Daz Productions Keeps on Giving

Daz Productions, developers of 3D software and models, are giving back this holiday season with Mr. Finnegan's Giving Chest, a wonderful Christmas book illustrated in 3D, featuring Dick Van Dyke as Mr. Finnegan.

"One of my favorite hobbies is creating computer-generated art and imagery," says Van Dyke. "I'm a big fan of Daz Productions and was amazed with the illustrations they were able to create with Daz Studio.

The book, written by Daz President Dan Farr, utilizes Daz Studio (available as a free download from the Daz web site) and content from the company's online store to illustrate the tale. The initial composites were imported into Daz Studio where lighting, cameras, poses and other elements in the scenes were refined. Daz collaborated with NVIDA to use OpenGL to interact with large scenes in real time, and quickly produce test renders. Final renders were created with 3Delight, Daz's software rendering option.

See more illustrations from Mr. Finnegan's Giving Chest visit www.givingchest.com, or download a free copy of Daz Studio at www.daz3d.com.

source: cg world