Issue 163 | CG environments and more in the new 3D World magazine

Contents for the latest issue of 3D World. In our CG ENVIRONMENTS issue, we have tutorials and features for all! Be it environment insight from Factory Fifteen, epic volcanic scenes, or spectacular ocean effects from the new Kon-Tiki movie, you’ll find all you need to know here!

▲ Issue 163 of 3D World is on sale now on the UK newsstand, via subscription and as a digital edition

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IN THE MAGAZINE

Factory Fifteen: environment insight

▲ Build your own worlds with insight from this dream factory which has established itself as one of the coolest kids on the block

Kon-Tiki VFX secrets

▲ Three effects houses use contrasting techniques to simulate the oceans conquered by Thor Heyerdahl in the Norwegian epic Kon-Tiki. Meet Storm, Gimpville and Fido...

TRAINING | PRACTICAL TUTORIALS TO BOOST YOUR 3D SKILLS

Make epic volcano scenes in Vue

▲ Master environment creation with Conrad Allan’s expert guide to building a volcanic scene using Vue and World Machine

• You can view the first part of this video tutorial right now!

Matte painting techniques: turn day into night!

▲ Maya Emilie Enevoldsen helps you to turn a daytime photo into a night-time matte painting

Light an interior scene with 3ds Max and V-Ray

▲ James Cutler explains how to set up an indoor scene for day or night with 3ds Max and V-Ray

Animator tips: rigging basics

▲ Learning how to rig your models properly is the start of bringing them to life, says Mike Griggs

Artist workshop: create hyper-real renders

▲ Bertrand Benoit describes the tools he used to create his bread still life

Questions & Answers

Animate handwriting, attach a lens flare to a moving object and more

On test

Mari 1.5: Amanda Bone is excited about the new features in this latest version
V-Ray for Softimage: How does the ever-popular renderer fit with Autodesk’s Softimage?
Toolbag: Light and render in real time with Marmoset’s presentation tool
Wacom Cintiq 22HD: Rob Redman tests the new Cintiq
Efficient Cinematic Lighting with Jeremy Vickery: Training from The Gnomon Workshop
The Otherworldly Adventures of Tyler Washburn: Dylan Cole’s first children’s book

Also in this issue

• The Foundry & Luxology: how the recent merger of these popular developers could shape the future of the visual effects industry
• The month’s best new commercial projects
• Inspirational artwork from readers
• Luca Gabriele Rossetti: The master of illusion explains how digital technology has transformed the art of digital matte creation
• Debrief: Kenneth Polonski and Oliver Conrad explain how Kompost created the effects for ‘Mass Construction’

▲ Our wonderful Portfolio section shows the pick of artwork sent to us by 3D World readers

Downloads

This issue’s downloads include 190 minutes of video training: a 138-minute tutorial on making a volcano using Vue and World Machine, a 16-minute complete video from Chaos Group on V-Ray Lighting, and expert advice on how to light the same scene for day and night, plus tutorial scene files and Q&A files and videos

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