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FANTASTIC ENVIRONMENTS

How the synthetic Victorian-era landscapes of Amazon Prime Video’s fantasy series Carnival Row were created

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7 mins  |
March 2020
AUTODESK MAYA BASICS
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AUTODESK MAYA BASICS

We continue our look at the core digital content creation applications; this issue, we explore Maya

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3 mins  |
March 2020
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ALL GROWN DOWN

Three experts weigh in on the past, present and future of de-aging technology and its implications for digital human creation.

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9 mins  |
March 2020
Welcome To Weta
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Welcome To Weta

We open the doors to Weta Digital and Weta Workshop: the Kiwi companies that changed an industry

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7 mins  |
February 2020
How Were The Flaming Dothraki Swords Created For Game Of Thrones Episode, The Long Night?
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How Were The Flaming Dothraki Swords Created For Game Of Thrones Episode, The Long Night?

The impressive battle in The Long Night is hauntingly revealed in fiery attacks that crash through the darkness.

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3 mins  |
February 2020
How Can | Get More Life Into The Textural Detail In A CG Face?
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How Can | Get More Life Into The Textural Detail In A CG Face?

Pose-based texture blending is a technique we used during Alita: Battle Angel to achieve a more realistic skin response in certain poses.

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3 mins  |
February 2020
SMOKE IT UP
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SMOKE IT UP

Add atmosphere with smoke, dust and fire elments

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3 mins  |
February 2020
LOOK WHO'S TALKING
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LOOK WHO'S TALKING

A look at Weta Digital's facial animation for the canine stars of Lady And The Tramp

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3 mins  |
February 2020
Milk Tackling FX Challenges
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Milk Tackling FX Challenges

3D World’s special access to Milk VFX continues with an inside look at the FX department

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7 mins  |
January 2020
OH…THE HORROR!
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OH…THE HORROR!

The horror genre is often celebrated for its use of practical effects, combining ghoulish makeup and grotesque prosthetics with sound and editing to elicit fear in an uneasy audience.

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10 mins  |
January 2020
MALEFICENT-TAKES FLIGHT
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MALEFICENT-TAKES FLIGHT

3D World speaks with MPC in London about the studio’s animation and visual effects work for Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil

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6 mins  |
January 2020
TALES OF A 3D ANIMATED TV SHOW
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TALES OF A 3D ANIMATED TV SHOW

The art and technology behind season 2 of DreamWorks’ 3Below: Tales of Arcadia

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7 mins  |
January 2020
A look inside the studio
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A look inside the studio

We chat to freelance 3D generalist Ant Ward, aka antCGi, about his day-to-day work life, career journey, studio setup, and his favourite projects

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6 mins  |
January 2020
Substance Alchemist
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Substance Alchemist

Discover the next-generation material authoring solution from the team behind the Substance toolset

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3 mins  |
Christmas 2019
Recreate A Stylised Portrait In 3D
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Recreate A Stylised Portrait In 3D

Use some of Maya’s more advanced tools to recreate a stylised concept in 3D

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10+ mins  |
Christmas 2019
Made In Dreams
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Made In Dreams

Media Molecule’s Next Project Takes User-generated Content To A Whole New Level…

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7 mins  |
Christmas 2019
How Can I Create A Clay Pot Material Using Substance Designer?
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How Can I Create A Clay Pot Material Using Substance Designer?

I will show you an easy and really powerful way to create a clay pot material using Substance Designer.

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1 min  |
Christmas 2019
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Fur, Snow, And Yeti Magic: Animating Abominable

DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio’s co-production Abominable, written and directed by Jill Culton and co-directed by Todd Wilderman, is about the bond between a teenage girl, Yi, and a young yeti she encounters in Shanghai. Together with her friends, Yi helps the creature – which they name Everest – return to its homeland.

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7 mins  |
Christmas 2019
Blender Basics
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Blender Basics

For the next instalment of our Basics series, we take a look at the core digital content creation applications, starting with Blender.

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3 mins  |
Christmas 2019
Element 3D
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Element 3D

Element 3D packs an animation suite into After Effects that allows artists new to 3D the ability to create stunning animations

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3 mins  |
November 2019
Evolution Of A Mind Flayer
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Evolution Of A Mind Flayer

How Rodeo FX crafted a goopy and gory creature at the centre of Stranger Things 3

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8 mins  |
November 2019
Too Good To Hide
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Too Good To Hide

Motion studio Found take us behind the scenes of their promotional film for whisky brand Ballantine’s

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3 mins  |
November 2019
Social Networking
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Social Networking

3D World gathers three experts to explain how 3D artists and studios can use social media to their advantage

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8 mins  |
November 2019
Fire-Breathing Dragons
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Fire-Breathing Dragons

Mohsen Mousavi from Scanline VFX talks intense battle scenes and destructive dragons in the final season of Game Of Thrones

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5 mins  |
November 2019
Off To A Great Start
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Off To A Great Start

Ian Dean meets Martin Nabelek, who is gaining attention in the CG world with his atmospheric graduation short, OFF.

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6 mins  |
February 2017
Robotic Rendering
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Robotic Rendering

Concept artist Vladislav Ociacia shares his rendering process for creating perfectly formed robots.

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3 mins  |
February 2017
Master Large-Scale Environments
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Master Large-Scale Environments

Learn how to create and render detailed environments with billions of polygons in 3ds Max

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1 min  |
June 2018
Big VFX On A Budget
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Big VFX On A Budget

How do you make Hollywood-style CG with a tiny team and near-zero budget? Four filmmakers explain how they successfully went about it

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7 mins  |
June 2018
Rebelle 3
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Rebelle 3

PRICE £67/$90 | COMPANY Smith Micro | WEBSITE smithmicro.com

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1 min  |
August 2018
Another Dimension
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Another Dimension

Tanya Combrinck talks to director Karin Fong about the making of the title sequence for Starz’s espionage thriller Counterpart

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5 mins  |
August 2018