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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, tuner, cyberpunk, porsche, porsche 959, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Jul
    2020
    24
    2020 / Jul / 24

    Lighting, color and mood.

    • posted in Uncategorized

    95% of the work we do at Externa is focused on realistically representing products. But sometimes, we need to have things get a little more moody.

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, tuner, volvo, volvo 240, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Jul
    2020
    24
    2020 / Jul / 24

    I love, love, love cars.

    • posted in Experimenting, Rendering

    I really, really love cars. I see them as an art form, not just a product.

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, medical animation, medical, anatomical, anatomy, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    May
    2020
    19
    2020 / May / 19

    No Product on hand? No problem.

    • posted in Rendering

    What happens if you have a scheduled product launch and you can’t get product photography?  Well, that’s easy. CGI.  The why and the how are a little bit more involved.

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, medical animation, medical, anatomical, anatomy, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Apr
    2020
    08
    2020 / Apr / 08

    They cancelled all our trade shows. Ok, so what now?

    • posted in Animation, Experimenting, Interactive, Rendering, Virtual Reality

    Everything is upside down, our home and work lives have been tossed in a a blender. So what now?

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, motorcycle, helmet, cafe racer, bobber, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Apr
    2020
    08
    2020 / Apr / 08

    Helmets in Motion

    • posted in Animation, Experimenting, Rendering

    And of course, anything that we can render as a still image we can animate as well!

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, motorcycle, helmet, cafe racer, bobber, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Nov
    2019
    20
    2019 / Nov / 20

    Making Multiples a Snap!

    • posted in Experimenting, Rendering

    One of the biggest advantages of CG imaging is the ability to quickly, and inexpensively, create multiple variants. Let’s say you have a product, and that product comes in fifteen different finishes. Or maybe that product comes in 115 different finishes. Capturing those finishes can start to get expensive, especially with traditional photography.

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, motorcycle, helmet, cafe racer, bobber, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Nov
    2019
    05
    2019 / Nov / 05

    Making Products Dance!

    • posted in Animation, Experimenting, Rendering

    Sometimes the products are simple. How can you infuse life and excitement into an every day object? That is exactly the question we asked ourselves with this quick little animation of the humble whisk!

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, medical animation, medical, anatomical, anatomy, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Oct
    2019
    03
    2019 / Oct / 03

    Animating a JDM Legend

    • posted in Animation, Experimenting

    At Externa, we have lots of passions. One which can be attributed to our Creative Director, is that of 70’s and 80’s classic Japanese sports cars.

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, medical animation, medical, anatomical, anatomy, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Oct
    2019
    03
    2019 / Oct / 03

    The Power (and Importance!) of Compositing and Post-Production

    • posted in Uncategorized

    Linking CGI with traditional photography can provide great benefits, all by spending a little extra time in Photoshop. Very rarely does an image render out and not need any retouching at all!

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  • 3d Rendering, Render, Animation, medical animation, medical, anatomical, anatomy, visualization, automotive animation, automotive visualization, industrial animation, industrial visualization,VR, virtual reality, product rendering, CGI, design, michigan, west michigan, grand rapids
    Jul
    2019
    15
    2019 / Jul / 15

    Flex’n with Robots

    • posted in Uncategorized

    We spent a little free time making a really cool industrial robot animation. Check it out!

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