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Page History
22 March 2000: An article update regarding messiah.
10 Feb. 2000: An article update added today related to WCS and DEMCon.
26 Jan. 2000: Some corrections in listings, and a piece of errata.
24 Jan. 2000: Indexing added here for products, topics, and contributors, and the entire issue added to our Comprehensive Index.
20 Jan. 2000: Article listings added.
16-18 & 12 Jan. 2000: Main supplemental information added.
2 Nov. 1999: Bryce file downloads added.
24 Oct. 1999: Bryce character animations added.
12 Oct. 1999: This page first posted.

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Integrating 2D & 3D

	8	Digital Camera Equipment by Tom Marlin	Some pointers about buying and accessorizing a digital camera for use in 3D graphics work. (2.5 pages)

	10	Quick Panoramas by Tom Marlin	Using the low-cost QuickStitch utility to assemble multiple images into panoramic background images. (0.5 page)

	22	Working with Virtual Sets by Robert J. Undi	All about camera matching between 3DS Max r3 virtual sets and digital video shot with live actors on a blue screen set. (1.6 pages) [animation] 224Kb

	22	Max as Standalone Video Editor by Robert J. Undi	If you have any version of 3DS Max, then you already own a perfectly good video editor, and it can do things After Effects, Premiere, and Effect* can't. (0.3 page)

	23	Backdoor HDTV & Other Odd Frame Sizes by Robert J. Undi	With compositing, you can create any final size frame you want, up to and including HDTV and film formats, even starting with a common DV camcorder. (0.6 page) [author's supplement]

	24	What If? by Benoit Guerville	How to use any 3D program to create 2D animations with some very unique looks. Plus some info about the author's low-budget movie project mixing live actors with Bryce and 3DS Max virtual sets. (1.3 pages) [animation] 374Kb

	32	Lighting a Photo-Composite Scene by Eric VanDycke	Matching lighting and shadow colors between a background image and foreground figures in Poser 3 or 4 (with its new lighting features). (1.42 pages)

	18	Problem Solving on NASCAR Racers by David Hopkins	Managing a huge 3D set and assets on FoxKid's 2D and 3D mix, NASCAR Racers, done with LightWave 5.6 and its Super Cel Shader, along with Macroform and Phase Link. (2 pages)
Landscape

	14	DEM o'Graphics Potpourri by Thomsen-Norre	Using Windows MicroDEM+ v12 utility for easier, more flexible work with high-res DEMs. (1.5 pages) [more info]

	16	Quick 3D Terrains for Illustrators by Thomsen-Norre	Making great 3D map illustrations using only the freeware Windows MicroDEM+ utility along with Photoshop or other image editor. (0.6 page) [errata]
3D Careers & Education

	12	Starting a 3D Curriculum by Adam Watkins & Alan Hashimoto	The keys to setting up a school's 3D program include inventive leadership, teamwork, and letting the students take the initiative on course work. (1 page)
Great Variety of How-To's

	6	Cover Story by Gary Dohanish	Using 3DS Max r2.5 and r3 with box modeling, Surface Tools, and, finally, Character Studio to create an original alien elf character for this issue's cover. (0.5 page)

	16	Fast-Rendering Fire by Sotiris Gougousis	How to get no-fuss 2D flames in Animation Master. (1.3 pages) [animation/download]

	20	Bryce 4 Character Animation by Cecilia Ziemer	How to prepare a Poser 4 figure for Bryce 4, and how to integrate it and use it in Bryce scenes, including creating a walk cycle. A ready-to-use sample file is available for download. (2 pages) [animation/download]

	26	Strategies for Serpentine Slithering by Adam Watkins	Three completely different ways to get your serpent or dragon to snake in Cinema 4D. (2 pages)

	28	Unwrapping for IFW by R. Cory Collins	How to do highly effective custom cylindrical maps using a freeware utility for IFW. (2 pages)

	30	messiah by Robert Powers	Using the new messiah (beta) add-on for LightWave 5.6 to do soft-body dynamics, demonstrated with a jellyfish. (1.5 pages)

	36	When Push Comes to Pull by Sanford Kennedy	Displacement modeling with the Artisan Sculpt Surface Tool in Maya, demonstrated in creating a dog. (1 page)

Errata & additional info:
Page 5: "Quick 3D Terrains for Illustrators" is on page 16, not 15.
Page 15:
___ 1) In "DEM o'Graphics Potpourri 1," it is implied by the article, but not stated clearly in the caption to the aerial landscape images, that these were rendered in World Construction Set.
___ 2) The author writes: In Note 2 to the article, it was stated that WCS didn't like DEMCon's 90m and DTED 1km USGS ASCII conversions. That statement is true for WCS v4.55. However, the experimental WCS v4.61 will load the DEMCon 90m and the DTED ASCII conversions. As v4.55 recognizes the v4.61 .elev files, DEMs loaded and saved in v4.61 can be loaded in v4.55 for use.
Page 16: The author writes: The assertion in "Quick 3D Terrains for Illustrators" that "you can't correctly convert the file to USGS ASCII with DEMConverter" is incorrect. You can. The problem is not one of straddling the Prime Meridian, but one of missing data from the DEM. Unlike DTEDs, GTOPO30 files do not contain ocean area sea-level data. To convert GTOPO30 data containing ocean areas, open Data Manipulation/Edit/Missing Data to Sea Level and select the file. Caution: If you wish to keep your original data intact, make a copy with a new name and use that, since this option rewrites the opened file. Now you can convert the MD .dem to USGS ASCII with DEMConverter.
Page 30: The messiah add-on for LightWave 5.6, described as coming from Station X Studios, has moved to a new software company founded by the people named in the article introduction. Word has it that the shipping version will ship in April, and it will be coming for Intel, Alpha, and Mac. Visit www.projectmessiah.com for more info.
Page 34: The Phaselink plug-in from the Polk Collection for LW3D 5.x, mentioned on page 18, is missing from the Toolbox listings. Contact LightWave dealers for more info about this product.
Page 35: The phone number for C3 Interactive is wrong in the ad for its military models library. It should have been 877/554-5171 (toll-free in U.S./Canada).

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