Résumé
Transform Your 3D Projects with Your Own Digital Photographs
Enhance your 3D animation by adding photographs that you've composed, lit, and shot specifically for use in your 3D projects. This practical and easy-to-follow book will show you how. Even if you have limited experience, the tips and ideas you'll find will soon have you creating quality photographs for use throughout the 3D workflow. From the mechanics of megapixels to the tricks of lighting to the art of finding the best images to shoot, you'll gain control and learn valuable professional techniques that will transform your designs.
- Explore camera angles, lighting, and more from a 3D perspective
- Create textures, backgrounds, and 3D image models with your photographs
- Notice details, find the right subjects, and learn photographic best practices
- Master the mechanics of f-stops, apertures, and lenses for 3D
- Apply digital photographic quality to your rendered 3D images
- Use high-dynamic-range (HDR) imaging for advanced 3D lighting
No special software required. The instructions in this book apply to most popular 3D applications.
Recognize useful real-world scenes and photographs with 3D in mind
Use stills more effectively for texture, background, and reference
Shoot and assemble complete 3D environments
Companion DVD with video training!
See how to incorporate photographs into your 3D projects with more than two hours of video training provided on DVD. You'll also find valuable tools, including:
- Over a hundred digital images for your use, royalty-free, from the author
- Valuable software including LightWave 3D(r) demo version, Maya(r) 7 Personal Learning Edition, 3ds Max(r) 9 evaluation version, Adobe(r) Photoshop(r) CS2 tryout version, and photo-to-3D plug-ins
L'auteur - Daniel M. Ablan
Dan's love of 3D Animation sprang from a job as a corporate video producer for a franchising corporation. Along the way, Dan discovered 3D animation and within a year, had formed his own part-time animation business out of his one-bedroom apartment. Dan Ablan is now president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., a 3D animation and visual effects company in the Chicago area. AGA Digital has produced 3D visuals for broadcast, corporate, and architectural clients since 1994, as well as post-production services in conjunction with Post Meridian, LLC. Dan has created 3D animations for (most recently) United Airlines, NASA, and Northrup Grumman. In between animation jobs, Dan writes books on the subject. He is the author of 8 best selling international books on 3D animation. Dan is also the founder of 3D Garage.com (www.3dgarage.com), a website dedicated to 3D learning. He has written columns and articles for multiple magazines and has been teaching seminars since 1995 both across the country and at AGA Digital Studios, Inc. Some of the companies Dan has trained include Fox Television, ABC-TV New York City, CBS-TV Indianapolis, WTTW-TV PBS Chicago, and Lockheed Martin. In addition to his daily duties at AGA Digital Studios, Inc., Dan Ablan is also Editor-in-Chief of HDRI 3D Magazine. HDRI 3D is a magazine dedicated to animation and digital imaging.
Sommaire
- Photography and 3D.
- Digital Photography Methods.
- What to Shoot.
- How to Shoot.
- Image Management.
- Image Mapping with Digital Photos.
- 3D Imaging with Photography.
- 2D Imaging Techniques.
- Creating and Using HDR Images.
- Image-Based Modeling.
- Creating Panoramic Environments.
- Digital Images: To 3D and Back.
- Appendix A Choosing a Printer.
- Appendix B Reference Materials.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Sybex |
| Auteur(s) | Daniel M. Ablan |
| Parution | 28/02/2007 |
| Nb. de pages | 314 |
| Format | 20 x 25,5 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 944g |
| Intérieur | Quadri |
| EAN13 | 9780470095836 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-470-09583-6 |
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