Wednesday 5th March

3ds Max London User Group
From 7pm
Truckles of Pied Bull Yard

image: Marcelo Souza kumodot.com

Last month's event at the new venue went well (Nikos Nikolopoulos took some great photos) so we're back at Truckles this month, with more international speakers!

John O'Connell is a Dublin based freelancer, he's going to talk about three projects he's been involved in recently- a digital prosthetics shot from BBC's Ripper Street, a run through of the process of creating oceans and ships in Sky1's Moonfleet and a look at the digital vehicles in Ruairí Robinson's Last Days On Mars. John's a bit of a V-Ray legend on the Chaos Group forums, but he's also going to touch on Naiad, Rayfire and Krakatoa in his presentation.

Adam Hotovy is flying in from the Czech Republic to show the group the latest build of Corona Renderer. There's some great looking imagery being made with Corona at the moment- Adam will be talking about Alpha V6 and giving us an overview of future development (He's also giving 3dsLondoners special access to builds and demo scenes).
 

Bring along some of your work to share! I'm looking for speakers for April onwards too, if you're interested get in touch. Check out www.3dslondon.co.uk, join the LinkedIn group, subscribe to the mailing list or follow @3dslondon to keep updated.

Sorry for the slightly late notice this month, regards, Simon

Vyonyx, Cityscape Digital and Maxwell Render at 3dsLondon Wed 5th Feb- NEW VENUE!

Happy New Year! This Wednesday 5th February from 7pm we kick off the first 3dsLondon of 2014 in great style.

First thing to note is a new venue, Truckles of Pied Bull Yard, just around the corner from The Plough (which everyone has been telling me is too small for some time now). It's got a large private space downstairs with a staffed bar and a great space to hang out outdoors (later in the year perhaps).

Our first presenters are Vyonyx. It's always a pleasure to see what Nikolay and his colleagues have been up to! They're also going to talk about their Gobotree project, which looks like a great resource.

Nikos Nikolopoulos is the CGI Director at Cityscape Digital. Nikos is going to present some of their slick-looking projects, rendered with Maxwell.

Finally, the team from Maxwell Render are flying over from Madrid to make a presentation this evening. Juan Cañada, the head of Maxwell Render technology, will be taking us through the new features and highlights of V3 and answering any questions you might have.

Come along and catch up with everyone after the Winter break! I'm especially keen to see what everyone thinks of the new venue so I'd like a great turnout. Bring along some work too!

Check out www.3dslondon.co.uk, join the LinkedIn Group, subscribe to the Mailing List or follow @3dslondon to keep updated. Kind regards, Simon

Factory Fifteen host 3ds London

7pm, Wed 4th Dec

Studio 4a, 246 Stockwell Road, SW9 9SP

(Head right along Brixton Road from the Tube or Train Station. The studio is in a building opposite the O2 Academy on Stockwell Road- there will be directions on the door)
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This Wednesday 4th December 3ds London heads a few stops down the Victoria Line to Factory Fifteen's studio in Brixton. Paul, Jonathan, Kibwe and their team have kindly invited everyone to check out some of their recent projects including the Dazed Digital featured studio project ‘Chupan Chupai’, D&AD ident ‘I wish I’d done that’, a secret sci-fi project called Xavier and Factory fav ‘Jonah’. The team first presented their work at 3ds London a few years ago and never fail to impress so it'll be great to visit their studio- Ping Pong Pros especially welcome.

Bring along some work to share please! I hope most of you will make it, remember the next event after this will be on Wednesday 5th February 2014. 3ds London has been traveling around a lot towards the end of this year but I think it's been a success, next year we'll be back at The Plough or somewhere very close by, stay tuned.

Follow @3dslondon, check out www.3dslondon.co.uk or the LinkedIn group to stay up to date. Kind regards, Simon

V-Ray, Hayes Davidson and Henry Goss at 3ds London

Wednesday 6^th November from 6:30pm

Hayes Davidson

Studio A

21 Conduit Place

London W2 1HS

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We have a great 3ds London planned for November. Hayes Davidson have kindly invited us to their fantastic studio again this year, doors open at 6:30pm. We’ll start the evening at 7pm sharp with introductions and a chance for the group to share their work - you’re going to bring something along,right?

Hayes Davidson are making the first presentation. The team will be showcasing work from the past year, expect their usual highly polished imagery of the latest and greatest projects in the news!

Then we have a making of the fantastic renders for Staithe End, a forthcoming house in Christchurch, England, designed by London-based Henry Goss Architects. Henry is going to explain his workflow and how he managed to master Sketchup, Max, Multiscatter, Forest Pack, Texture Warp, Peter Guthrie HDRI's, Arroway, V-Ray 2.0, Photoshop and Lightroom, on top of designing the project!

I’m happy to tell you Chaos Group are flying over again to tell us all about the upcoming V-Ray 3.0. Progressive production rendering, V-Ray’s new shading capabilities and a brand new user interface with quick settings and presets are just a few of the new features and updates that V-Ray Master Trainer Konstantin Gaytandzhiev will demonstrate. Chaos Group’s VP of Business Development, Lon Grohs will be also on hand for an evening of knowledge-sharing and networking.

We’ll wrap the evening up with a chance to use HD’s studio screens to display work, with doors closing at 9:30pm. Then it’s a stone’s throw away to the Sawyers Arms!

We’ve had a run of brilliant evenings, but remember I’m always looking for presentations. The next slots are likely to be February 2014, so you’ve got months to prepare! Get in contact. Details at www.3dslondon.co.uk and follow @3dslondon on Twitter. See you there, regards, Simon

Analog @ 3ds London tonight

Honda "Hands" with Analog

Mike Merron is the Director of Analog, an independent creative Visual Effects Studio based producing visual effects for commercials, film, music videos and web content.

In this session, presented in conjunction with the 3ds Max London User Group, Mike will be talking about Analog's VFX work on the stunning Honda Hands advert which shows the automotive brand’s best-known inventions.

This month's presentation is at HP's pop up from 7pm:

 Zed The Vinyl Factory
16-18 Marshall Street
W1F 7BE
London

Sorry if this is the first you've heard of it, the event registration was sent to 3ds London members on the email list first, and quickly filled up (note registration is not normally required for the events).

HOWEVER, whilst I can't guarantee it, I don't think you'll be turned away if you turn up! Regards, Simon

Railclone2 Wednesday 4th September

For 7pm
Upstairs at The Plough, 27 Museum Street, WC1A
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Hi everyone,

This Wednesday we have a presentation from Itoo about the recently released Railclone2. Paul Roberts presented at the beginning of the year and he was very good, so I'm sure this one will be too:

RailClone2 introduces an innovative approach to parametric modelling. Custom meshes, defined by the user, are arrayed along splines according to a set of construction rules to create sophisticated procedural objects. This new concept allows you to build complex, realistic and interactive structures for Architectural Visualization, Civil Engineering, Industrial and Interior Design. Use the comprehensive library, or create your own rules in the new graphical Style Editor with a familiar workflow that is easy to learn, and fast to use. Create a whole building facade, fill a stadium with seating, or build bridges and much more with only a few clicks.
This presentation will explain how RailClone’s artist-friendly approach to parametric modelling can help you to model sophisticated procedural objects - fast!  Starting with a look at the principles of modelling with RaiClone and the comprehensive library, we’ll move on to explore the benefits and techniques of RailClone’s node-based rulesets, which allow assets to be easily modified, adapted and reused. We then look at the different ways segments can be randomised, combined and deformed to create geometry that would be considerably more time-consuming using other techniques. Find out more about RailClone and download the free Lite version from www.itoosoft.com.

Good News- We have a new projector, courtesy of Jamie, so if you would like to bring some work along (please do) we will now be able to show it!

Details at www.3dslondon.blogspot.co.uk and follow @3dslondon on Twitter. See you there, regards, Simon

Jamie Gwilliam @ 3dsLondon Wed 7th August

Wednesday 7th August
For 7pm
Upstairs at The Plough, 27 Museum Street, WC1A

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Hi everyone,
Are you around this Wednesday for a catch up? Occasionally I don't manage to organise a full presentation in time for the evening, this being one. So if you want to be a hero this is a great opportunity to bring a project along to show everyone!

However, there's a great reason to come along this month- Jamie Gwilliam will be there and is keen to talk to the group. You may have read some discouraging rumours about 3ds Max recently. Jamie is a long time 3ds Max user and recently became the Territory Manager for the UK and Ireland (Jamie is also a long time supporter of the group, this year he organised the Q&A with Frank Delise and last month's presentation by Alex). This is a great chance to have an informal chat with him about any concerns or questions you may have. If you can't make it, you can always reach him by email or follow him on twitter.


Of course, all the usual networking, quite a few people / companies looking for people this month if the 3dslondon at gmail dot com Inbox is anything to go by. Apologies if I haven't replied recently, had a lot on!
Details at www.3dslondon.blogspot.co.uk and follow @3dslondon on Twitter.

See you there, regards, Simon