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Photoshop Postwork at KHS by Ramy Hanna

Photoshop Postwork at KHS by Ramy Hanna

November 8, 2010  |  How-To, Tutorials  |  12 Comments

Houston based 3D Artist, Ramy Hanna, recently published a post on his blog about the Photoshop postwork process he implements in his Architectural Visualization work. Check out his screen capture video of this process on the ‘KHS’ scene down below and make sure to visit his blog too… Ramy prefers to use SketchUP as his main archviz modeling tool, much like yours truly and you will find many interesting posts related to that.

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Modeling 3D Sand Dunes in 3ds Max by Sascha Henrichs

Modeling 3D Sand Dunes in 3ds Max by Sascha Henrichs

October 23, 2010  |  How-To, Tutorials  |  6 Comments

Following Javier’s great V-Ray procedural sand tutorial post, I’ve seen this rather cool video by Sascha Henrichs over at 3dtotal about the way he models 3d sand dunes using 3ds max patch grids. You might get a very nice looking sand environment doing a combo of both. Feel free to mess around with it.

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Procedural V-Ray Sand Material by Javier Pintor

Procedural V-Ray Sand Material by Javier Pintor

October 20, 2010  |  Freebies, How-To, Tutorials  |  17 Comments

Many of you asked for it and here it is – Javier Pintor’s Procedural V-Ray Sand Material as showcased in his forum WIP thread. You will find here a short textual how-to supported with a video without commentary and the 3ds max scene file. Feel free to use it for any project you like.

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8 Hybrid 2D/3D Rendering Technique Videos by Les Chylinski

8 Hybrid 2D/3D Rendering Technique Videos by Les Chylinski

October 1, 2010  |  How-To, Inspiration, Tutorials, Visualization  |  10 Comments

2D/3D Hybrid rendering technique are really interesting, although I don’t have too many clients that prefer or ask for it, there are many things to learn that can transfer to a more photo-real inclined workflow. I previously posted about the ‘Digital Watercolor’ Technique by Scott Baumberger and now I share with you 8 videos done by Minneapolis based architectural visualization artist Les Chylinski. The following videos describe his personal hybrid workflow putting much weight on the use of Photoshop starting with a very basic 3d model rendering, done with SketchUP most of times. Enjoy.

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10 More Amazing Matte Painting Videos by Gordon Tarpley

10 More Amazing Matte Painting Videos by Gordon Tarpley

September 18, 2010  |  How-To, Tutorials  |  No Comments

I keep following Gordon Tarpley on vimeo and find his breakdown videos very inspiring and informative. I previously posted 8 amazing matte painting videos he made. This will be the second installment of his videos that I gather here for your enjoyment.

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Creating VRay for SketchUP Vermont Verde Antique Marble Material

Creating VRay for SketchUP Vermont Verde Antique Marble Material

September 16, 2010  |  How-To, Tutorials  |  3 Comments

ASGVIS 3D Artist and Trainer, Fernando Rentas, created the Vermont Verde Antique material in V-Ray for SketchUP Using basic material creation techniques as explained in the featured video tutorial “Creating Vermont Verde Antique”. Fernando was able to match the rich green color and unique light green and white veins by looking at a small sample of the marble. Check out the video below, it is very informative and the result is remarkably good.

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