3D Artist #26 Online Supplement

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> Published October 1996, 40 pages, main mailing went out 8 Nov. 1996, and a secondary mailing around 13 Nov.
> Issue Status: in print.

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Cover: The cover is by Robert Undi of C3D using 3D Studio r4. A major article in this issue tells about his work at photorealistic human and human-like facial mapping.

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Table of Contents

Direct Platform Applicability
Windows 3.1/95/NT-Intel: most pages
WinNT-Alpha: see page 23
MS-DOS: see pages 17, 22 & 40
PowerMac: see pages 18 & 20, also 3D Artist Reports pages 12 & 14
Amiga: see page 18
SGI: see pages 18 & 30
Some articles are of real use for multiple platforms and 3D applications. See especially pages 26 and 40.

All review text related to plug-ins and dedicated utilities for LightWave 3D and 3D Studio Max will be posted here as part of our resource listings. Other reviews and all how-to articles, with few occasional exceptions, are not posted.


Contents page image by Rodger Reynolds (see his article on page 26).

FEATURE ARTICLES
16 -- World Builder by Timothy Duffield
18 -- World Construction Set by Pat Lichty
19 -- My Private Island by Christian Gahre

How to create an island with World Construction Set.
20 -- Funky Objects by Cecilia Ziemer

Undocumented features and workarounds for Bryce 2 (Mac version only). Also, using Bryce with Ray Dream Studio.
22 -- The Best Max Utility: 3DSr4 by Sanford Kennedy

Using 3DSr4 DOS metaball IPAS programs (Blob Sculptor, MetaReyes, and OrganiX Pro) to do organic modeling for use in 3DS Max.
23 -- DAB & Tree Factory by Alex Kiriako
DAB - first look
Tree Factory - first look
A DAB Will Do
How to use LightWave 3D v5, DAB, and Tree Factory to create a fully leafed-out tree in less than 7,000 polygons.
[Tree Image] (91.9K GIF)
24 -- Tree Factory Max review by Lee Steel
25 -- Tree Expressions by Lee Steel
How to use 3DS Max expressions with Tree Factory Max to automatically control tree complexity via camera distance.
[Expression code] used for this article.
26 -- Leafy Layers by Rodger Reynolds

How to use cookie cut (opacity) maps to create fully leafed-out trees in Animation Master. This concept should translate almost directly to many other 3D applications. [Addendum]

40 -- Cover Story: Tiger Woman by Robert J. Undi
Explorations in applying photorealistic textures to human and human-like heads using 3DSr4, but of direct interest to character animators using almost any 3D application.
DEPARTMENTS
3D Artist Reports
10 -- 3D Artist Reports
• TrueFlite 4.2
• 3D paint programs Detailer 1.0, MeshPaint 3D 1.6, 4DPaint 1.1
• Also 3D-Calculator 1.3, Monkey 2, Morph Gizmo Thing, Speed Razor 3.5
15 -- Two-Fisted 3D by Alex Kiriako
29 -- Character Studio by Alex Kiriako
30 -- Sumatra by Peter Plantec
Columns
10 -- Editorial Space by Bill Allen
30 -- Working Around by Alex Kiriako
• More info about the 3DA#26 3DS Max article, "Infinite Textures" [3DA#25 Addendum]
  
• Using Painter 4.0 with NT 3.51
  
• Using Illustrator to help with 3DS Max spline Booleans.
32 -- SIGnificant People
Jeff Reisner memoriam by Lee Steel
Advertising
Insert -- Advertiser Index
[Latest Cross-Referenced Ad Index]
37 -- Business Cards Now in color!
38 -- Classifieds

[Jobs Ads] artists wanted & for hire (current)
[Other Classifieds] includes "3D Swap Meet" (current)
38 -- CONTACTS for more product info 10 -- Corrections & Follow-Ups
10 -- Masthead & Mission Statement

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Errata & additional info:
> p20: It appears that Bryce 2 for Windows 95/NT, which was not available at press time, does not have the same undocumented features as Bryce 2.1 for PowerMac used by the author.
> p23: The reference to MicroGrafx DAB in the last paragraph at bottom right page should be MetroGrafx.
> p28: At last word, Rodger Reynold's A:M tree objects still hadn't been uploaded to the Web site given, but you can find them on his own new Web site. See his Byliners listing for his current Web address.

If you find an error or get lost with something in 3DA#26, please tell us.

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