Digital Content Creation Articles

Here you'll find articles on a veriety of topics related to digital content creation.

Object modeling

• Using Blender With Ogre: Everything you need to start making content using Blender - an open source 3D modeller
• Tips on Exporting from 3D Studio Max: Just some info that might help when using the 3D studio max exporter.

Textures

• A Brief Summary of Image File Formats: A list of supported textures and how to create them
• Bump Mapping: Also known as normal mapping. An explanation on what it is and how to use it.
• Mipmapping: How it works.
• POVRay Skyboxes: creating skyboxes with POV-Ray (mainly space-skyboxes)
• POVRay Explosions: creating billboard textures for explosion with POV-Ray (and other plasma-like effects)

Terrain

• Terrain Howto: Methods for creating terrain.