UV mapping UV mapping is the process of wrapping a 3D object with a 2D image over its surface. It is similar to the opposite actions of gift-wrapping a present or making garments in real life. Instead of taking a flat roll of cloth and making it a human-shaped piece of garment, you cut the 3D object on its seams to make it flat again. This process is required before texturing to preprepare 3D models […]
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 […]
What is Hard Surface Modeling ? Hard surface modeling is one of two types of 3D modeling commonly found in the entertainment industry. In games, films and visual effects, there is a distinction between organic and hard surface modeling. This is because there is a need to represent both inert and living things, real or imaginary. In engineering and architecture, however, only hard surface models are created because they are inherently man-made and not alive. […]