Feb 7, 2021 | CG, Elements, Free Stuff, Models, Objects, VFX
I have inserted CG pallets, not to be confused with palettes, into a number of shots. When a piece of exercise equipment I bought online was delivered on a pallet I thought that might be a good object to photoscan. The actual photogrammetry process was more work than...
Jan 31, 2021 | Elements, Free Stuff, VFX
I realize I’ve made a lot of “it’s that time of year” jokes lately. I’ll stop. Just go ahead and grab these three new snow elements and enjoy! Download three snow elements. These are all 6k H.264s at a bit-rate of 250 mbps. So there...
Jan 24, 2021 | Elements, Free Stuff, VFX
It’s that time of year again, in the northern hemisphere, to shoot snow plates! It has been a pretty good winter for capturing snow elements too. I’ve also stopped hesitating about whether or not the snow and lighting conditions look good enough to...
Jan 17, 2021 | CG, Free Stuff, HDRI, VFX
Download an HDRI pano single for free. This image was captured with about 33 stops of latitude. I like to capture these HDRIs at different times of year. The quality of light feels different if the captures are even a few weeks apart. This capture from this autumn is...
Jan 10, 2021 | CG, Elements, Free Stuff, Models, Objects, VFX
I probably looked like a crazy person when I found this concrete chunk in the street. There I was dressed from just meeting with a client, hauling a 55ish lbs. (about 25kg) chunk of what is essentially construction trash down a busy downtown street. How often do you...
Jan 3, 2021 | CG, Elements, Free Stuff, Models, Objects, VFX
I like how these photo scans of firewood come out. They are so detailed and complex that I would be difficult to simulate the complexity that occurs naturally in these scans. It could be done but it would be time consuming. These are also easy to photo scan. There is...
