Do you like this image above? Do you like the realistic lighting?

I made this rendering using 3ds Max 9 and Vray render… and I want to give you that scene as a present for you readers!

3d model to add nice ditails in bathroom scenes type. Toothpaste, toothbrush, liquid soap, box and something else with V-ray 1.5 high photorealistic setted scene. Just Clic render button and get a photorealistic shot!

I hope you’ll like my 3d files! It’s a good opportunity to investigate my V-ray settings, to compare my setting with yours… to help each other about settings and lighting concept.

Tell in your 3d forum, tell your friends…. Download and enjoy it.

• 3d models for bathroom | 3ds max9 + Vray 1.5
• Don’t forget my Vray Template scene!

(The file is for 3ds max9 and V-ray 1.5 - Please don’t ask me about other format)

I feel sorry if someone of you got something strange from my blog.

I noticed unsubscribed users during these day and right now - Thanks to Peppons - I found my blog hacked.

I care my blog just because I’m 3d fanatic… I love sharing and to be a part of a community. I can’t understand why people are happy making this bad things.

So sad.

My first tutorial to start learning 3d modeling was Joan d’Arc!! almost 10 years ago!

Actually Joan d’Arc is the most famous tutorial for poligonal modeling in the world. But during these years many users added to the web their own contents about 3d modeling.

One of the last tutorials I liked is Head Modeling by Hatice Bayramoglu. Very detailed tutorial that start from a sketch and conclude with a finished 3d head model. Here the link:

• Cg Arena - Head Modeling

Reading on the Hatice Bayramoglu site you can understand that this tutorial start with “head tutorial” but the idea is a complete tutorial about an human body!! Eye, hand, foot, lip and 3d nose.

Enjoy this fantastic tutorial and tell me… How many tutorials about human 3d modeling do you know?

Mental Ray training: A new videoguide to learn the excellent render engine that rendered the cult movie Matrix.

Even if there are many render engines on the market, Mental Ray is still used from many users. Mental Ray is very power to create special effects and it is excellent working with layered rendering!

As I wrote in my italian post Tutorial per Maya there are many resources about it especially for Maya users. A very interesting community is Mymentalray.com.

Recently I found this video guide that I think very interesting. Here a brief description of the author:

The only video course in english for mental ray. his video course is compound from 168 lessons for a duration of 22 hours. The treatment includes all the versions more important of this powerful motor of rendering. Examining the courses of the version 3.4 3.5 and 3.6 you will be able to manage all the versions
included in 3dsmax8.0 3dsmax 9.0 and 3dsmax 2008.

Besides the vision of the evolution of the sundry ones versions it will give you a mastery superior respect to a single video course or similar text in once of reduced learning thanks to the video.

Inside the course they are present the files 3dsmax for the tutorials.

The entire Metal Ray Training is based on 5 volumes but purchasing all together you will have a saving of 136 $ in comparison to the purchase of the single-hit 5 video course valued 295$

•   Mental Ray - The great guide

Have a good Lessons!

Today is the first day of spring! So to celebrate it I want to purpose you same nice collection about 3d spring!

• XfrogPlants Billboards: Fruit - This product features 60 billboard props of fruit trees and plants, coming from the much popular and praised XfrogPlants Fruit library.
• big trees autumn - The plants show a surprising depth of detail. Single leaves and twigs are perfectly cut out.
• tropical trees - Trees for exteriors - Texture Trees

But the first day of spring you cannot forget about the Ivy! I’m sure that a lof of you know Ivy Generator!! but If you never heared thi name I suggest you to follow this link!

Ivy Generator is a standalone program that will import .OBJ files and “grow” convincing ivy on the objects in the scene. Its actually quite nifty, once you get it to work. It took me the better part of a day to actually get it to work. That is, to import files exported by 3Ds Max.

• Ivy generator
• Ivy generator Basic tutorial - Video

Last but not least… Vray Sun! Tha first day, spring is coming and the sun shines in the sky. Here some tutorial to set vray sun and vray sky:

• Vray sun and Vray sky - Evermotion.org
• Vray sun - Free scene
• Tutorial for 3dsymax - (Español)

Have a nice first day of spring!!!

Recently I rendered a lot of 6m x 3m Posters for Buildings under construction… and I want to share with you my idea to choose how many pixels I need setting my rendering panel.

Everyone knows that a book is printed in 300dpi: that’s the best standard resolution.

But if I see this book to 5 meters I don’t need to increse the resolution, I’m not Superman!!! I just need to increase the format. That means I’m reducing the resolution!

Ok.. look at this file: it will explain my idea in a look!

• The Visual field - 3d sketch - Formats: File for 3d studio 9 / *.3DS
• If you don’t use 3ds > Images 1 - 2

Considering the Visual Field: looking a book (21cm x 29,9cm) to 30 centimeters is the same thing than looking an imaginery Big Book (574cm x 395cm) to 5 meters!

So, this imaginery book is 19 times bigger than an ordinary book: that means I can print a big poster with a resolution 19 times smaller: 300 dpi / 19 = 16 dpi!!!It will be a good resolution.

Checking resolution

If you want to check your rendering resolution, print a little part (20dpi!).

The quality image is not so good, but just see the printed paper to 2 meters: Perfect!

This is the method I use to verify the quality image.

Concluding

To print a 6m x 3m rendering:

• Set rendering out to 4724 x 2362 pixel
• Create a new document with Photoshop (6m x 3m / 16dpi)
• Put your rendering into new photoshop document

Last suggestions

• I prefer 20dpi that 16dpi… it’s my safety margin
• You can render 80% and increase up to 100% with Photoshop: Render time will be cutted and nobody will notice that
• If you have problem with memory errors, render your image in 2 parts

Et-voilà, Les jeux sont faits!

[ Vray Tutorial ] - In the 2005 the Nine Inch Nails made a new video: Only. It was a great success, especially among 3d lovers in the world!

Many people like its music, but the 3d lovers like the videoclip because it’s made totally with Vray! Vray Render is the really main actor in this 3d short movie!

The Photorealism is amazing, but the special effect who surprise everyone is that you can see at 1′30″: the singer appears in the Pinscreen singing!! That’s a gret effect… but not so complicated to realise.

Suppose to start from a 3d head model. This is the idea:

• Render a sequence with Z-Depht (front view)
• Use these images as Vray Displacement Map!
• Final Render

Et-voilà, it’s done!

This is the summary of the Alzhem Tutorial. Here the link… enjoy it!

• Only - Videclip
• How to create a Pinscreen - Vray

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Work at Pixar Studios: what a dream for many 3d lovers around the world!

Yes, I’m sure there are a hundreds of young 3d modelers who think every day in working for Pixar! So… maybe you don’t know, but that’s the moment to realise our dreams beacause Pixar is searching for a new 3d talent!

Here some information about the responsabilities and qualifications for this job:

Responsibilities

• Receive with each assigned shot: storyboards, story reels, recorded dialogue, set layout, and direction. The Director shows each new sequence in layout and describes what is expected for every shot at a blocking meeting
• Read soundtrack and plan shot
• Block in movements in rough animation and show for the Director’s approval in a daily review
• Finish work for Director approval in a timely manner
• Attend animation dailies

Qualifications

• Degree or certificate in classical animation, film, or related field, or equivalent production animation experience
  
• Must have a DVD or VHS demo reel that demonstrates application of the principles of animation to tell a story with meaning through movement
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Must be open to direction and able to embrace change
• Proven storytelling skills
• Ability to use acting skills, which bring characters to life, as well as clearly communicate simple ideas with which an audience can empathize
• Strong understanding of traditional animation principles
• An art background, which shows a thorough, understanding of physical motion, weight, balance, texture, and form
• Computer animation experience preferred but not required

So.. don’t waste more time and introduce yourself to Pixar Animation!! Follow the link for more Careers information, included 3d Animator!

• Pixar search for an Animator
• Tornado: the 3d Lamp used by Pixar

[ Vray Tutorial ] V-ray has various method to control the light in the scene. You can tune the lights and the environement but also you can play with Color Mapping settings.

With Color Mapping we can manage the shadow intensity and the brigtness, so it’s very important to understand perfectly this rollout.

There are different type of algorithm with Color mapping in vray 1.5: Linear, Exponential, Exponential HSV, Intensity Exponential, Reinhard and Gamma Correction … and we can read the official guide to understand all about it:

• Vray - Official guide about Color Mapping

But I also found a very nice tutorial explaining the differences between Linear, Exponential, Exponential HSV… is an italian tutorial but it’s very simple so you can use the google language tools to read in english this tutorial!

• Understanding Color Mapping
• Related post - Linear WorkFlow

Enjoy it!

Rsizr is a web application for image editing, especially image resizing.

Rsizr is flash macromedia application, it works with jpg, png and gif format and its main fatures are about cutting and image resizing. This last feature is the most important and it is based on a new and revolutionary algorithm: Seam Carving

Probably, Seam Caving will be very important in the next Photoshop fatures!!

This technic allows to resize images preserving the most important parts in the image, so it can delete some informations and preserve the important ones: at least the image will appear perfect. This feature offers many oppurtunity in web applications.

If you want to see how Seam Caving works, watch this video: Resizing Video

• Here the free web application: Rsizr - Enjoy it (-:

With the last version of Google Earth new features caming! The most important of all is Google Sky.

Googlesky allows us to see the sky and the earth just clicking on the button “alternate sky and earth”. You know that the stars you can see are differents, it depends on your position in the earth. So google sky will show you just the stars you could see from you are in that moment. Have a lookon Google Sky Features.

Another funny feature is “flight simulator”! I’m not so expert about this kind of softwares but you can have a look on this page: Keyboards control - This document describes the various keyboard combinations that you can use with the flight simulator features of Google Earth. To enter the flight simulator mode, press Ctrl + Alt + A .

Once you have entered flight simulator mode for the first time, you can re-enter the mode by choosing Tools > Enter Flight Simulator. To leave flight simulator mode, click Exit Flight Simulator in the top right corner or press Ctrl + Alt + A.

Have fun! - Google Sky

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- More Resources -3d art bolsters the graphic abilities of a webmaster thus making the creation of the absorbing art possible that can be incorporated in a web design too. Some of the web hosting service providers cater to the image hosting needs better than others. These providers can be good choice for work at home web developers with their economical packages and toll free help lines. A webmaster with the given set of services can manage to work at home and utilize the creative potential.

Vray Training.

It’s no possible to find all for free, sometimes wee need to buy ; ) but it0s important to choose the right products…

VisMasters delivers high quality training to your desktop. Industry experts present carefully developed curriculums to help you achieve your goals. Whether you are seeking to improve a technique or need a crash course, VM Online course offerings provide you an ideal online training solution.

• Vray training and more..

Vray 1.5 final is out! Some important new features:

• New render elements: VRayMatteShadow, VRayTotalLighting, VRayRawTotalLighting;
• Increased rendering speed for some types of scenes;
• New photometric models for VRaySun, VRaySky, VRayPhysicalCamera and VRayLights;
• VRayMtl has a new “hybrid” SSS model;

For more informations look at

• Vray 1.5: new features

Modeling head.

Free videotutorials to learn how to model a head using 3d studio max.

• Modeling head (Chinese)
  
• Modeling head part1
• Modeling head part2

• Buy 3d model Head

Linear workflow: understand it!

Have you ever wondered why your GI renderings start out so dark? Well, in fact they are not so dark. The problem lies with the display device (the CRT or LCD) and that the software is not making adjustments for the gamma that the displays put on our images.

Look at this tutorial to solve definetly your darkness… ; )

• Linear Workflow Tutorial

3d studio features… something is waiting for us.

New Polygon Modeling Workflow, Performance Enhancements, Review Rendering, Autodesk 3ds Max/Revit Interoperability and Autodesk 3ds Max/mental ray Enhancements are the topics covered in the official page of Autodesk Usa.

• 3d studio 2008 - Features

Animator against animation!

This is the second video I found and I think this one is quite funny too. How many time would you kill your animation?? Imagine the animation rebellion… Watch the video and see the story!

• Animator vs Animation

One of the more funny and poetic videos I’ve ever seen!

A women attacked by a monster… lol! The direction is really good, the animation too… Watch the video and after leave your comment please!

• 3D animation by Justin Henton

Awesome series of studio lighting tutorial by Ken Henderson APAGB. Recorded in the UK on 9th March 2007. Uploaded by David with permission of Ken Henderson.

To know traditional photography technics is important to reach good results in 3d computer graphic… I like to watch this kind of videos. More important as you can think!

• Studio lighting - videotutorial

Ladiesman217… do you remember this nick?

Yes of course, that was the nickname of Sam Witwicky (Transformers!) on ebay… all begun thanks the glasses he was selling on ebay! So Ladiesman217 is not a regular ebay account… but spite of everithing somebody has got this account!!

• Ladiesman217

This account started in Nov-03-2006… mmm… is he the son of Michael Bay? : )