Some Cool 3D History for a Friday

[Between the Lines]

I stumbled across a good website (http://www.asterius.com/atari/history1) that had some 3D Studio history and also had a name I recognized Tom Hudson. Tom was involved early with the team led by Gary Yost that eventually developed 3D Studio.


http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/WindowsLiveWriter/SomeCool3DHistory_F9D6/rendering.degasbee4.jpg (http://www.asterius.com/atari/history3)
Sample Degas painting by Tom Hudson circa 1985 http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/WindowsLiveWriter/SomeCool3DHistory_F9D6/KlankyS50031.jpg (http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/WindowsLiveWriter/SomeCool3DHistory_F9D6/KlankyS500311.jpg)
Klanky the Robot from 3ds Max 9 by Tom Hudson circa 2006 http://klanky.com/
It surely shows how far things have come!
On a related note I have been addicted to Animusic which was created using 3ds Max (http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax). This animated segment is amazing when you consider all of the modeling, texturing, timing, lighting, and more. WOW!
Animusic Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gpJ1hVoJqU
Animusic Video 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z0I6ivSyz8
Animusic info from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animusic

Cheers
Shaan (started with 3D Studio r4 DOS ...shaper, lofter etc)


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