3D Game Environments: Create Professional 3D Game Worlds - Softcover

Ahearn, Luke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0240808959 ISBN 13: 9780240808956

Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008

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The ultimate resource to help you create triple-A quality art for a variety of game worlds; 3D Game Environments offers detailed tutorials on creating 3D models, applying 2D art to 3D models, and clear concise advice on issues of efficiency and optimization for a 3D game engine. Using Photoshop and 3ds Max as his primary tools, Luke Ahearn explains how to create realistic textures from photo source and uses a variety of techniques to portray dynamic and believable game worlds.
From a modern city to a steamy jungle, learn about the planning and technological considerations for 3D modeling, UV layout, and creating textures that goes into developing a realistic and appealing game environment with:
The entire game world development process: from planning to modeling and texturing.
Exercises and projects to practice with: each section includes projects to practice creating different world genres.
CD with source art to practice with and use in your own projects, program demos, and plug-ins.

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Luke Ahearn has over fifteen years of professional game development experience as designer, producer, and art director on seven published game titles including Dead Reckoning and Americas' Army and worked as a background artist at EA. He has authored six books on game development.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0240808959
• ISBN 13: 9780240808956
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
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