3D

• Top Ten Tips for More Convincing Lighting and Rendering
• Dec 17, 2013

Author Jeremy Birn shares ten tips adapted from his new book Digital Lighting & Rendering, Third Edition on creating more convincing lighting and rendering.

• Lighting Environments and Architecture in Animation
• Nov 26, 2013

Direct light from the sun, soft illumination from the sky, and indirect light blend their colors and tones in subtle ways. This chapter discusses how you can use these three elements to simulate natural light outdoors and indoors, by day or by night.

• Game Mechanics: How to Design an Internal Economy for Your Game
• Aug 15, 2012

Internal economy is one kind of mechanic you might find in a game. Designing a game's economy is the core of the game designer’s trade: You craft mechanics to create a game system that is fun and challenging to interact with. Ernest Adams and Joris Dormans, authors of Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design, explain how to do it.

• Flashy Flash On the Go: Creating Animations For Cell Phones
• Jul 20, 2007

Adobe Ambassador Mike McHugh shows how to use Illustrator CS3—combined with Adobe’s Device Central CS3 and Flash CS3—to create animations that can be played on a cell phone. The best part? No ActionScript required.