Business of 3D

9 Fulfilling Ways to Make Money as a 3D Artist

CG Director Author Alex  by Alex  ⋮   ⋮   20 comments
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How do you want to make money as a 3D Artist? Shouldn’t we all be able to create what we can do best, are passionate about and especially what fulfills us and gives us purpose in life?

I used to have so much fun creating my own 3D projects in school or at home. Now that I am employed, it just seems like I have to adjust my work to where the money lies.

Do you adjust to the industry, look for jobs and create whatever a client wishes and wants to spend money for?

Shouldn’t it be the other way around, that you create what you are passionate about and the right customers will come to you?

Creative Jobs, especially in the 3D industry, that let you create entire worlds and stories digitally, sound like jobs that should fulfill you to the core!

3D shouldn’t be just for paying the bills.

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Benchmarks  ⋮  Hardware

Best CPU For Rendering (Updated)

CG Director Author Alex  by Alex  ⋮   ⋮   152 comments
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Have you ever wondered what Processor (CPU) is best for rendering?

Finding the best CPU For Rendering, that is also as cheap as possible, is something you will want to do before building a new Computer for 3D Rendering, Workstation for After Effects, a dedicated Rendernode, a Renderfarm or even a Laptop for Animation.

3ds max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Blender and many other 3D Software packages have in-built and 3rd-party CPU Render Engines that all rely on maximum CPU multi Core Performance.

Since there are so many different CPU types with different clock-speeds, core-counts, hyperthreading and brand, it can be difficult to select the right platform to go with.

AMD Ryzen, Threadripper, Intel i5, i7, i9, XEON, Pentium, some with lots of Cores and others with high Core-Clocks.

In the end it all comes down to raw CPU Rendering performance, that I will be measuring with Cinebench R15, the currently leading Benchmarking Software for CPU Rendering Performance.

Of course there are lots of lists online to check cinebench points, but what is most important is how well the Performance / Dollar ($) ratio is.

This is why I have created a Performance/Dollar ($) Table for you to sort to your liking.

This will show you the best Rendering CPU for the Money:Continue Reading

3D Techniques  ⋮  After Effects

How to use the After Effects Wiggle Expression

CG Director Author Alex  by Alex  ⋮   ⋮   5 comments
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The Wiggle Expression in After Effects (or ae wiggle for short) is a great way to make objects move randomly, have some sort of idle Movement in character joints, animate a random camera shake, create wobbly text or animate a blinking/flickering light.

Although it is somewhat common knowledge what Wiggle does, I often times find myself sitting in front of my state-of-the-art After Effects Workstation realizing, that I have once again forgotten how the correct wiggle Expression syntax is and what parts of the Wiggle Expression does what.

So here are some basic and advanced wiggle() Expression snippets for you to copy and paste into your After Effects projects and adjust to your liking:
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After Effects  ⋮  Computer Builds  ⋮  Hardware

Best Workstation Computer For After Effects (Updated)

CG Director Author Alex  by Alex  ⋮   ⋮   46 comments
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There are quite some factors to consider when building a new PC that is mainly targeted at After Effects use.

This article is about building the best bang-for-the-buck Adobe After Effects PC/Workstation Computer and what Hardware parts are the best picks for your intended use:Continue Reading

3D Techniques  ⋮  Hardware

Best Hardware for GPU Rendering in Octane – Redshift – Vray (Updated)

CG Director Author Alex  by Alex  ⋮   ⋮   129 comments
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Graphics Card (GPU) based render engines such as Redhift3D, Octane or VRAY-RT have matured quite a bit over the last years and are starting to overtake CPU-based Render-Engines.

But what hardware gives the best-bang-for-the-buck and what do you have to keep in mind when building your GPU-Workstation compared to a CPU Rendering Workstation? Building a 3D Modeling and CPU Rendering Workstation can be somewhat straightforward, but highly optimizing for GPU Rendering is a whole other story.

So what is the best Hardware and best GPU for rendering with Octane, Redhsift3D or VRAY-RT, that also is affordable? Let’s take a look:Continue Reading

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