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✱ Lone Tree + Breakdown

(Click for full screen image) Lately I've been having fun creating images from nothing. I've had a lot of experience working with visual effects and compositing (skills from a former life) and it's been a nice distraction for me while working on a new

Link: Methodcast Quickie #12

I made a quick tutorial video for adding decals to 3d objects in formZ. Sometimes we need to be able to stack textures on top of each other. For instance, when we have the side of a building that's brick, and we want to add a logo to

Link: Methodcast Quickie #11

I made a new video tutorial on Method for architectural designers using formZ and Maxwell Render, and this time it has to do with rendering a material ID layer to make post production color adjustments way easier. Spend a few minutes watching this now and save yourself hours of time

Link: My 2d CAD software of choice

I wrote an article on Method that talks about what tool I've chosen for my 2d CAD work when doing architecture projects. I pretty much hate CAD, but it's a necessary evil. ∞

Link: Methodcast Quickie #10

I put up a video tutorial that shows how I set up my favorite 3d modeling application, formZ, for building models efficiently. It's a quick video but these are definitely some things you should look at doing if you're interested in using the software out of

Link: Methodcast Quickie #9

Part 3 of my video tutorial series on using geometry as emitter lights in Maxwell Render and formZ is up on the Method visitor's blog. This one covers the following techniques: * set up and adjust incandescent lights * set up neon lights * apply emitter materials to objects * use Maxwell

Link: Methodcast Quickie #8

The second piece of my 3 part series on emitter lights in Maxwell Render is up on the visitor's blog at Method. It's 8 minutes of video that shows you how to control interior lighting in your 3d environments in a different way than placing normal