A step-by step review of all the modeling commands available to Shape modelers!

Thanks to the folks at 3DPLM who made it!

A step-by-step demonstration of how to Register and Publish your 3D models on 3DVIA.com.

The great folks at 3DPLM made this easy-to-follow video! Thanks!

3DVIA Booth presentation from GDC 2010:
The Story Behind the Game Rise & Ruin by Joe Wagner of Veil Entertainment

3DVIA Booth presentation from GDC 2010:
3DVIA: The Total Package by Cliff Medling and Marc DiGregorio of 3DVIA
Using: 1-3DVIA Studio, 2- 3DVIA Scenes & 3- 3DVIA Shape to build a simple 3D game within minutes.

3DVIA V.P of Electronic Entertainment, Virgile Delporte demonstrates why industry professionals must recognize that artists (including game designers) could become THE most important piece of game development. After all, games are a form of art.

Originally presented on February 4th, we explore the tools available for empowering artists to take the lead on numerous projects, especially those for the Wii or new IP creations. Virgile will also examine game development team size to understand how smaller teams can achieve more interesting results than their larger counterparts.

This webinar was #5 in the Virtools Webinar series, however, this presentation is not 3DVIA Virtools specific, and discusses trends in the Electronic Entertainment industry.

Here are a few links fro the presentation:

• Virgile’s Blog
• The Cereal Box Augmented reality video
• The wiiwaa link

Video shows how to create multi-sided polygons with only 3 clicks.

To see all 3DVIA Shape Tips, click here for the 3DVIA Shape video tutorials.

For more information on our FREE 3D Modeling product, 3DVIA Shape, click here.

See your home redesign before you make any purchase.  Pick out cabinets, flooring, counter tops, with just a few measurements and 3DVIA Shape.

This video walks you through how simple it is to build a 3D space.  I am currently remodeling my kitchen within 3DVIA Shape which allows me to make critical decisions on cabinets, flooring, counter tops, colors.  It’s very simple to do.

Be sure you make the right decisions before you make a single purchase – visualize it in 3D.

See the following 3DVIA Shape Tutorials for more detail on how to build this:

#7 – How to use Existing Elements to Draw

#31 – How to Adjust Textures

#32 – How to manipulate similar textures

This is only part one….there’s more to this story, which I will show you next week…There’s a better way to truly visualize the new kitchen.

Here is my kitchen remodel design that I created in 3DVIA Shape for this video.

One of the primary uses of Adobe Photoshop users is editing or enhancing Photos.  This can be from quick touch-up to major changes in the photo.  One of the quickest ways to accomplish this is using 3D Models.  3D Models allow you to adjust the perspective, lighting, colors, textures easily, whereas building in 2D does not.

In this video I turn Jewels the Cat into…da-da-da-da…Rocket Cat.  You will have to see how easy this was to do using the 3DVIA for Adobe Photoshop Plugin.

I used two nice models from 3DVIA in this video:  Special thanks to Dipsy for the Rocket and Mbiasotti for the Goggles.

Along with the video, here are the steps I used to turn Jewels into “Rocket Cat”:

1. Download the 3DVIA Plugin for Photoshop

2. Choose:  File -> Import -> Search 3DVIA…

3. Search for “rocket”, then Select Import

4. Copy and paste the Rocket into your photo.  the easiest way to do this is by dragging the model with the Move tool onto the photo.

5. Adjust the Rocket into place using the 3D Tools (I suggest using the “Advanced 3D” workspace)

6. Adjust the lighting for the Rocket using the Lighting tools under the 3D menu.  I simply selected one of the Infinite Lights, and adjusted the Lights using the Rotate the Light tool.

7. Move the 3D Rocket layer behind the original photo layer by dragging the layer down in the Layers toolbar.

8. Search again for “goggles” using the 3DVIA Search plugin.  Import the goggles.

9. Again: copy and paste the goggles onto the photo.  You should now have three layers:  Top:  Goggles, Middle:  Photo, Bottom:  Rocket.

10. Adjust the position, scale and rotation of the goggles over the photo using the 3D tools.

11. To make the goggle glass transparent, we need to locate the glass object in the goggles 3D object.  From the 3D sidebar, find the glass material.  The easiest way to do this is to cut off visibility in every layer, until the glass is invisible.  Depending on the 3D model you use, the materials list can be longer or shorter.

12. With the glass Material selected, change the Opacity value of the glass.  I used 36%.

13. Once the 3D models are in place we can rasterize the 3D models into 2D by selecting:  Layer -> Rasterize -> 3D.  Do this for both the rocket and the goggles layers.

14. Use the erase tool to remove the strap on the goggles, so it appears behind the cat.

15. Remove the background around the cat to reveal the rocket.  I used the magic wand tool to select the background, then selected Delete, however you may know other ways to accomplish this.

16. I also added a fourth layer background of a starfield to place behind everything.

17. Add text if you want here.

Please send us pictures that you have made using 3D models from 3DVIA and Photoshop.  We will add them to our Flickr account, Facebook, etc.

This video tutorial covers three great examples of how using the 3DVIA Plugin for Adobe Photoshop can greatly speed up a design.  Some things are quicker in 2D, but when creating silhouettes, a 3D filmstrip, or a 3D icon, using the 3D capabilities within Adobe Photoshop, and the 3DVIA plugin for Photoshop can be created in minutes.

Be sure to see more on how the 3DVIA plugin could help you in this video.

For simple instructions on how to use the 3DVIA plugin, see this short video.

Have any ideas for more great uses for 3D within Photoshop, let us know.

Could you be suffering from 3DAD? Many Graphic Designers are, and they are not even aware! See how to overcome 3DAD with the 3DVIA Plugin for Photoshop.

See the real benefits of 3D for Adobe Photoshop users in this video.  Adobe Photoshop recently added more 3D functionality within the last two versions of their Creative Suite (CS3, CS4) products, which make 3D very simple, however, finding and importing 3D Models has not been very easy…until now.

3DVIA is proud to announce 3DVIA for Adobe® Photoshop®, our plugin for importing 3D models directly into Adobe Photoshop compositions.

With just one click, and without ever leaving the Photoshop window, search through the 3DVIA.com model library to select a model and bring it directly into your Photoshop composition. Once there, the model appears as its own layer and can be scaled, positioned and lit as desired.

To learn more about 3DVIA for Adobe Photoshop, click here.

Download and Install this FREE Plugin

CS3 Extended (Windows)
CS4 Extended (Windows)
CS4 Extended (Windows 64-bit)

*Mac version coming soon.