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New Blazing Speed Upgrade

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3D wombat just got an upgrade! We have improved our website to a better, faster and more responsive server!  In fact, it is 20X times faster than before. This will allow you to browse and load our articles at lightning speed, or at least, much faster than ever before.  All the while, this permits a larger number of visitors at any one time, while preserving the responsiveness of the experience for everyone. In fact, we […]

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3D Layout & Final-Layout Artists – The Assemblers

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What is a Film Layout? During the production of an animated film, the layout department is in charge of preparing each shot of a film into a 3D scene.  The layout artists are responsible for setting up all the elements required for every sequence of a film.  In fact, they do most of the heavy lifting of assembling the shots into virtual scenes on a film.   They are like gnome assembling tons of pre-fabricated parts […]

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Certified Autodesk Maya Professional (ACP)

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Autodesk Maya Professional Certification Good news, here at 3Dwombat!  We’ve obtained the ‘Autodesk Certified Professionals’ qualification (ACP) for Autodesk Maya!  And Maya is the leading 3D software in the film industry today and it is used for CGI in all of the big Hollywood movies. You would like to learn it too?  Well, you’re in luck!  We’ve heard you and our goal, here at 3Dwombat, is to get you started on the right path to […]

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Architectural Modeling

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Architectural modeling is a specialization in 3D modeling that encompasses multiple disciplines for various purpose of 3D visualizations.  It generally describes the work of a digital artists that specialize in creating buildings and houses with a 3D software package.  This can be either for film, games, visual effects, real estate, architecture, city planning or engineering, and the goals, methods and approach will be vastly different depending on the contexts.  In the entertainment industry, architectural modelers […]

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Working as a 3D Modeler in the Industry

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What does a 3D modeler do? A 3D modeler is a digital artist that uses a software package to create virtual 3D objects.  Once modeled in 3D, an object can be rotated and viewed under any angle within a 3D software and usually rendered into 2D images and movies for reviewing.  There are currently no ways of projecting a 3D model in real 3D space conveniently, but there are two technologies giving us a nice […]

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Choosing your Ideal Operating System for 3D Projects

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Operating System Introduction The operating system is the first thing you will install on a computer after building it.  It’s what runs all the other softwares you choose to download and install.  It also allows the file management and visual interface. Choosing the right operating system for your 3D project pipeline is crucial.  It will determine the efficiency of your workflow and the availability of some creative softwares.  If you’re working at home, you OS […]