Category: Tutorials

3D Industry

2D / 3D Texture Artists – Digital Painters

Texture Artists Texture artists are the digital painters of the virtual world.  They are used in everything from 3D animation films, TV series, visual effect sequences in live-action movies, commercials and video games.  They responsible for creating the overall colored look for 3D models, based on designs made by the ‘2D concept art’ department in pre-production. 3D models are a flat grey or uniform color, if any, when coming out of the modeling departments.  They […]

3D Industry

3D Modeling Specializations for the Next Digital Age

The Magic Behind 3D Modeling 3D modeling is the art of creating virtual objects made out of geometric shapes using 3D computer software.  There are different approaches to 3D modeling such as polygons, NURBS, SubDiv, Boolean and parametric…  but the most common technique is polygonal modeling.  The concept is to assemble quadrangles or triangles together by their sides to form the exterior surface of a 3D shape. The principle is very simple, but it makes […]

3D Industry

3D Animation – Virtual Actors of the Digital World

Virtual Acting 3D animators have one of the most important roles in the production of an animated film project.  Like actors in a live-action film, they have the most directly visible role in a film.  Their work is the content of the story itself, as seen by the audience. We see it on the screen without any other intermediary, but it can only be altered by editing.  It has a similar direct effect to the […]

3D Industry

City Design: 3D Urban Environment Modeling

3D Urban Environments Designing a city environment is a part of the work of the 3D environment artists, on a computer-generated or visual effects film project.  Creating 3D urban environments is not a completely distinct sub-category of artists, however.  It serves to describe an artist’s interest, experience or even a 3D project’s specifications, in opposition to natural environment modeling. In reality, most environments, computer generated of filmed, are a mix of both natural and city […]

Computer Hardware

How to Find a Reliable Power Supply (PSU)

The Power Supply Unit (PSU) Desktop computers Simply put, the Power Supply Unit or PSU is the power generator for your computer.  It converts the Alternative Current (AC) from the wall outlet into the a Direct Current (DC) required by all electronic components.  This process dissipates a lot of heat, so it needs proper and constant ventilation.  Most power supply actually fail when the cooling fan fails. The PSU is a bigger version of the […]