CGI Print and Photography

Meet the CGI, Print and Photography artists who use modo

Luxology is a leader in bridging the worlds of photography and CG. All over the world. photographers, digital retouchers and CG artists are using modo to produce advertising and marketing images of uncompromising quality. More than just a rendering engine, modo is a complete creative environment that can deliver on almost creative concept. Most importantly, modo is the tool that artists want to use, because the software delivers rich visual feedback throughout the entire process. And with innovative add-ons like our Studio Lighting and Splash Kits, modo is the tool of choice for leading imaging firms like Giannini Creative, Alter and Gelmi Estudio de Arte.

Smoke and Mirrors

In this interview on location in London, Clive Biley, Creative Director of Smoke and Mirrors, explains why modo is used so extensively in this world-renowned production company. Clive notes that modo can actually render out 12k CGI print and visualisation images in front of the client, and, he says “we’ve never had a software package that allowed us to do that...”

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Rodrigo Gelmi

Based in São Paulo, Brasil, Rodrigo Gelmi – known simply as Gelmi on the modo Forum – is one of the most prolific producers of high-quality images in the entire modo community. His work is also incredibly varied, ranging from natural landscapes, animals, birds and mechanical objects. We were pleased to learn more about this amazing artist and his company Gelmi Estudio de Arte.

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Barry Croucher

Barry Croucher is a 3D artist specialising in wildlife and environmental illustration. Originally working in watercolour, he now works entirely digitally and mostly in 3D. He lives near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England. In this interview Barry discusses using modo to create images of marine life, sharks in particular, for a sophisticated book commissioned by Weldon Owen Australia.

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McKay Hawkes

McKay Hawkes is a digital effects artist and experienced photo retoucher. In this interview, McKay explains how he was able to create photorealistic advertising graphics for Kensington’s line of computer input devices using the original CAD engineering data.

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Khalid Al Muharraqi

Khalid Al Muharraqi is the principal of a 3D visualization studio based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. His first experience using modo was to build the base models for an image that got huge props when it was posted on our Forum. In this interview, Khalid generously shares his experience with modo and other 3D software products and tells us about his company and current projects.

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Martin Duerr

Martin is a modo expert and builds upon over two decades of experience in 3D modeling in print advertising, TV broadcast, and computer gaming. His client list includes BMW, Daimler, Honda, Toyota, ZUXXEZ, SAT1, and Siemens. We caught up with Martin in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Wes McDermott

Wes McDermott studied photography but was soon “hooked” by the flexibility and power of working in 3D. Initially working for a video production company and then freelancing, Wes has taken a new role that gives him access to some pretty incredible hardware – the entire UPS fleet of aircraft – to incorporate into his visual productions.

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Digital Fusion

We recently caught up with Tim Wilcox and Hugh Milstein to explore some projects at Digital Fusion that blend CGI with traditional photography / re-touching. Based in Culver City, California, Digital Fusion (DF) is situated within the heart of the production community. They are a full service digital photographic services company. Tim Wilcox is the Creative Director of CGI and Hugh Milstein is the owner.

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Studio Environment Set 2 from 9b studios

SES 2 is a collection of high dynamic range spherically mapped images for interior lighting of product shots, industrial design presentations, engineering visualization and packaging designs. Designed for people who want professional studio lighting results, SES 2 includes 50 new environments that are different from SES 1. For users of modo, Bentley Systems MicroStation and SolidWorks 2011 / 2012.

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HDRE Moofe Kit

HDRE Moofe Kit is a diverse collection of high-dynamic range panoramas and render-ready background plates that provides modo users with an easy way to place models into a variety of settings for utterly convincing renderings. The original photography is from Moofe Ltd., a company that specializes in pre-shot “virtual locations” for CGI work.

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Splash Kit

The Splash Kit for modo consists of meshes, materials, environments and assemblies – along with informative tutorials about their use for creating images with realistic splashes, drops and puddles. You have total control over shapes, color, lighting and camera position to create one-of-a-kind (and royalty-free) liquid imagery.

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January 2011

Animation World Network

modo 501 review by Warner McGee

“How do you improve, inspire or innovate upon a tested and proven product? If you’re Luxology, you continually ask the question, ‘Can we do better?’ With the release of modo 501, Luxology has answered that question again with a resounding, “You betcha!” It seems like everything has been touched and tweaked, some things more than others. From the improved and expanded online help materials, 64-bit Mac version, to the greased lighting Preview and Rendering abilities, Luxology takes a huge leap forward with the release of modo 501.”

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