In issue 122: The making of Aliens vs Predator videogame. Plus: software and resources worth $1328 on the CD
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IN THE MAGAZINE
Aliens vs Predator
We go behinds the scenes of Rebellion‘s update of the much-loved franchise and take a closer look at conceptual art from the preproduction phase and character modelling
Playing in stereo
Technology companies and games developers are revving up for an extra-dimension in games. We look at how to get a piece of that stereoscopic action
Snow Leopard - opening the door to a world of 3D
Changes to the core of OS X could revolutionise 3D development on the Mac. We talk to industry insiders about the leopard that changed its spots
Practical training for every major 3D package
Applications covered this issue include: 3ds Max, Softimage, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Blender, Nuke, After Effects, Photoshop, Poser, Gimp,
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
Daz Studio Advanced 3.0, Poser 8, Swift 3D v6, Flow 1.0
Also in issue 122
- Debrief: Aedas Imaging‘s experience of working on London‘s bus and Tube stations
- 3D legends reflect on life-changing work. This issue: George Pal‘s Time Machine
- Letter from Soho: Dave Throssell offers advice to those wishing to join the ranks of freelancers
ON THE DVD
Software, models, textures and video training worth $1328
Bitfilm Festival
3D World has selected 26 films from the international Bitfilm film festival, included on this month‘s special DVD
Centroid mocap files
BVH and FMX formats
Worth $506
Poser World assets
14 high-quality ready-to-use assets for Poser, DAZ Studio or Carrara
Worth $251
IR Ltd model
LWO, MAX and ZTL formats
As sold for $121
aXYZ design Evolution 2 model
MAX format
Worth $118
3d02.com model
LWO format
As sold for $79
Arte-3D plane model
MAX format
worth $50
PLUS
63 soundscalpel.com audio effects worth $203, 60 JPEG textures from Environment Textures, an HDR file from 3SIX0 and 13 minutes of training from The Gnomon Workshop
