3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to NURBS and CAD Models
Mathematically defined curves and surfaces used in CAD and industrial design, as opposed to the polygon meshes used in most rendering and real-time engines. Key...
Imogen Clarke
Stills, retouching and real-time 3D. Writes about color management, asset pipelines and getting heavy visual work into a browser.
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3D Design & Development
Path Tracing: The Decisions That Matter
A rendering method that simulates light by tracing many random paths through a scene, producing realistic global illumination, reflections and shadows. Key take...
3D Design & Development
Render Denoising: The Decisions That Matter
Using software filters, often AI-based, to remove noise from renders made with fewer samples, reducing render time. Key takeaways Examples: Intel Open Image Den...
3D Design & Development
GPU or CPU Rendering: Which to Use
The choice between rendering on graphics cards or on processors, which affects speed, memory limits, cost and feature support. Key takeaways GPU strengths: high...
3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to Blender Eevee
Blender's real-time render engine, which produces fast previews and stylized or near-realistic renders using rasterization and screen-space techniques. Key...
3D Design & Development
Unreal Engine for Visualization: The Decisions That Matter
Using Unreal Engine, a real-time game engine, for architectural visualization, product configurators, virtual production and interactive experiences. Key takeaw...
3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to OpenUSD
Universal Scene Description, an open framework originally developed by Pixar for describing, composing and exchanging complex 3D scenes between tools. Key takea...
3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to WebXR
The web standard for delivering virtual and augmented reality experiences in the browser, without installing an app. Key takeaways Standard: the W3C WebXR Devic...
3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to Three.js
A widely used JavaScript library for rendering 3D graphics in web browsers with WebGL and WebGPU. Key takeaways Renderers: WebGL and WebGPU Formats: glTF is the...
3D Design & Development
Displacement, Bump and Normal Maps Compared
Three ways to add surface detail: displacement moves geometry, while bump and normal maps change shading without changing geometry. Key takeaways Displacement:...
3D Design & Development
How to Get Glass, Liquids and Refraction Right
Rendering transparent and refractive materials such as glass bottles, liquids and gems, which bend and reflect light. Key takeaways Index of refraction: control...
3D Design & Development
A Practical Guide to Subsurface Scattering
The way light enters translucent materials such as skin, wax, marble and food, scatters inside and exits elsewhere, giving them a soft glow. Key takeaways Mater...
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