3D World 135
The November 2010 issue of 3D World features an in-depth look at the Blender Foundation’s latest open-source film and finds out how it affects the future of Blender, and examines the state of motion capture.
Our training section offers over 30 pages of exclusive tutorials, with tips for 3ds Max artists from veteran users, a ZBrush masterclass on sculpting characters from Ryan Kingslien, and a full Softimage workflow for creating disintegration effects. The disc featues a complete version of the landscape and environment system Bryce 6.3, plus loads more high-quality models and assets.
On sale in the UK and online: 21 October 2010
On sale in the US: from 18 November 2010
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Bodies in motion
With the advent of new sub-$1000 systems and online services, mocap is becoming accessible to all. 3D World traces the evolution of today’s competing technologies and assess where the market will head next
Out of the ashes
3D World goes behind the scenes at the Blender Institute to find out how Sintel, its most ambitious open movie to date, was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
Get the most out of 3ds Max
Four brilliant CG artists pool their knowledge of the premier 3D tool to help you work smarter and create better content
Create a disintegration VFX shot
Build a simulation of an object turning to dust. This tutorial shows how to anticipate changes to your VFX shot
Sculpt characters and clothing
Build a character from scratch and add materials. This tutorial outlines a workflow for accurate anatomy and convincing clothing
Commentary and analysis from the CG industry
Global exposure for S-3D artists: following a huge number of entries from all over the world, Sony and 3D World announce the winners of their S-3D filmmaking competition
Practical training for every major 3D package
Applications covered this issue include: 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, ZBrush, Blender, Cinema 4D, LightWave 3D, Poser,3 After Effects, MotionBuilder, Photoshop,
Expanded Projects section
Stay in touch with your peers with this month’s best commercial 3D work
Inspirational imagery
The best new personal artwork from around the world
On test this issue
ZBrush 4.0, Bryce 7 Pro, CameraTracker, FilterForge 2.0
Also in issue 135
- Debrief: Giannini Creative’s CGI director Chris Morris reveals how a classic stop-motion character was given a CG makeover for the 2010 Effie award-winning ‘Smart’ Hotels.com ads
- Freeze Frame: Frankenstein gets a makeover in Vicenzo Natali’s Splice. 3D World discovers how Mac Guff’s Rodolphe Chabrier and his team brought the film’s engineered creatures to life
On the disc
Software, models, textures and video training worth $1,964
Bryce 6.3
Full environment system
As sold for $99
Mocap and animation clips
Assets from Credo, Mixamo and more
Worth over $980
Intero Visuals models
Furniture models in MAX format (most also in OBJ)
As sold for $372
triplegangers Xerxes figure
Human figure with four morphs in LWO format
As sold for $200
Turbo Squid model
Sterlet in seven formats
As sold for $32
Evermotion textures
Full Textures4ever 4 set with 175 textures
As sold for $77
Renderosity models
Clothing and hair for Poser
As sold for $45
Plus
18 WAV sound effects from soundscalpel worth $56 and 14 minutes of colour theory training from Gnomon Workshop
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