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Sunday, January 31, 2010

In House Custom 3D Models vs. 3D Modeling Services

By Jamie Lopes

Custom 3d models are in most cases not easy to make when you don't possess the 3d skills and experience. You also have to be familiar with the required tools, including many 3d software programs and plugins and keep up with the trends in the 3d industry.

To make any changes or customize an existing 3d model effectively, you need to know what you are doing and have done it before at least a couple of times. Therefore, you need to have experience using the tools and plugins for 3d modeling and rendering.

Also, another skill that is required is the rendering of the 3d model. The 3d model by itself will not achieve much. It needs further manipulation and depending on the kind of display or presentation needed, the software or 3d interface can be adjusted to different viewpoints, including appropriate camera angles. Then these settings are exported into stills or renders or used in video.

These 3d models initially look like meshes comprised on points and lines. The more detailed the denser the wireframe. They are then rendered via specific software and plugins and into 3d software file formats that can be used by graphic artists for a variety of projects including avatars and environments for real life worlds, in the health care fields, including models of internal organs, simulations, and of course print materials, tutorials, games engines, etc.

Generally those who enjoy artistic skills who enjoy a challenge stand a better chance at making professional 3D models. However, when used in business applications, advertising, or for the artist who favors to target the art not the software then making their own isn't usually the finest choice.

For any 3d project, the budget available as well as time available can play a big part on the end results, whether it is a still render for print materials or a full scene for a 3d movie. This influences whether your in-house artists will cut down time and costs by using 3d modeling services or if they will produce everything on their own.

There are additional considerations to take into account if your in-house artists make your own 3d models. The most important is that high quality 3D models are seldom produced rapidly. The second consideration is that 3d modeling services will generally offer quicker delivery time for custom 3d models because they have experienced 3d modelers and rendering artists that focus on just customizing models.

Then it becomes a matter of how much time and effort you are investing. It is often the cost and the time lost during the creation of your 3d project. This is ultimately the final analysis that you should consider when looking to get 3d modeling services. It is important to consider as well that maybe your team may not have the inclination to even start learning to make 3d models, much less customizing them.

Using 3D modeling services is common for ad agencies, medical professionals, video makers and architects due to their ability to cut down their costs and getting the custom 3d models done fast. Creating 3d models is normally just too slow and occasionally too dear compared to the cost of just getting custom 3d models.

If you need to get familiar with new 3d program, choose based on its simplicity of use, cost, features, plugins, etc. There is some open source software available if you don't have money to spend on 3d software and plugins but remember that they lack some of the knobs and bells of the more expensive professional software, and professional results will be more difficult to produce.

Ultimately, when custom 3d models are acquired from 3d modeling services they have higher quality, are far more detailed, take less time and are cheaper. When looking to get these results for your 3d project, be sure to discuss with them before you begin, the process, timeline, file formats, level of detail, and any changes that you need.

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