Archive for April, 2009
Now this looks interesting…
Posted by Colin | Filed under Services
Send these guys a photo, they mask it and send it back. Masking isn’t my favorite activity so maybe I’ll send them a shot and see what they get back with. The portfolio is weak in that it doesn’t show before & after which would really give people a better idea of the mask quality.
http://www.clippingimages.com/pages/about
Enough Modo… how ’bout some Photoshop
Posted by Colin | Filed under shoot
Samantha Valentine and I shot a concept we had discussed last week on Monday evening . After seeing a fantastic series of shots I wanted to try to emulate their lighting. Unfortunately the article did not include the photographer name, but, I must say, I succeeded in capturing a similar look so I’m pretty happy [...]
Why Modo?
Posted by Colin | Filed under 3D
Good question. Why not C4D or Maya or one of the other far more dominant applications?
The fact of the matter is that you can’t just pop onto a 3D forum and ask which is best. A simple popularity contest will ensue and possibly stronger, but less entrenched, apps can be overlooked due to a [...]
Final.
Posted by Colin | Filed under Uncategorized
My final render/composite is done. On to the next idea.
Less shotgun, more sniping.
Posted by Colin | Filed under 3D
I’m starting to get the hang of Modo. I’m beginning to suss out how to get around and have begun to play with UV Mapping, texturing and HDRI.
Here’s the results of today’s exploration, Probes made in Modo, composited and retouched in Photoshop:
I’ve postponed my Orbs rework. As I was going thru it I realized that [...]
Modo 3D - a noob’s learning process.
Posted by Colin | Filed under 3D
I have switched from Blender to Modo as my weapon of choice for 3D rendering. Modo isn’t the most popular 3D package but I really like the interface, its just more natural than Blender’s. On the downside the biggest difference between Blender and Modo is the relative lack of ‘Modo 101′ lessons as most tutorials [...]