Textures

Usaing Effect In 3D Studio Max

Using fogging effects and lighting effect in 3D Studio Max.

To create effects such as fogging I needed to go to the "Environment and Effects" tool by pressing "8".
I then selected different effect from the "Atmosphere" settings tab such as "Volume Fog" and "Volume Light" and tweaked the settings until I found an effective combination.
The result is pictured to the left.

Team Logo

For our team Intellectual Arcade I created a simple logo to represent our company.

This is my initial Logo:

Egyptian Landscape

Today using 3D Studio Max I created a simple egyptian landscape using only planes, pyramids, geosphere and cylinder.

I created the Geoshere for the Skyboy and used two planes for the floor. I then used Pyramid tool to create the pyramids and used the "bend" modifier on horizontal cylinders for a few sand dunes.

After everything was looking right I added textures found from the internet and resized and tiled them, then added a light tracer effect and a skylight at the sun.

Displacement Map

This is a displacement map i created by making a jpeg image file in photoshop and using it to displace a flat plane to create terrain.
I then used Bitmap material to give it texture.

Final Animation

This video demonstrates my animated 3D model and the final production from all my modeling work. Although when i look back there are a few changes i would make, overall I'm pleased with my production.

Huddersfield University - May 25th

On 25th may some of my group visited the Huddersfield University and witnessed final year students in there design/games studio.
Huddersfield University has offered everyone on our course an exclusive oppertunity to have a definate place if we apply by November.
This means my UCAS application has the be completed online such as personal statement and up to five University choices. I will need a total of 280 UCAS points to be accepted for the course.

Course info 

The course will cover the following topics:
Year 1

• Concept Design: Studio 1
• Design Development: Studio 1
• Interactive Games Culture 1
• Visual Studies for Interactive Content 1
• Authoring Interactivity 1
• Introduction to 3D and Animation

Year 2

• Concept Design: Studio 2
• Design Development: Studio 2
• Interactive Games Culture 2
• Visual Studies for Interactive Content 2
• Authoring Interactivity 2
• 3D Character Animation

Year 3 Sandwich

• Optional Supervised Work Experience

Year 3 Full-time/Year 4 Sandwich

• Individual Project
• Advanced Visual Studies
• Advanced 3D
• Showcase
• Team Project

The subjects on offer with this course are ideal for the direction i would like to go in after college.