''3D World'' was a

magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...

and website published by

Future plc Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was ...

whose main focus is 3D

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visual effects Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated as 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 fo ...

, video game design, illustration and architectural visualisation. ''3D World'' appeared every four weeks and was sold in the UK, the US, in mainland

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and many other countries. It was also sold as a digital replica for tablet computers. The magazine ceased publication after being shut down in October 2024.

Regular content

*Exhibition: gallery of digitally created images submitted by readers. *Pre-Viz: news from the

computer-generated imagery Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in Digital art, art, Publishing, printed media, Training simulation, simulators, videos and video games. These images ...

industry. *Feature: articles on a topic or project which have included areas such as

open source software Open-source software (OSS) is Software, computer software that is released under a Open-source license, license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and Software distribution, distribute the software an ...

, film special effects, starting up a visual effects studio and

machinima Machinima () is the use of Real-time computing, real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production. The word "Machinima" is a portmanteau of the words ''machine'' and ''Film, cinema''. According to Guinness World Records, ma ...

. *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
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