What‘s in issue 102 of 3D World: in stores in the UK now
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IN THE MAGAZINE
Walk the dinosaur
In our special 21-page cover project, Weta Productions animation director Steve Lambert provides a complete step-by-step guide to animating a dinosaur in motion, using Weta‘s actual production workflow. Contents include:
Modelling a basic blockmesh in Maya
Refining the form and sculpting surface detail in ZBrush
Painting surface textures in ZBrush
Setting up a production-quality full-body rig in Maya
Keyframing basic walk and run cycles
Setting up a subsurface scattering shader network in Maya
Rendering the finished animation
To help you follow the project, the DVD contains 7 hours of screen-capture videos showing Steve at work, condensed from over 20 hours of raw footage!
Tax havens for 3D studios
As Blue Sky Studios relocates to Connecticut to claim state tax breaks, we provide a guide to the best US and Canadian states in which to set up shop
Create dynamic motion graphics
Sequences in which shapes coalesce from clouds of flying objects are a staple of motion graphics work. Discover how to create them in XSI
The making of Haze's drug effects
We go behind the scenes at Free Radical Design to reveal the arsenal of graphical effects that powers its hotly anticipated new first-person shooter
On test this issue
Reviews include: CAD2 Go Workstation, Toxik 2008, Brazil r/s 2.0, innovative new modelling plug-in T-Splines for Rhino
Your technical questions answered
Applications covered this issue include: 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, DAZ Studio, Houdini, LightWave 3D, Maya, modo, Vue and XSI
ON THE FREE DVD
Issue 102 comes with a special double-sided DVD-ROM. The first side contains 50 of the greatest independent 3D animated shorts from the past ten years, including Sejong Park‘s Oscar-winning Birthday Boy, two BAFTA nominees, and six major Annecy award winners. In total, the DVD contains over four hours of animation for you to enjoy.
Download a full DVD listing here (Hi-res PDF, 1.9MB)
The other side of the disc contains our usual collection of software, resources and video training, including:
imageSynth (Texture-creation Photoshop plug-in for PC/Mac: worth $99)
Three 3d02.com vehicle models (With textures: worth $355)
DAZ Productions vegetation (For Poser/DAZ Studio: worth $14.95)
Runtime DNA clothing and props (For Poser/DAZ Studio: worth $207.70)
3six0 HDR data (High-res HDR image: worth $109)
12 3D Total textures (Fully tiling, with bump and spec maps)
Geekatplay Studio video training for Vue 5 (37 minutes, worth $24.90)
Gnomonology video training: sketching dinosaurs (14 minutes)
Plus! This month’s best new animations, ads and promos
PLUS 8 FREE KEYBOARD SHORTCUT CARDS
As a final bonus, the issue comes with eight reference cards listing essential keyboard shortcut cards for leading 3D software packages for you to cut out and keep. The cards cover:
3ds Max
Bryce
Carrara
DAZ Studio
Maxwell Render
Maya
modo
MotionBuilder
