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3DLondon Presentation

by Karen Gazzard | March 9, 2023 | News | 0 Comments

3D London Meetup It was an honour to be invited to present at last month's 3DLondon meetup. I was asked to share specifically some of my landscape work, and it was a pleasure to present to such a great crowd of people. Also great to meet some students from Solent...

Making Of : Biodiverse Habitat, a landscape visualisation

by Karen Gazzard | September 20, 2022 | Tips & Tricks, Tutorials | 0 Comments

I have had some interest in my recent project; a landscape visualisation of a biodiverse habitat. In this blog, I will go through the process of how I made it and the tools I used to create it. I hope you enjoy! I have made a quick overview of the steps I took below,...

Webm converter

by Karen Gazzard | August 13, 2022 | Links & Resources | 0 Comments

A super quick note here, I have been exporting some videos from after effects recently, and discovered that Adobe doesn't naturally provide webm support. So I found this very handy script, provided by the excellent fnord - it intsalls it for Premiere but also into...

WFH: Tools to Help with Remote Working & Freelancing

by Karen Gazzard | March 27, 2020 | Links & Resources | 0 Comments

I have been working as a remote #freelance resource in the Architectural Visualisation industry for several years now, and thought it might be helpful given the current state of affairs with COVID-19 keeping everyone at home to share some of the tools I use. I also...

3ds max Ortho Snap

by Karen Gazzard | February 7, 2017 | Tips & Tricks | 0 Comments

While drawing a line in 3ds max, do you ever wish you could snap to a specific angle, like 45°? I have wished that for many years. I know there are scripts (like miauu's polyline pro) but why no 3ds max native tools? Ahem, well actually there is - I just found it. You...

Sini Software

by Karen Gazzard | February 3, 2017 | Reviews | 0 Comments

Could this be the next greatest thing since sliced bread?? For several months now, I have been using Sini Software tools and integrating the offerings into my workflow. I thought it was time I wrote a post about it, as some of the features I use every single day, and...

3ds max infinity plane

by Karen Gazzard | February 3, 2017 | Tips & Tricks | 4 Comments

Every now and then, I stumble across a feature in 3ds max that I've never seen before, or known how to use. Today, I found one of them and I can't wait to share it! I have been using Corona for a while now, and one of the features I wished it had was an 'infinite'...

Tribu outdoor / lifestyle furniture

by Karen Gazzard | February 3, 2017 | Links & Resources | 0 Comments

While working on a project recently where I was populating some poolside images and indoor/outdoor lifestyle scenes, I was introduced to this website by a fellow freelancer - it is a great resource for some lovely furniture, they just need a bit of work on texturing...

No Emotion HDR’s

by Karen Gazzard | August 12, 2016 | Links & Resources | 0 Comments

http://noemotionhdrs.net/index.html This website is a fantastic resource for free HDRI's - I have used some on my projects and they are high resolution and great quality. A good range of interior & exterior and some amazing skies. Not only that, but there is a...