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Now Import 3D Animation Into Photoshop CC

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https://www.mixamo.com/workflows/photoshop-3d From a post on the Gamasutra website (the Art and Business of Making Games), I learned that we can now “Import 3D animated characters into Photoshop CC”. Source image: http://gamasutra.com/ This service is provided in collaboration with the animation company Mixamo. Source image: https://www.mixamo.com/ The Mixamo website explains that: “With Mixamo, Photoshop CC 2014 […]

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Free 3D Models

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Free 3D Models: As written on one of the Dreamlight 3D webpages, Creativity does not fit in a box. At times we need a little help in the way of some free 3d models, to get the creative juices flowing. Maybe all we need is a new background to spark a new story line to […]

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3D Scenes From ‘Under The Sea’

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Source image: https://www.lightwave3d.com/news/article/under-the-sea/?utm_source=october_newsletter_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter ‘Under the sea’ is a virtual tour created for Scottish Natural Heritage by film and video company Bruizer Films, based in Suffolk, United Kingdom. The underwater scene was created using LightWave and Sculptris. From the Lightwave website, “This underwater scene is so realistic; it’s hard to believe it is actually CG”. And […]

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Oculus Rift On The Farm And Out In Space

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www.fastcompany.com Chris Gayomali on FastCompany writes about the use of Oculus Rift in journalism, where the Des Moins Register, Iowa, USA, is using virtual reality and the Oculus Rift to reach out to its readers in a five-part interactive story ‘Harvest of Change’. Gayomall writes, “When you put on the Rift, you are beamed into […]

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How Boxtrolls Was Made With Stop Motion And 3D CGI

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www.nerdist.com When I wrote the post about animating with Daz3D, I was also thinking about stop motion linked with commuter generated images or CGI. So I was pleased to find that the film Boxtrolls is all over the news because it links old school stop motion and the latest in computer-generated imagery. Stop motion As […]

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3D Animation Using Daz3D And Lightwave

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www.my3d.co.uk This time I thought we’d take a look at the Daz3D products for animating your CG characters. AniMate As the name suggests AniMate is geared to helping you create movement for your Daz3D characters. You can also choose from many blocked animation options that will make the task of moving your characters around a […]

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Add Sizzle & Pop To Your Renders – Free and Low Cost Photoshop Actions

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Abstract Photoshop Actions Here is a selection of renders and photoshop actions that you can use to add that something extra to your renders. We’ve got something from these naturally inspired foliage renders to explosives and watercolor effects. Remember to check that what you are wanting to download is compatible with your computer and the […]

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3D Scanned Body – Human Skin As Landscape

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Source image: http://www.wired.com/2014/09/freaky-3-d-scanning-turns-human-skin-art/?mbid=social_gplus#slide-id-1546851. Usual story, while I was looking for something else I came across the following article by Margaret Rhodes on Wired. She was writing about a new video put out by a British band Duologue’s for their song Memex Pictured above, is one of the stills. Rhodes writes that those behind the video, the […]

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3D Animation Abiogenesis – To The Universe And Beyond

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3D animation Abiogenesis A spaceship lands on a world and uses its resources to create a profound change. I must admit I have been so used to all the shoot-em-up images and kill them dead with bodies flying through the air games that I was kind of holding my breath for much of the animation. […]