3D rotation

[dwdesign]

I would like to know what program was used to create a 3d irotation like in www.jamesallen.com (http://www.jamesallen.com) and www.synapse.com (http://www.synapse.com).
Thanks in advance

[morea]

please do not post the same topic in multiple forums. Be patient, and if someone knows the answer to your question they will reply.

The duplicate threads have been deleted.

[mac.FINN]

The synapse.com site is just a bunch of photos taken from different angles and played back to back, like a flip book. Easily done in Flash.

The jamesallen movies are definately done in a 3D program, like 3D Studio Max.

[dwdesign]

Thanks, how would I ask the photographer to photograph the object?

[mac.FINN]

well... You'd want shots of the object from all angles on a continuous plane.

Basically, the photographer would set up the item so he/she could take pictures of it while moving the camera around it.

[DavidLieb]

Most of the time, it's much easier to move the object than the camera. The ring could have been done by sticking the ring on a bit of sticky clay, rotating it, moving it, and taking a picture.

[PrintDriver]

The ring has a rotating axis of orientation. It wasn't stuck in one place and shot from above. If that is computer 3D work, it's mighty good.

[ronin_wolf]

yeah, I agree PrintDriver. Either that's a video shot on one of them pano heads or CGI (most likely the latter--less cleanup in post).

[Hub]

There are some interesting articles on the subject here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/topics/3d.html

[Drazan]

I would also say 3D render of the rings. But you can "map" the ring photo to the 3D engine then make it rotate.

[Alex Traska]

i think it's a series of images of the physical ring. Whatever was used to anchor the ring in position for the photo could have been edited out (especially if it was just a wire). It lasts a couple of seconds and looks to be around 20 FPS, so thats 40 images to edit. Time consuming yes, but considerably less than modelling each ring in 3D I dare say.