PaperVision 3D for Designers




  • Dates: Sunday, June 24th (9am - 5pm, 12 hrs)
  • Instructor: John Grden (about)
  • Price: $245
  • Max Students: 24
  • Location: RMI - 525 Venezia Avenue, Venice, California 90291 (map)
  • Description:

    PLEASE NOTE: This course is designed to be taken along with PaperVision 3D For Developers although each may be taken independently. If you wish to take both courses, please purchase either course individually with the code 'BOTH' and you will be charged $390 and registered for both workshops.

    The second day willl focus on Papervision and Designers. Primarily we'll be talking about workflow, the tools you can use, using the Flash IDE to create movieclip textures and how to leverage Flash to create some outstanding effects
    for textures that you just can't get away with in traditional 3D these days. Well, not NEARLY as easily anyway :) we'll be looking at using 3D Studio Max and how to do some basic texturing and exporting as Collada. We'll look at how to use the Model Viewer to check your work easily (not released yet, I'll be handing this out to attendees - you can see it here). We'll give you everything you need to go back to your day gig and request more money for being a total pro at PV3D! To view examples of the ability of this powerful new tool visit John Grden's website at http://www.rockonflash.com/blog/.

  • Who this course is for:

    BOTH developer and designers interested in using realtime 3D in their flash work with Papervision3D engine.


Course Outline

  • Why why why: Why is Papervision3D so cool for Flash, designers and our clients?!?

    • Workflow and tools

    • 3D Studio Max

    • Maya

    • Blender

    • Poly Cruncher

    • Photoshop

    • Fireworks

    • Flash 9 IDE

  • Working with textures in 3D apps

    • UVW unwrap basics

    • Applying and naming textures for COLLADA export

    • Baking shadows into textures

  • Lighting / Shading

    • phong shading

  • Texture work

    • Bumpmap

    • Using the different material types in PV3D

      • BitmapMaterial

      • BitmapAssetMaterial

      • MovieMaterial

      • MovieAssetMaterial

  • Working with 3D scenes and 2D content

  • Using PV3D Flash 9 IDE components

  • Computer Policy:

    To keep prices this low, all training is bring-your-own-laptop (we provide power and wireless internet access).

  • Refund Policy:

    Refunds are permitted prior to 14 days before the event, less a $25 administrative fee. Regrettably, due to venue capacity, we can not permit refunds within 14 days of the event.