SECTION 1
PREVIZ FOR MACHINES
Get started with creating 3D machine images by considering what influence colour temperature has on an image, how to use depth-of-field creatively and the effect that different focal lengths have with render camera lenses. These are the things to know before you start.
Software choice
Get the right software tool for the job
Composition
Present the objects for maximum impact
Render camera lenses
Different focal lengths change the image
Using depth-of-field
When to go shallow for creative effect
Colour temperature
What temperatures suit which machine types
Stereoscopic imagery
When you really want to enter the third dimension
SECTION 2
MACHINE MASTERS AT WORK
The main body of the book with showcase images to inspire and work flow tutorials to inform. Each chapter is dedicated to a different type of machine and has one or more tutorials related to that subject.
TUTORIAL
Creating the Lamborghini Aventador
ISAIAH TAKAHASHI
ALEKSANDR NOVITSKIY
JAN RAMBOUSEK
TUTORIAL
How to animate an Audi R8
ANDRE KUTSCHERAUER
Chapter 3
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL
IGOR KULKOV
DANIIL ALIKOV
TIM DIAZ
MARCEL HALADEJ
ANDREW PRICE
ANTOINE MOREAU
STEVE KERRY
TUTORIAL
Model and texture the Space Shuttle
NICHOLAS MCELMURY
ZBYNĚK HLAVA
VYACHESLAV ZAYIKA
ANDREA LAZZAROTTI
ALEXANDER VANIEV
GILVAN ISBIRO
ANTON TURKIN
ULI STAIGER
KRISTÍN SNORRADÓTTIR
TUTORIAL
Building the Lisbon Tram
OMER MESSLER
Chapter 7
GROUND-BASED MILITARY
TUTORIAL
Building the military machine
GIANPIETRO FABRE
FLORIAN RENNER
ALEXEY KONZELKO
VITALII MISIUTIN
TUTORIAL
Heavy duty action with the HEMMT-M1075
GURMUKH BHASIN
REINER JORDAN
ALEXANDRE TREVISAN
TERRY ALLITT
DON WEBSTER
ROB WATKINS
RICHARD JUSUF
TUTORIAL
Creating a steampunk air fleet
GLEB ALEXANDROV
TUTORIAL
Sculpting a glamorous android
JAMES SURET
LUIGI MEMOLA
NEIL MACCORMACK
RAFAEL AMARANTE
VICTOR HUGO DIAS DE SOUSA
JAMES SURET
TUTORIAL
Mixing nature and robotics
CHRISTOPHER PARNIAN
ULI STAIGER
MACIEJ DRABIK
NICK GIZELIS
TUTORIAL
Post-apocalyptic warfare
MICHAEL TSCHERNJAJEW
MAREK DENKO
FRAN SAA
ALEXANDER PREUSS
SEBASTIEN HUE
TUTORIAL
Creating a heavily armoured spaceship
DON WEBSTER
SECTION 3
POST PRODUCTION EDITING
Those tweaks and enhancements or significant changes that you can make to improve your render or come up with a completely different version. Plus some practical advice relating to the target audience for your image.
Using speed
How best to represent a sense of motion in the image
Effects of depth
When you really don’t want to see all of the background
Getting dirty
Adding those elements that make the image less digital
Selecting colour profiles
Those neon colours look great, but not if it has to be printed
