Author Archives: John Webb

How did they animate Buckingham Palace?

See our Links page’s Examples section for links to Treatment Studio and D3 Technologies: ” … Treatment organised a highly accurate 3d laser scan of the front of the palace, which mapping technician Nils Pormann then used to make a 3d … Continue reading

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Taster sessions c/o North Hertfordshire College

The Launch event on Saturday 9 June 2012 went well with 15 attendees including adults and some children at the taster sessions. Here’s a big THANK YOU to our sponsors North Hertfordshire College for hosting the event with excellent facilities (including … Continue reading

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Awards event in November 2012

This Competition spans the 5 months between two local festivals: Letchworth Festival 2012 in June and the Letchworth Arts Centre’s Festival in November. Our final activity as a project is planned to show off the winning entries and sponsor’s exhibits on … Continue reading

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Golden rules of 3D digital modelling

Some advice to 3D modelling beginners from Peter McMullan at Northern Regional Colleges, Northern Ireland: “… I have pasted below a link to my YouTube channel, there you can find a little of my 3D work going back over the … Continue reading

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A message from Apple

We’ve just had a courteous refusal from Marketing Communications at Apple Europe Ltd. It ends with “… we would like to thank you for considering Apple, and wish you great success. // Best of luck with all your endeavours, …”. … Continue reading

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BBC TV Countryfile in Northern Ireland

BBC TV’s Countryfile programme on 3rd June 2012 showed vibrant ‘fly-through’ views of archaeological reconstruction c/o the Northern Regional College: “NRC Media Students are Front of Camera with Countryfile” “While filming National Trust owned Downhill House and Mussenden Temple the  … Continue reading

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‘Disclaimers’ page updated

We have added some ‘small print’ about references to third party web sites and services. Thanks to the LGCS’s webmaster for the source text.

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Judging and awards

Here are notes on the process for submitting entries and deciding which will be awarded a prize. The competition’s rules are those of the Letchworth Festival plus some specific ones for this 3D competition. Entrants will submit 3D models for the competition … Continue reading

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Sponsors come forward

Both the Letchworth Garden City Society and Transition Town Letchworth have generously agreed to sponsor a cash prize for an appropriate award each. These community groups operate on small budgets with no regular income from public sources, using entirely voluntary … Continue reading

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Poster and flyer for the Competition

We need to use “crowd sourcing” to get lots of people involved. Here is a poster (A4 sized) and a flyer (A5 x 4 on an A4 sheet) @ 3MB each. Please use them to publicise the Competition. In electronic format (PDF), … Continue reading

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