Sunday, May 10, 2015

Three Things I Love About 3D



There are probably a lot more than three things but here are three that popped into my head while working on a scene recently:

1) Once you create a character or a setting or a prop it's always there for you whenever you need it. You don't have to "draw" it again.

2) You can have really detailed backgrounds. It can take a while to build a "set" with lots of detail in it but once it's done it can really add to a scene by having interesting things to put in the frame in the background.

3) You can move the camera in a 3D environment. Coming from a live action film background it's so much more intuitive to me to make "cinematic" camera moves. In fact it's easier to do really complicated camera shots in 3D than it is in live action because it's all computer controlled and the "camera" is invisible so you don't have to worry about keeping the crew or equipment out of the way.

It can be frustrating when it takes forever to render something and then you suddenly discover you made some kind of mistake and have to do it over again but all things considered I still appreciate working in 3D very much!

Scott Freiheit

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