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
Happy Independence Day America! The 4th of July every year is a good time to reflect upon America’s founding principles of Freedom and Liberty for all citizens. On Independence Day, July 4th 1776, our founding fathers signed The Declaration of … 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
How to Find Missing Frames in an Image Sequence with a JavaScript Applet on Mac OS X When network rendering with software like LightWave 3D, modo, Blender or others we often wind up with missing frames. I’m often asked how … 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
Agile 3D CGI Animation Process Lecture & Book Signing for the MIT Animation Group Wilmington, MA — Michael Scaramozzino, DreamLight’s President/Creative Director, was recently invited to kick off the annual guest lecture series for the MIT Animation Group. Michael presented … Read More
A question I’m often asked is: “What are the recommended animation image file types?” There are many different animation image file types available depending upon which particular software you may be using to create your animation such as LightWave 3D, … Read More