3D Graphics

Welcome to the Client's Guide

The goal of this and the next articles of this guide is to explain how to achieve business and other goals easily with 3D Graphics.

 

Client's Guide to 3D Graphics

 

We will discuss how you can use 3D computer graphics in solving business problems, such as:

 

And also:

  • Get approvements of architectural projects, interior designs, product designs, construction design, and other projects.

  • Explain your ideas in an easy understanding way.

  • Have repeat clients.

 

And even:

  • Teach people.

  • Make your blog posts attractive.

 

Mostly this guide will explain how to use various 3D graphics services, rather than creating it by yourself. But some of the articles will be valuable for people who create 3D renderings, 3D animations, or 3D presentations by yourself.

 

However, some of the important 3D rendering techniques and other articles valuable for 3D artists will be covered in other articles of our 3D Rendering blog.

 

Stay tuned!

 
 

Did you hear about 3D graphics?

 

Probably, you saw on the news that:

 

  • Smartphone manufacturers such as Apple or Nokia demonstrated 3d renderings of their new smartphones.

  • Car manufacturers, such as Mercedes Benz, Volvo, or BMW demonstrated 3d renderings of their new cars.

  • Some famous architectural companies show-off 3d renderings of a skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates.

 

And curious about the world “3d rendering”.

 
 

You saw 3D graphics but didn’t even guess that it’s it

 

You probably saw images with electronics, toothpaste, shampoo bottle, food on websites, street advertising, printed media.

 

Ad let me tell you, in many cases, advertising companies prefer 3d rather than photographs.

 

Why is that? I’ll explain it a little bit later.

 
 

You can see other people who use 3D graphics. And maybe you are curious

 

Probably, you are familiar with people who have a profession such as:

  • An interior designer.

  • An architect.

  • A product designer (e. g. furniture or equipment designer).

  • A marketing person.

You see they use 3D graphics or talk about it.

 

And you are curious, why people need it?

 
 

You heard from your colleagues about 3D graphics

 

You heard from them, that:

  • “3D graphics is so valuable!”

  • “3D renderings will make your project happened.”

  • “3D graphics is a promotional tool for your project.”

  • “With 3D visualizations, your clients will understand your design.”

Or heard something opposed:

  • “Why we need these useless 3D renderings. “

  • “My clients will understand my ideas without such 3d visualizations”

  • “Oh! These 3d rendering companies from overseas are so annoying with their spam advertising.”

You’re considering using 3D graphics

 

Since these images look beautiful, you think that you can use it at least to attract your potential clients.

 

And you are right.

3D Rendered image
3D Rendered image

This 3D rendered image did our team did for the interior design company.

 

And in the next blog posts of this Guide, you will find how effectively use 3d graphics to solve this and other problems.

 
 

7 things you can do by using 3D graphics.

 

With 3D graphics people can solve the following problems:

 
 

1. To see how will things look which actually don’t exist, but will exist in the future.

 

Usually, in such cases, 3D graphics depict designed objects, and people use it to see and determine, how good they are designed.

 

For example, in order to know how good is a building designed, architects, real estate companies, and their clients use Architectural 3D renderings which were done according to 2d drawings and specs.

 

Below are some samples, our team did for the clients:

 Architectural 3D rendering of the hotel in Florida
Architectural 3D rendering of the hotel in Florida
 
 Architectural 3D rendering of the hotel in Kiev, Ukraine
Architectural 3D rendering of the hotel in Kiev, Ukraine

You can read more about using 3D graphics in architecture in the following articles:

 

3D graphics used in interior design too.

 

Interior designers use interior 3D renderings to show their clients to demonstrate how interiors will look according to their project.

 

Below are some samples our team did for interior designers.

Interior 3D Rendering of the billiard room
Interior 3D Rendering of the billiard room
 
Interior 3D Rendering for the bank
Interior 3D Rendering for the bank

Like architects and interior designers, real estate companies use architectural and interior renderings to show their potential clients how pre-sales(off-plan) property will look when it will be built.

 

Landscape designers use 3D renderings to show how a landscape will look according to a proposed landscape design.

 

Product designers use product 3D renderings or animations to demonstrate how a product will look in the future according to their product design.

 

Furniture designers use furniture 3D renderings to show clients how furniture will look according to their design.

 

Below are some of the samples our company did for a furniture manufacturer.

3D Rendering of the child bed
3D Rendering of the child bed
 
 
3D Rendering of the cabinet
3D Rendering of the cabinet
 
 

2. 3D graphics allow us to see things that don’t exist but existed in the past.

 

We can see such 3d graphics in historical documentary or fiction movies, reconstruction videos, or illustrations.

 

So, if you have a historical blog, you can use historical 3d illustrations in order to show you readers how things looked many years or even many centuries ago.

 

That’s why I wrote at the beginning that with 3d graphics you can make your blog more interesting for your readers.

 
 

3. With 3D graphics, you can show things which actually doesn’t exist, but exist in sci-fi.

 

Fantastic spaceships, intergalactic rockets, robots fighters. These things, of course, doesn’t actually exist. But due to 3d graphics, we can see them and believe in them 🙂

 
 

4. In these cases, products visualized on 3D renderings can look better than their photos.

  • If you don’t like undesirable effects in your photographs.

  • If you want to show existing things in an unusual environment.

  • If you want to show internal components.

  • If you want to show complex equipment and hide auxiliary details.

If one or more of the cases is yours you can find your way to use 3d renderings to represent your product.

 

5. Show how rooms arranged in relation to each other.

 

By using 3D floor plans you can show people how rooms arranged according to an architectural project, interior design. Or how rooms arranged in existing hotels, museums, trade centers, cinema, or in other institutions.

 

The following sample was taken from our 3D Floor Plan Portfolio and show us how rooms arranged on the first floor of the townhouse unit.

3D Floor Plan for a townhouse architectural project
3D Floor Plan for a townhouse architectural project
 

6. Show human or animal organs, cells, bones, etc.

 

You may need it for medical or veterinary purposes. Or to promote products, related to the medicine or veterinary, such as ad pharmacy, etc.

 
 

7. Drawing schemes and infographics.

 

Since perceiving things in 3D space is natural for people, they will better perceive infographics with 3D objects.

 

Do you need to know what means some of the terms of the 3D graphics?

 

Feel free to find easy-reading definitions in our 3D Computer Graphics Glossary.

3D Computer Graphics Glossary
 

 

 

Hope this introduction of the Client’s guide to 3D rendering was interesting.

 

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You respect deadlines. Whether you are a 3D artist, a team leader, or a client who uses 3D visualizations for your needs. You concern whether or not 3D renderings will be done in time. Let me tell you, your concerns are very reasonable, because missing deadlines may cause negative feedbacks or other reputational losses.

17 Proven Tips to Speed Up Making 3D Renderings
 
 
 
 

To grab a client’s attention businesses should use visuals signals, which in some circumstances can be very strong and positive. And today you will see 10 reasons why photorealistic 3D renderings can help your client easily understand your proposal, which means these images will help you to make money.

10 reasons why photorealistic 3D renderings can help businesses to make money
 
 
 

The bathrooms and restrooms are very important for human life since these rooms are used to make critical care about our bodies. So important are making designs and 3d renderings for such kind interiors. Are there pitfalls in such work? Yes! Let me share so that you can avoid them in your design or 3d rendering work.

You have probably read our article about the 3D VFX component of the animation pipeline. The definition of 3D VFX is a little bit different in a 3D animation studio. It basically deals with creating complex motions or elements that are too difficult or even impossible to be created in 2D, animated manually, or motion-captured; elements such as hair, fur, rigid bodies, or soft bodies.

But apart from the 3D VFX component of the production phase, there is another stage in the 3D animation pipeline which deals with elements we might be more familiar with as “Visual Effects”! These are the effects that can be more easily achieved in 2D, rather than 3D.

Let’s take a quick look at the 2D VFX component of the 3D animation pipeline’s post-production phase.

2D VFX in animation

2D VFX is part of the post-production and is tightly tied to other stages of the same phase: compositing, color correction, and final rendering; so much that the compositor and 2D visual effects artists of a project can be the same person.

2D visual effects are in fact flat simulations of events that originally occur in a three-dimensional environment. But most of the time there is no need to recreate them in 3D because they only need to move in the plane of a surface (the screen).

Why do we use 2D VFX in 3D animations?

The reason behind simulating these effects in 2D lies mostly in the fact that it takes much less time and effort to create such effects at the end of the project in a 2D application instead of 3D software.

Moreover, 2D VFX can be of great help in fixing flawed shots. The production stage crew should do their job perfectly. But sometimes fixing things via 2D VFX in post-production is a lot more cost-effective than hours of re-working and re-rendering.

The job of a post-production team in an animation studio is to take an acceptable project from the production team and make a fantastic project in post-production by adding 2D visual effects and color correction.

What are some examples of the 2D VFX used in 3D animations?

2D VFX is used to create many different types of visual effects elements. The following are some examples of 2D effects that can be applied to 3D animations in post-production:

  • Sparks: The sparks effect is designed for sudden bursts of sparks, such as when a bullet hits a metal surface.
  • Pixie Dust: Pixie dust is the kind of magical dust associated with pixies; fairy dust or any undefined means of working magic, in a fantasy world.
  • Dust: Dust is among elements that can greatly boost the atmosphere of a scene. It is a must-have 2D VFX for any post-production artist!
  • Smoke: 2D smoke is cheap, quick, and easy to apply into a 3D rendered scene. Creating the same effect in 3D is usually much more time-consuming and costly.
  • Lens flare: A lens flare is an optical phenomenon happening inside the lens system of a camera. But a lens flare effect is an easy to create VFX element that can make 3D or even 2D animations much more interesting.
  • Rain/Snow: 2D rain/snow effect is realistic enough for a wide range of applications without much trouble.
  • Background replacements: Seamless compositing needs to be able to remove or add any backgrounds.
  • Camera shake: The camera shake effect can make steady footage look handheld. This can easily be done in post-production.
  • Rotoscoping: Rotoscoping is the act of tracing an object in film or video to be able to add or remove that object.
  • Fire/water: Fire and water are among VFX elements that are difficult to simulate in 3D. But the good news is most of the time they can be created in 2D without much difficulty.

Conclusion

Computer technology has gifted the animation world with the opportunity to work both in 2D and 3D when needed. 2D computer graphics have their own limitations but it proves to be very useful in creating different types of visual effects in animation studios; especially in the post-production stage of the 3D animation pipeline.

2D VFX is relatively more economical, simpler, and faster than its 3D counterpart. Moreover, certain functions like color correction, contrast adjustment, and compositing itself are 2D in nature. These effects can be more easily achieved in 2D.

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