3Dage
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Marijn Tulp
Since I started with 3d animation, I have been searching for my own style and I tried to get a taste of every part of the animation lifecycle: from character sketching and storyboarding to making the final render.
I am Marijn. By day I am one of many people working in IT, but by night, I become Animator! I am an amateur 3d modeler and animator and started around december 2009. Before that, my need for creativity was answered by Photoshop. I competed in Photoshop challenges and enjoyed creating surreal images a lot. But when I found out about 3d animation, I found my ‘true call’!
Since I started with 3d animation, I have been searching for my own style and I tried to get a taste of every part of the animation lifecycle: from character sketching and storyboarding to making the final render. I created all sorts of scenes, buildings etc. but with my Viking character, I think I have found the direction I want to follow in the search for a style. Hence, to be continued…
IT’S ART CG Competition : Human Nature
From April 22nd to August 31st, IT’S ART is holding a contest called “Human Nature â€. In either 2D or 3D, Animation or Video you must try to portray what sort of situation, real or imaginary, the following concept can inspire you to create : “Human nature is the concept that there is a set of inherent distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking , feeling and acting, that all humans tend to have”. The Challenge will start April 15th and will end August 31st. The challenge will be divided in two categories :
2D & 3D Stills Pictures
Animation / VFX ( movies )
Awarded compositor Justin Lassen has provided two music tracks for the animation / VFX section and artists will be asked to use it ( or part of it ) in their production.
More info:
Introducing Shader Ops 2
Hi folks,
We’ve just released Shader Ops 2. Shader Ops 2 is a new plug-in collection with powerful new lighting and shading tools; Camera Mapping, Light Mangler, Space Mangler, Multi Ops, and more.
Remix your shaders after the lighting is done with Light Mangler. Multi Ops and a new in channel Layers List simplify and enhance the shading tree. Camera Mapping opens new avenues for mixing in real world footage or photos. Space Mangler lets you map from one space to another. Blur, well, blurs child shaders. Crop UV can grab just a portion of a UV shader.
Check out the product page at:
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/plugin.php?ProductId=20
Below is an example of the Camera Mapping in action:
You can download the demo from the links below:
Carrara 8.1 Windows 32-bit
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c8/shaderops2w32.zip
Windows 64-bit
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c8/shaderops2w64.zip
Mac OSX 10.5 or better
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c8/shaderops2ub.zip
Mac OSX 10.4
http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c8/shaderops2ub104.zip
Carrara 7.2 PC
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c7/shaderops2.zip
Mac OSX
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c7/shaderops2ub.zip
Regards,
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Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
Carrara and LightWave plug-ins
Survey: Reality for Carrara
Hi.
Pret-a-3D is contemplating the development of Reality for Carrara. Since this would be our first plug-in for Carrara we don’t have past experiences to let us understand the size and response of this market. Please let us know your interest in this plug-in so that we can determine if developing would be commercially feasible.
If you want to have such new render engine for Carrara, please vote a big YES here:
http://preta3d.com/wp/survey-reality-for-carrara
PS.: the theme is just a coincidence…you are living CarraraCafe to vote!
Fresnel Effect
In a transparent material like glass, the reflection and transparency depends on the angle of view. For instance, if you are facing a window, most of the light goes through and there is very little reflection. At low angle, however, the glass becomes a very reflective surface. This is very useful to create transparent material such as glass but also for water surfaces (ocean, lakes, etc.)
Subsurface Scattering
This is light that scatters inside an object and filters through in a diffuse manner. This is absolutely necessary for creating realistic skin, marble, milk, and more. With this special shader, your images can look more realistic than ever before.
