3D World issue 87

Body moving'
Expert rigging tips, plus full tutorials on character skinning and using mocap data

Seven for '07
Top researchers predict the 3D technologies that will transform your workflow during 2007

Happy Feet
Dancing with penguins: the making of Animal Logic‘s first all-CG feature

Tips and tricks
Achieving a jelly-like jiggle, working with aerial perspective, leaving footprints on a surface, automating repetitive tasks and  more. Software covered in our Q&A section includes 3ds Max, Bryce, Cinema 4D, LightWave 3D, Maya, MotionBuilder, Photoshop, trueSpace, Vue Infinite and XSI

On test this issue
Optical storage including new Blu-ray drives; Vue 6 Infinite preview;  Bryce 6; TurnToolBox 3

Plus…
How Windows Vista will affect 3D artists and studios; a boutique  production system pays dividends in a beautiful Space.NK ad; how a  short about a kiwi boosted its creator‘s career

ON THE CD

Daz Anime assets
Complete B-17F Flying Fortress in Maya and 3ds Max formats from the Mesh Factory

Plus
Complete Luna skin for Poser by Aery Soul; wood textures from Arroway and over 50 surface textures from TiledTextures.com