''3D World'' is a
magazine and website published by
Future plc
Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...
whose main focus is
3D animation,
visual effects
Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of
a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.
The integration of live-action footage and other live-action foota ...
, videogame design, illustration and architectural visualisation. ''3D World'' appears every four weeks and is sold in the
UK, the
US, in mainland
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
,
Australia,
New Zealand
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,
South Africa
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and many other countries.
It is also sold as a digital replica for tablet computers.
Regular content
*Exhibition: gallery of digitally created images submitted by readers.
*Pre-Viz: news from the
computer-generated imagery industry.
*Feature: articles on a topic or project which have included areas such as
open source software
Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open ...
, film special effects, starting up a visual effects studio and
machinima.
*Tutorials: software tutorials for various 2D, 3D and compositing packages.
*Q&A: includes "Question of the Month" and "Quick Question" where a team of industry specialists answer readers' questions on techniques to use in several software packages.
*Reviews: reviews on training materials, hardware and software.
References
External links
''3D World'' website
2000 establishments in the United Kingdom
Computer magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines established in 2000
Mass media in Bath, Somerset
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