Game dev focus; 3ds Max, Maya, Vue, ZBrush training in the latest issue of 3D World! On sale now!
Contents for the latest issue of 3D World (167). 8 hours of video tips including FIVE HOURS of Digital-Tutors 3ds Max training! Game dev focus; Create hair and cloth with Maya; Enhance Vue scenes with ZBrush sculpts; Model game characters.
Daily design news, reviews, how-tos and more, as picked by the editors.
IN THE MAGAZINE
Real-time reinvented
10 years after the launch of war epic PlanetSide, Sony returns to massively multiplayer warfare with a follow-up game powered by a completely new game engine. We find out what difference a decade makes
The state of arch-viz
Do you like your arch-viz photoreal, or do you prefer something more stylised? Architectural visualisation pro Ronen Bekerman brings you a snapshot of the current virtual building scene, as viewed from the windows of his influential blog
TRAINING | PRACTICAL TUTORIALS TO BOOST YOUR 3D SKILLS
Create movement
Add movement to hair and cloth with nCloth in Maya
Texturing in Photoshop
Ten tips for better Photoshop textures
Design great creatures
Get started with exciting creature creation
Lighting and rendering
Studio Fescher Neoilustração shows how it created a pack of rats
Creating game characters
Digital-Tutors’ tips and tricks for making low-poly game characters
Add detail to Vue scenes
Use ZBrush to improve a scene created in Vue
Model and texture assets
3D artist Francisco Martinez shares his Maya and ZBrush pipeline
Questions & Answers
On test
Clarisse iFX: Is this a new tool for a new 3D workflow? Electric Image 9.0: A powerful and evolutionary upgrade G-RAID with Thunderbolt: A speedy drive for high-volume media streaming Archmodels 122: The latest Evermotion CG model collection InterPro IPW-DX8: A high-powered new workstation WSX6 V2: Supreme modelling performance
The makers of Nokomi reveal all about hair and fur in our Shortcuts section
Also in this issue
Projects: Stunning six-minute masterclass in simulation produced by Ridley Scott, Yafka’s aliens for Channel 4, and seamless motion graphics from art and graphics studio Zeitguised Inspirational reader artwork:Get inspired by our selection of CG artwork from around the globe Short Cuts: The co-directors of student short Nokomi talk about creating a film full of hair and fur Debrief: The Halo 4 Spartan Ops trailer series is Axis’ most ambitious project to date. Executive producer and MD Richard Scott reveals why Freeze Frame: The latest addition to the Ice Age series adds action-movie mayhem to the cartoon mix. Find out how animation studio Blue Sky did it
Downloads
This issue’s downloads include videos on dynamic movement in Maya and making rocks in ZBrush, scene files for layering material in Maxwell, plus screenshots for all the tutorials in the magazine. EIGHT HOURS OF VIDEO INCLUDED WITH ALL EDITIONS OF THE ISSUE
A brilliant image from this issue’s selection of reader artwork. This is by Toni Bratincevic and it is called Level 10
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