Comment Re: Aartform Curvy 3D (Score 1) 215
Curvy 3D lets you draw the basic shape of a model with your tablet, two or three lines is usually enough to define the bulk of a shape.
Then you can add more primitives and smoothly merge them together - much like metaballs but using hand drawn primitives.
Next you can work into the surfaces, you can paint displacement, colour, bumpmaps directly onto the 3D model. Like ZBrush - but all your shapes stay in full 3D, no 'baking' involved.
The rendering is excellent, in realtime it handles beautiful lighting, displacement maps and bump maps. You can have effects like strong backlighting or metallic reflections easily, all in realtime.
And finally you can export the hige res detailed models to 3ds to animate or render in other 3D programs. All the UV's export fine - no need for UV unwrapping - they are already uniform.
Curvy 3D will ship for $450 in Feb 2004, but watch out for the budget version that will be sub $100!
www.curvy3d.com
Then you can add more primitives and smoothly merge them together - much like metaballs but using hand drawn primitives.
Next you can work into the surfaces, you can paint displacement, colour, bumpmaps directly onto the 3D model. Like ZBrush - but all your shapes stay in full 3D, no 'baking' involved.
The rendering is excellent, in realtime it handles beautiful lighting, displacement maps and bump maps. You can have effects like strong backlighting or metallic reflections easily, all in realtime.
And finally you can export the hige res detailed models to 3ds to animate or render in other 3D programs. All the UV's export fine - no need for UV unwrapping - they are already uniform.
Curvy 3D will ship for $450 in Feb 2004, but watch out for the budget version that will be sub $100!
www.curvy3d.com
