contents

september 1998 | issue 14

special features

• general and special theories of creativity
  Rodney L'Ongnion and Angus McIntyre discuss creativity in general, and how one might go about avoiding or recovering from creative "dry spells."

product reviews

• 3d studio max r2.5
  Probably the most popular 3D program in the world has just received an upgrade - we check out what's new in release 2.5 of Kinetix's 3D Studio MAX.
• aura
  NetTek's new paint package Aura is packed with features to aid digital effects artists and animators. We take a look at how the producers of LightWave have done with their latest offering.
• dark tree textures
  Dark Tree Textures is a the texture CD with a difference. We looked into what it was that made Dark Tree Textures stand out from the rest, and why you should be using it for your 3D.

regular columns

• bills reality clinic
  This month Bill Fleming talks about photorealistic modeling, and a technique he has developed called 'photomodeling' which adds an extra element of realism to any 3D model.

tutorials

• we got that fishy feeling!
  Peter Arisman closes his three part tutorial explaining how to create a school of swimming fish in SoftImage|3D.
• poser 3: importing realistic figures into other programs
  Douglas A. Sahlin talks about how you can create realistic figures in Poser 3 and import them into other programs.
  
  
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