DreamLight’s how to tutorials related to 3D CGI animation & illustration.
What better day than Independence Day to proclaim that all DreamLight’s projects are proudly Made in the USA with the Spirit of 1776! While many advertising, marketing and web development companies routinely outsource their web development, graphics and animation to … Read More
This article will teach you how to create normal maps in Affinity Photo from photographs. I had originally created the normal maps for my previous tutorial, How to Create Normal Maps from Photographs, in Adobe Photoshop (CS4). Adobe had subsequently … Read More
In these very tumultuous times, DreamLight would like to take a moment to wish you a very MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR! May 2023 be a happy and prosperous year for all! Please enjoy a recently updated, higher resolution, … Read More
Watch the above animation of the Betsy Ross flag proudly billowing in a glorious sunset as you listen to the USAF Band and Chorus play The Star Spangled Banner, our National Anthem. I had previously posted a behind the scenes … Read More
A few years ago I had created a 30 second 3D animation of a Betsy Ross flag waving in a sunset to celebrate America’s Independence Day. To celebrate this year’s Independence Day I had updated that animation and extended it … Read More
Wuhan Coronavirus COVID-19 PSA Update Above is our updated Wuhan Coronavirus COVID-19 PSA. Please share it to remind everyone to clean their smartphone and mobile devices to help slow the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus COVID-19 as the US begins … Read More
This is our “Viral” video PSA to clean your screen on mobile devices to help slow Wuhan Coronavirus – COVID-19. We all know to wash our hands to help prevent Wuhan Coronavirus COVID-19, but many people don’t think to clean … Read More
How to Animate Waving Plants with Displacements & Gradients in LightWave 3D’s Node Editor In this month’s blog post I’ll show how to animate waving plants with displacements. This is yet another technique that I used in the 3D animated … Read More
How to Animate Falling Coins with Bullet Dynamics & Motion Designer MDD Files in LightWave 3D In this month’s blog post I’ll show you how to animate falling coins with Bullet Dynamics, LightWave 3D’s implementation of Erwin Coumans’ Bullet Physics … Read More
Contents What are Normal Maps? How to Take Photographs for Normal Maps How to Create Normal Maps from Photographs with DreamLight’s Filter Forge Filter How to Create Normal Maps from Photographs with DreamLight’s Nodal Surface for LightWave 3D How to … Read More