects Artist Major Overhaul -- released as-is (bugs and all) Back to Top New general toolset, auto-increment building names Back to Top Randomizer, new layout Back to Top Organizational update -- all objects are grouped under a helper shape Back to Top 101 Things you didnt know in 3DS Max... 1. The white MaxScript area in the bottom left of the screen can be used as a quick-access calculator, just type in the sum, press enter and hey presto! 2. Typing, for instance, r40 in a spinner will add 40 to its value (also works with negative values)
heavy industries » Blog Archive » ICE point distributions on surfaces Here are some ICE attempts at making even point distributions on arbitrary meshes. It’s hard to beat the look of evenly packed points. I used this problem as my first experiment in xsi ICE. QTown - Free Poly Tools Modeling Scripts Finally it's time to release the new version to the public. I am very excited about the new features and all in all QTown has grown to a pretty nice and convenient tool to generate some midground to background cities*. Initially intended to create only some greeble-like structures to populate the scene and make simple geometry looking more complex, QTown grew with the idea to also be able to make the shapes look more like buildings. The most noted missing feature was the lack of proper texture coordinates, which seemed like a much too challenging task at the time. Eventually I came up with a solution to this problem and this was the starting point to re-work some features for the new version.
Blender 3D: Noob to Pro You are strongly encouraged (read as begged) to contribute to this book! There are many things you can do to help: edit existing modules (to correct errors, improve the writing, or make additions)add new modules (tutorials or reference material)upload new images (screen shots or sample renders)join the team responsible for this WikiBook How to Edit a Module 100+ Maya 3D Tutorials For Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Users When it comes to high-end 3d computer graphics and 3d modeling software package, Autodesk Maya is always one of application to be considered. Maya plays an important role in the 3d visualization and animation industry and they are top choices for many designers on large or small-scale production. Pin it If you are looking to picking up Maya to design your 3d models, this article is for you.
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50 Mind Blowing Maya Tutorials True to form, and as promised, I have gone and prepared a variable feast of delicious Maya morsels for all you starving Maya users out there. The table is set and the plates are full...so what are you waiting for...dig in! Creative Cow - Creating a Logo Model a logo from vector artwork. Part 1 Part 2. How to Rig a Computer Mouse Create epic games with these free 3D characters Mixamo has released 15 ready-to-use characters and seven animations to the UE4 marketplace for subscribers to download for free. A collection of Mixamo's animations and 3D characters are now available for free in Unreal Engine 4.3 Marketplace. Any game developer with a UE 4.3 subscription can download the characters and animations and start using them instantly in the Unreal Engine. The moves, which include standard walk, run, jump, idle and shoot and sword – weapons animations – are available in FBX, BVH and Collada format.
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