In his much-anticipated new book, veteran 3D modeling and animation expert Tony Alley introduces the key concepts of building scenes and models using the latest release of Maxon's Cinema 4D, a 3D program embraced by the design community for putting the focus on creative production rather than on learning complex software. Explaining the technology in clear, design-oriented terms, Exploring 3D Modeling with Cinema 4D V9 covers basic modeling techniques, working with materials and textures, lighting, and, rendering. Throughout, the emphasis is on how designers can use Cinema 4D to meet client needs with eye catching scenes and models while exploring their own artistic impulses. Cinema 4D continues to grow in power and popularity in the design community. Its highly customizable graphic user interface is especially easy to learn and makes the software a solid choice for 2D designers making the transition to 3D and for those individuals new to graphic design, computer graphics or 3D.
DescriptionThe Exploring 3D Modeling with CINEMA 4D R19 - A Beginner's Guide textbook walks you through every step of creating 3D models with CINEMA 4D R19. This guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to CINEMA 4D. This book will help you to get started with modeling in CINEMA 4D, you will learn important concepts and techniques about 3D modeling which you can utilize to create hard-surfaced objects for your projects. This book shares tips, tricks, notes, and cautions throughout, that will help you become a better 3D modeler and you will be able to speed up your workflow.The first page of the every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in the chapter. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials which instruct users how things can be done in CINEMA 4D step-by-step. Practicing is one of the best ways to improve skills. Each chapter of this textbook ends with some practice activities which you are highly encouraged to complete and gain confidence for the real-world projects. By completing these activities, you will be able to master the powerful capabilities of CINEMA 4D. Although, this book is designed for beginners, it is aimed to be a solid teaching resource for 3D modeling. It avoids any jargon and explains concepts and techniques in an easy-to-understand manner. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to create hard-surfaced models for your 3D projects. The rich companion website PADEXI Academy (www.padexi.academy) contains additional CINEMA 4D resources that will help you quickly master CINEMA 4D. Key features Learn CINEMA 4D's updated user interface, navigation, tools, functions, and commands. Polygon, subdivision, and spline modeling techniques covered. Detailed coverage of tools and features. Contains 24 standalone tutorials. Contains 14 practice activities to test the knowledge gained. Additional guidance is provided in form of tips, notes, and cautions. Important terms are in bold face so that you never miss them. The content under "What just happened?" heading explains the working of the instructions. The content under "What next?" heading tells you about the procedure you will follow after completing a step(s). Includes an ePub file that contains the color images of the screenshots/illustrations used in the textbook. These color images will help you in the learning process. This ePub file is included with the resources. Tech support from the author. Access to each tutorial's initial and final states along with the resources used in the tutorials. Quiz to assess the knowledge. Bonus tutorials. Brief Table of Contents This book is divided into following chapters: Chapter M1: Introduction to CINEMA 4D R19 Chapter M2: Tools of the Trade Chapter M3: Spline Modeling Chapter M4: Polygon Modeling Chapter M5: Bonus Tutorials More info: wp.me/p9r5f7-i0
Note: This book is also available in the low-cost grayscale edition. An ePub file that has the color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book is available with the resources of this grayscale book. The Exploring 3D Modeling with CINEMA 4D R19 - A Beginner's Guide textbook walks you through every step of creating 3D models with CINEMA 4D R19. This guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to CINEMA 4D. This book will help you to get started with modeling in CINEMA 4D, you will learn important concepts and techniques about 3D modeling which you can utilize to create hard-surfaced objects for your projects. This book shares tips, tricks, notes, and cautions throughout, that will help you become a better 3D modeler and you will be able to speed up your workflow. The first page of the every chapter summarizes the topics that will be covered in the chapter. Every chapter of this textbook contains tutorials which instruct users how things can be done in CINEMA 4D step-by-step. Practicing is one of the best ways to improve skills. Each chapter of this textbook ends with some practice activities which you are highly encouraged to complete and gain confidence for the real-world projects. By completing these activities, you will be able to master the powerful capabilities of CINEMA 4D. Although, this book is designed for beginners, it is aimed to be a solid teaching resource for 3D modeling. It avoids any jargon and explains concepts and techniques in an easy-to-understand manner. By the time you're done, you'll be ready to create hard-surfaced models for your 3D projects. The rich companion website PADEXI Academy (www.padexi.academy) contains additional CINEMA 4D resources that will help you quickly master CINEMA 4D. What are the key features of the book? - Learn CINEMA 4D's updated user interface, navigation, tools, functions, and commands. - Polygon, subdivision, and spline modeling techniques covered. - Detailed coverage of tools and features. - Contains 24 standalone tutorials. - Contains 14 practice activities to test the knowledge gained. - Additional guidance is provided in form of tips, notes, and cautions. - Important terms are in bold face so that you never miss them. - The content under "What just happened?" heading explains the working of the instructions. - The content under "What next?" heading tells you about the procedure you will follow after completing a step(s). - Includes an ePub file that contains the color images of the screenshots/illustrations used in the textbook. These color images will help you in the learning process. This ePub file is included with the resources. - Tech support from the author. - Access to each tutorial's initial and final states along with the resources used in the tutorials. - Quiz to assess the knowledge. - Bonus tutorials. More info: wp.me/p9r5f7-i0
Now available in an affordable softcover edition, this classic in Springer's acclaimed Virtual Laboratory series is the first comprehensive account of the computer simulation of plant development. 150 illustrations, one third of them in colour, vividly demonstrate the spectacular results of the algorithms used to model plant shapes and developmental processes. The latest in computer-generated images allow us to look at plants growing, self-replicating, responding to external factors and even mutating, without becoming entangled in the underlying mathematical formulae involved. The authors place particular emphasis on Lindenmayer systems - a notion conceived by one of the authors, Aristid Lindenmayer, and internationally recognised for its exceptional elegance in modelling biological phenomena. Nonetheless, the two authors take great care to present a survey of alternative methods for plant modelling.
The MAXON Cinema 4D R20: Modeling Essentials textbook walks you through every step of creating 3D models with Cinema 4D R20. This guide is perfect for both novices and those moving from other software to Cinema 4D. This book will help you to get started with modeling in Cinema 4D, you will learn important concepts and techniques about 3D modeling which you can utilize to create hard-surfaced objects for your projects. This book also covers Cinema 4D’s OpenVDB-based Volume Builder and Volume Mesher functions that allow you to create complex models by adding and subtracting basic shapes in boolean-type operations. This book shares tips, tricks, notes, and cautions throughout, that will help you become a better Cinema 4D artist and you will be able to speed up your workflow. This book is aimed to be a solid teaching resource for learning modeling with Cinema 4D R20. It avoids any jargon and explains concepts and techniques in an easy-to-understand manner. The first page of the every unit summarizes the topics that will be covered in the unit. Hands-on exercises in this book instruct users how things can be done in Cinema 4D R20 step-by-step. Practicing is one of the best ways to improve skills. This book contains practice activities which you are highly encouraged to complete and gain confidence for real-world projects. By completing these activities, you will be able to master the powerful capabilities Cinema 4D. By the time you’re done, you’ll be ready to create hard-surface models in Cinema 4D. What are the key features of the book? Learn Cinema 4D’s updated user interface, navigation, tools, functions, and commands. Covers all the basics as well as advanced topics using easy to follow, hands-on exercises. Covers polygon, subdivision, and spline modeling techniques. Covers volumetric modeling techniques. Detailed coverage of tools and features. Features more than 29 hands-on exercises – complete with before and after files. Contains 25 practice activities to test the knowledge gained. Additional guidance is provided in the form of tips, notes, and cautions. Important terms are in bold face so that you never miss them. The content under “What just happened?” heading explains the working of the instructions. The content under “What next?” heading tells you about the procedure you will follow after completing a step(s). Includes an ePub file that contains the color images of the screenshots/illustrations used in the textbook. These color images will help you in the learning process. This ePub file is included with the resources. Tech support from the author. Access to each exercise’s initial and final states along with the resources used in hands-on exercises. Quiz to assess the knowledge.
The state-of-the-art in multimedia content analysis, media foundations, and compression Covers digital audio, images, video, graphics, and animation Includes real-world project sets that help you build and test your expertise By two of the world's leading experts in advanced multimedia systems development The practical, example-rich guide to media coding and content processing for every multimedia developer. From DVDs to the Internet, media coding and content processing are central to the effective delivery of high-quality multimedia. In this book, two of the field's leading experts introduce today's state-of-the-art, presenting realistic examples and projects designed to help implementers create multimedia systems with unprecedented performance. Ralf Steinmetz and Klara Nahrstedt introduce the fundamental characteristics of digital audio, images, video, graphics, and animation; demonstrate powerful new approaches to content analysis and compression; and share expert insights into system and end-user issues every advanced multimedia professional must understand. Coverage includes: Generic characteristics of multimedia and data streams, and their impact on multimedia system design Essential audio concepts and representation techniques: sound perception, psychoacoustics, music, MIDI, Speech signals, and related I/O and transmission issues Graphics and image characteristics: image formats, analysis, synthesis, reconstruction, and output Video signals, television formats, digitization, and computer-based animation issues Fundamental compression methods: run-length, Huffman, and subband coding Multimedia compression standards: JPEG, H.232, and various MPEG techniques Optical storage technologies and techniques: CD-DA, CD-ROM, DVD, and beyond Content processing techniques: Image analysis, video processing, cut detection, and audio analysis First in an authoritative 3-volume set on tomorrow's robust multimedia desktop: real-time audio, video, and streaming media. Multimedia Fundamentals offers a single, authoritative source for the knowledge and techniques you need to succeed with any advanced multimedia development project. Look for Volume 2 focusing on networking and operating system-related issues, and Volume 3 focusing on service and application issues.
