Gnomon Workshop - Product Design Rendering Essentials

StudioTools is a workhorse application for many industrial designers, but much of its functionality is buried within complex option windows and cryptically named settings. In this DVD, industrial designer Dustin Brown demystifies the rendering process in StudioTools. He covers not only critical settings within the software, but also presents his unique approach to planning, lighting and shader creation. He concludes with a comprehensive rendering demo in which he shows this approach in action and discusses, among many other things, such difficult topics as depth of field, chrome and clearcoat paint finishes.

TOPICS COVERED:
* Process
* Workflow
* Lighting
* Shader Options
* Chrome
* Car Paint
* Reflections
* Depth of Field
* Render Globals
* Optimization

CHAPTERS:
1. Rendering Planning
2. Overview of Settings
3. Shader and Light Settings
4. Lighting Basics
5. Demo: Planning and Stand-in Shaders
6. Demo: Lighting
7. Demo: Final Shaders

SPECIFICATIONS:
DVD-ROM Requirements:

* 1GHz or faster processor
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB Video RAM
* DVD-ROM Drive
* 5 GB of hard disk space
* 1280 x 1024 display

DVD-ROM and Digital Download Requirements:

Minimum Operating System:

* Microsoft® Windows® Vista®
* Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
* Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
* Apple® Mac® OS X 10.2

Software:

* QuickTime Movie Player (Version 7.0 or higher)
* Acrobat Reader (Version 5.0 or higher)