When a customer loads up your model for the first time, it’s frustrating for them if the first thing they see is an error message about textures. But this is exactly what they’ll see if you don’t take care in packaging your model before upload. To make sure your customers don’t see this kind of message, you’ll need to package …
TurboSquid Sighting: Robopocalypse
A model purchased on TurboSquid dominates the cover of the new science-fiction novel, Robopocalypse, published by Doubleday and scheduled for a June release. The novel by Daniel H. Wilson takes place in the not-so-distant future where robots and other machines have turned against humans in a massive, worldwide uprising. A few entertainment industry blogs and newspapers are reporting that film …
3D Modeling Standards: Scene Organization
When you’re creating a 3D model to sell at TurboSquid, you give the topology and textures a great deal of thought, making the model as clean and professional as you can. With these important things to think about, you might not be considering exactly how the customer is going to experience the model in his/her workflow. We’ve already discussed naming …
Wireframe Turntables: Do You Need Them?
Lately we’ve been kicking around modeling and presentation standards through customer and artist surveys, on our forums, in our Knowledge Base, and even internally at TurboSquid. One debate still raging is about the wireframe turntable, a 360-degree view of a 3D model in wireframe mode. You can see examples in the product previews for these 3D models. One of our …
TurboSquid Boat in Monsters
The Indie film Monsters, released in October 2010, was a triumph of a single man’s vision. The film was written, directed, and edited by Gareth Edwards, who did extensive post production on his live footage to create a post-apocalytpic world. In an interview with fxguide, Edwards talks about how he used a model from TurboSquid to create one of his …
Best Practices: Floating Signature Images
Now that we have a new off-white background on the Search page, you have an opportunity to really make your product stand out. With a Signature Image rendered against a RGB 247,247,247 background, your thumbnails will appear to “float” on the page. Of course, the floating trick works only if the image shows the entire model, and neither the model …