ESSENCE: The Face

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ESSENCE: The Face

By Peter Levius, Hong Suck Suh, Paul Fedor, Steven Stahlberg, Matt Hartle, Dr. Mark Snoswell

• Publisher:  Ballistic Media
• ISBN / ASIN:  1921002360
• Manufacturer:  h++p://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/essence/face/

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ESSENCE: The Face is the first book in the new 'Creative ESSENCE Series'. Designed for artists with a mid-to-advanced understanding of 3D character creation, the book starts with the photo shoot of model Monika and draws on the methods of six professionals to create a digital model from beginning to end.

Working as a team each artist develops a piece of the 3D character puzzle to show you how lifelike characters are created in a production environment. The Face encompasses reference photography, modeling, UV mapping, texturing and rendering to create a digital double that would be at home in a next-gen game or HD movie.

NOTES:
• It is recommended this DVD is bought inconjunction with the book 'ESSENCE: The Face'

•The shader tools are screen shaders only. There are no equivalent renderable shaders provided. As the HLSL (High Level Shader Language) does not support the ¡®Save Texture Pane to File¡¯ functions, baked textures can only be preserved by screen capture.

• These shader tools are a beta demonstration and are provided ¡°as is¡± with no guarantees.

• The book and the DVD may be shipped separately.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
We recommend a recent model graphics card with 512MB or more graphics memory

Buy the book and DVD and save $20. Purchase an extensive collection of the digital assets used in ESSENCE: The Face as your next step to creating amazing face models. Complementing the book we have developed a DVD including a comprehensive set of models, textures, photographs, software and tools that will allow you to immediately develop your skills based on the techniques outlined in the book. It is recommended ESSENCE: The Face be purchased to accompany the DVD. The DVD includes: DVD $40.00 (USD) In Stock Slip Cased Book $55.00 (USD) In Stock Book & DVD $75.00 (USD) In Stock • Monika Models in 0.5K, 2K and 9K resolutions • 2K base head meshes for Monika and a generic human • A set of nine morph targets (.obj) for varying age, sex, and ethnicity. • A file containing the Monika head model with the Poor Man's SSS skin shader network described in Paul Fedor's "Under The Skin" chapter. • Two UV maps highly optimized for the entire head offering high-quality renders for detailed texture. • Ultra-high-resolution (4K) baked textures as developed in the book. • A comprehensive set of ultra-high-resolution (4K) photographs divided into no-makeup and makeup sets as shot by 3D.SK • DirectX shader tool set as demonstrated in the book including Photo merge direct shader tools presented as a 3ds Max file for demonstration purposes and able to be configured to any 3D application supporting DirectX shaders. • Demonstration versions of: FaceGen from Singular Inversions. Shader FX from Lumonix. FX Composer from NVIDIA.

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Creative Essence: The Face Book review by Nick C. Sorbin

Are you a 3D artist with a hunger to learn from the pros? Do you have an aim for photorealism in the creation of a human 3D model? Well then, you just might want to check this out, as the fine folks at Ballistic Publishing has done it in grand fashion with an exciting new series.

Creative Essence is the new series with the aim to bring together 6 - 10 CG professionals skilled in specific areas to a common goal within each title. The first in this series is The Face, wherein you learn just how to go about bringing a 3D character to life in respect to the human face, and the subject of this review.

Though this book is not an actual step-by-step tutorial, the stages of creation are covered read.freeduan.com quite thoroughly. It is designed to show you how the work is done in a team environment, just as in games and film. This is the vision for this series and it definitely hits the mark with The Face.

Contributing Artists

The book opens with the CG reference photography shoot of the model, Monika. Peter Levius, co-founder of the human photo reference site  3D.SK, presents the details of the shoot, with all the angles needed to transfer to the CG model.

From there, Hong Suck Suh, with game and movie credits ("Van Helsing" and "The Mask 2") to his name, creates the head model from the photo reference.

Paul Fedor, credited with work in Sony PS3 Cinematics, expounds on texturing.

3D artist Steven Stahlberg presents realistic human eye modeling, including a look at the anatomy of the human eye.

Matt Hartle, with film credits ("Van Helsing" and "Scorched") to his name, brings the subject of rendering.

Sprinkled throughout the aspects of modeling, texturing and rendering, Dr. Mark Snoswell, founder of Ballistic Media and president of the CG Society, shares his expertise in these areas.

Topics Covered

Within the general areas of modeling, texturing and rendering, the following are some of the topics presented:

UV mapping
Real-time map-making
Bump-mapping
Specular highlights
Sub-surface scattering
Lighting
Simulating make-up, tissue damage and even aging

Everything is presented in-depth, with plenty of indispensible tips along the way. This book really shows how even the smallest details can make all the difference in creating a photorealistic 3D head model. For example, Hong Suck Suh shows how a 'wetness' layer on the lower part of the eye can help add to the realistic goal.

Even though this book is aimed at mid to advanced-level 3D artists, I feel that even beginners in 3D can benefit immensely by the information provided. The book itself is absolutely stunning. Illustrated in full color and beautifully packaged in a slip case, it is a complement to any library.

If you want to learn how to create photorealistic 3D, this is the series for you. Keep in mind that The Face is just the first in this series. Future titles in the Essence series are set to include:

The Face - Rigging and Animation
The Body - Modeling and Texturing
The Body - Rigging and Animation
Effects - Fur, Hair and Clothing
Creatures - Wings, Fins, Scales and Talons

Be sure to have a look at the book through the Book Previewer on the Ballistic Publishing website.

Slip Cased Book $55.00 (USD) DVD $40.00 (USD) Book & DVD $75.00 (USD)

For more information about the Essence series, as well as other publications from Ballistic, please visit their website

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About Ballistic Publishing

Ballistic Publishing is the leading, award-winning, independent publisher of books for the digital arts industry. Dedicated to producing the highest quality publications celebrating the talents of digital artists worldwide, it is setting high standards in all areas of publishing from the quality of content, design and delivery to its responsiveness to the market. Ballistic Publishing freeduan.com shares a strong affiliation with the digital arts community through its sister organization The CGSociety (The Computer Graphics Society). Ballistic Publishing is based in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, with offices in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) and Tampa (Florida, USA).

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