Most of our work inside of the 3D modeling software, 3ds Max, been using the Compound objects, which is essentially combining two or more objects to make a singular complex object.
Scatter randomly scatters the selected source object as an array, or over the surface of a distribution object. The BlobMesh compound object creates a set of spheres or particles, and connects the spheres together like they were made of a soft, liquid substance. When the spheres move within a certain distance of one another, they connect together. When they move apart, they take on a spherical form again. Boolean object combines two other objects by performing a Boolean operation on them. Loft objects are two-dimensional shapes extruded along a third axis. You create loft objects from two or more existing spline objects. One of these splines serves as the path. The remaining splines serve as cross sections, or shapes, of the loft object.
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It's the start of a new school year, meaning that I am now in my second year of the game design course or the official name, digital design and animation two. Being that most of my my first year in this class was in Photoshop, I was mildly relived when I learned that we would spend some time in 3ds Max. Something about modeling and animating interests me but i have to keep practicing to know if it's right for me. The first assignment proved to be quite easy seeing it as a refresher to the software after the long break, which was setting up a "world" and animating a car driving around it. It was simple and after getting a little bit of help the assignment was not a problem. I think that my favorite part of this year will be the assignments tasked in 3ds Max.
We recently started a new assignment called HULKASH!. Using the tool Pathfinder we were able to make an image of the superhero Hulk. The Pathfinder tool, probably the most useful tool in illustrator, allows you to cut, divide and trim objects on your art board. This tool making unique shapes ultimately creating things never seen before.
To display the Pathfinder you will have to go to Window > Pathfinder to make it visible.The first Shape Mode is Unite, which will combine all the selected objects into a single larger shape. The second Shape Mode is Minus Front, and it allows you to use any top object to create a cutout from the one underneath.The third option is Intersect, which will create a new shape by using the overlapping sections of the selected objects. Last but not least, we have Exclude, which instead of removing any of the non-overlapping sections does the exact opposite and gets rid of the intersecting surfaces of the objects.
Heading into the third quarter of Scientific Visualization, we now start to learn about new programs used to create images. The application we are now working in is Adobe Illustrator, an app used to create professional digital drawings.
Adobe Illustrator a vector graphics editor, is great for making images that have to be resized constantly without losing its quality.A wide range of artist favor this software because of it's all features that make it easy to make special shapes and create a whole picture out of them. My first experience with Illustrator was easy, seeing as I've already had messed around with the mobile version and had a moderate understanding of Photoshop's tools jumping into Illustrator was simple. The way it was set up is almost the same as Photoshop's interface and some of the tools were similar. There was this one tool that was new that we played around with which allowed you to change the shape completely and another where you could type words around the shape you make. The next day there was an assignment to make a pizza using shapes to get a feel for the software. Though there were few days that we worked on illustrator, I can tell that this editor has a lot more in store for us.
The Marquee Tool is a tool on photoshop that allows one to select parts of an image fairly easily and then edited in so many ways to make the original image different. Another use is to fill it in with color to make simple shapes and lines. There are four types of options that create different areas: rectangular, elliptical, single row or single column.
This tool is located at the top of the Photoshop toolbar underneath the move tool, to make the options available click the tool and hold until a sub menu appears. To select a portion of the image, left click and drag the mouse until you have the size you want, the options single column and single row selects one pixel line of choice. When using the rectangular or elliptical option holding down the shift key will give you a perfect square or circle,making all the sides the same while changing size. A way to edit you selection is to either adding or subtracting from the shape. As long as you hold down the shift key and make a new selection you will add, to subtract, hold down the alt key and repeat the same process. Using these you can make different figures. Once you've made your selection you can now use different features in it, going to the edit menu you can apply fill, transform or stroke to that area. Using the marquee allows you to edit parts of an image.
Research Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/use-the-photoshop-marquee-tool-1697604 Bitmap and Vector are the different types of computer file formats that you can set for images. These two are the ones that were introduced while editing on Photoshop, and when opening each file the look is slightly different.
Bitmap files use pixels to make the bigger picture, pixels are the smallest of color in the image that you see. Thousands and thousands pixels were used to make the image which depends on the resolution set on the picture, the bigger the resolution the more pixels there are. Resolution determines the quality of the picture and often are the best looking of the two. This file format is also easier to convert to files like JPG, PNG, TIF, BMP. Bitmap is the format that you will use most often in Photoshop. Vector files are images that are completely described by mathematical definitions. Actual lines make up the drawing of the photo, which are made up of many points with lines interconnecting ll of them are just a couple of control points connected using Bezier curves. When focusing on file size they tend to be smaller because of Bezier curves that shape the drawing.Unlike bitmap files Vector images don't lose quality by being scaled from its original size which makes this commonly used for things people have to resize every now and then.While this is not the default, Photoshop can use the Vector format, and re most saved as EPS, PDF, PSD, and AI.
www.prepressure.com/library/file-formats/bitmap-versus-vector Adobe Photoshop is a software widely known for its capabilities, almost all professionals use the software to make amazing pictures. This software can be used by anybody, but saying that would not be entirely true. One who uses it has to have a broad overview on how to use this software or things will just get complicated if they just jump in head first.
I'll give you simple commands hat will make life a lot more easier when moving around Photoshop.
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/color-management-basics.html Over the past few weeks I have been in a conflict over which capture card I should buy. The choices were the Elgato HD60, or the Roxio HD Pro.
First thing that came in mind when researching these two were the price labels, the Elgato HD60 is around $150, on the other hand the Roxio HD Pro is around $100, just a $50 dollar difference. But instead of being the normal person and buying the cheapest offer, I decided to research more on these two. First the system requirements, for Elgato, the latest download of the software required a 64 bit system, which was an immediate loss for me considering that I have a 32 bit. Elgato has a 32 bit download but it's a older version. On the other hand Roxio's software has a latest 64 and 32 bit download for the computer. By now i'm on Roxios side. Next was setup, and to my surprise the were both technically the same. Roxio has just an extra push having included the component cables to enable older games to be recorded. Lastly was peoples reviews on them and which one they liked better. The results were almost half and half having the Elgato come up on top but Roxio be put as a close second due to personal reasons. So then came my decision. Which was the Roxio HD Pro. The price value was less then the Elgato HD60 wich can help me save up for other things, the easy setup and ability to play older games was a must since I want to collect older games and enjoy them, and the reviews were mostly the same or close to the Elgato. But how about you? which one would you pick?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrLWdd5ick http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/game-capture/hd-pro/overview.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwr53OBRCDARIsAL0vKrNQxhz_cyQuE3CSSkrKakaFsNXFzzBWnU_qXemn-DTmR4gUc-rLtPwaApOIEALw_wcB http://img.roxio.com/guides/products/gamecapture/hdpro/rgchdpro_qsg_en.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtbltOF-ztA&t=435s http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/84856-how-do-you-set-up-the-hd-pro-for-wii-u/ http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1684718/elgato-game-capture-roxio-game-capture-pro.html Krita is one of the many painting software that you can download. For me, this is the first professional painting software I've experienced on desktop. The program is a simple to use painter for beginners wanting to draw stick figures and such, but can be useful to experts that have a knack for digital drawing and painting. I found this software because it was listed in a presentation that my instructor showed us while doing his lecture. My curiosity spiked and I wanted to see how a digital painter does his work, so i proceeded to download Krita. Krita is not a software that needs advanced system requirements and provides a 64 bit and 32 bit download, lucky for me since i have a 32 bot computer. When first opening the software it will present you with a "help" page that shows you links to their website including the 'getting started" and "help", in the background is going to be the application that lets you paint. After skimming over the getting started file i got stared and realized very quickly that using a mouse to draw isn't the best tool to paint with. I then looked over graphics tablets that are cheap but highly rated and came to the conclusion of the "Ugee M708 Ultra-thin Draw Digital Graphics Drawing Painting Tablet Pad". hopefuly i can save up in the future to get this item.
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