Owner: Magic Wand -3D and 2D Graphics, Animation, Modeling and Product Visualisation solutions URL:http://magicwand3d.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:30:19 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: It is an initiative by a team of professionals who pursue the CG world as a serious profession.Through this blog we would like to share the works we are doing and also provide budding digital artists with easy to do it yourself tutorials. Site statistics:Click here
Low Polygon Models 2008-11-05 19:57:00 Above shown are some low polygon models of houses we've done. All of the elements are made up using low polygon planes and the windows are textures on planes. Low polygon models are mainly used in applications like games. In such an application the models have to be compact and less hungry for memory resources. Most of the details have to be achieved mainly through textures. Those models which are Read more:Polygon
How to animate a butterfly? 2008-10-18 09:53:00 Hi friends, Today we are getting into animation. Actually if you have a little idea about coordinating different utilities available in 3ds Max, animation is very much easy. We are going to animate a cute butterfly using wire parameters available in 3ds Max, But first we will model the Butterfly, its very easy let me show you how… Create a plane for the butt
Some of our latest works 2008-09-28 10:40:00 Some of our latest works done using 3D Studio Max and Vray. We are currently working on a easy Vray tutorial to get the results we got above. Do come back and check out that or you can subscribe to our feed to know when it is posted.
No title 2008-09-27 22:04:00 A character animation compilation done by Magic Wand. Check it out
OCCLUSION RENDERING MADE EASY 2008-09-27 13:08:00 Hai Friends,Today we are going to explore the rendering Arena. Before that I assume that u will be having a basic knowledge of 3ds Max and its Mental Ray Rendering. In fact if we are using 3ds Max as our tool, its very much easy to Render the Occlusion pass alone, lets see how.First Set the Scene, and use Mental Ray as you Rendering EngineOpen the Material Editor and Select one Empty slot; we are
character .. Mascot 2008-09-17 21:02:00 From the day of formation of magic wand we have been thinking of having a 3D character to represent our company. Sort of like a mascot. We were thinking of something related to magic. Of course harry potter books are a source of inspiration. We collected a lot of reference materials. Result of all was Ariel. Our own company mascot. Ariel is a wizard with a mysterious face. The model is almost 90% Read more:Mascot
BOX MODELING FOR BEGINNERS 3ds MAX 2008-09-16 13:05:00 BOX MODELING FOR BEGINNERS 3ds MAX
Hi friends,
Today we are going to try our hands on that incredible Modeling Technique in 3ds Max, “The Box Modeling” we’ll be creating a simple SUV model from a Box
Before that I assume that you are having that basic idea in Max.
We’ll start our things by placing a box in the viewport with these
Magic Wand 2008-09-15 12:42:00 Magic
Wand – All those years of planning, accumulation of ideas, those never ending discussions are now materializing in the form of Magic Wand. So it is a serious business, we at Magic Wand is focusing mainly on the maximum quality products, detailing to the butt end – working on the strict time range. Running a professional company is difficult but we think we are up to the chal
Reverse Rendering Using Video Post in 3D Studio Max 2008-11-17 21:34:00 Hi everyone… Do you have any idea about ReverseRendering
? Means Rendering the Forward animation reversely in 3ds Max?? or Rendering the same scene using 2 Cameras at the same time? Today we are going to discuss some tricks and tips in Videopost: the advanced Compositing and Visual FX utility in 3ds MAX. Actually nowadays people are not looking into that powerful section. But if you e Read more:Using Video
UV Mapping Tutorial - 3D Studio Max 2008-12-29 09:40:00 Hi friends, It’s been long time with you. Actually I was enjoying my holidays…let me show what I got. It’s something about UV Mapping
in 3ds Max with Photoshop. I think some of you have a clear idea, but those who are not aware of that…just read on… I want to create a pavement like this… I have almost completed the scene except the foot path that is covered in grass.. First w Read more:Tutorial
15 Photoshop Tips to Make Your Life Easier 2008-12-14 09:44:00 Is Photoshop
driving you up the wall? Here are 15 simple tips to make using Photoshop easier. 1. When working on a colour image, you can use the Paint Brush tool to selectively "paint away" colour to black and white. It can make one portion of your image really stand out. In the Paint Brush Options palette, change the blend mode to Colour, and paint away the colour 2. When using your Read more:Life Easier
12 Principles of Animation 2008-12-12 11:34:00 Tips On Getting Started: there are a number of ways to start the process of learning animation. One is to buy books and teach yourself. The Bible of the industry is the "Illusion of Life" by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. The information and drawings in this book make it worth the fifty dollars or more that you will pay for it. These 12 pri Read more:Animation
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Lets spare some time to pray for them............. 2008-11-29 12:19:00 Let us salute the brave warriors of NSG & ARMED FORCES for their selfless sacrifice for our country and also pray for the souls of all those who lost their life at Nov. 2008 Mumbai attacks. Jai Hind
Mental Ray SUN in 3D Studio MAX 2008-11-26 20:47:00 Hi, Recently I browse through the net in search of a tutorial that explains the lighting techniques in 3ds MAX very well, I found my tutorial but, there was another shocking Discovery, that is , there are very rare examples in the whole net for Mental ray sunlight and Mental Ray skylight in 3ds Max. Some people will be having an idea about what I am talking, but those who are not