Cetin Tuker graduated from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara with a BA in Architecture in 1992 and completed his MA in 1996. He started working with 3D computer graphics in 1991 producing architectural visualizations and started his 3D teaching career in 1994. In 2001, after working on several multimedia and 3D animation projects, he joined the team of the AMBUSH – PUSU, the first Turkish 3D real-time action video game, and stayed with them through the project’s completion in 2004. He has since been teaching 3D animation and motion graphics in the Graphic Design Department of the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey. Cetin has a number of published articles in respected 3D magazines and his first book about “3D environment design” was published in 2006. Cetin also works as a character animator in the digital post-production field primarily for TV commercials.

Topics Covered:

UI Overview
Customization of UI
Placement
Hierarchies
Viewing and Navigating 3D Space
Creating Geometry
Scene Management
Selecting Objects
Creating Shapes
Using Modifiers
Managing Files
Animation and Time Controls

Chapters:

UI Overview
Customization of UI
Placement of Objects
Hierarchies
Viewing and Navigating 3D Space
Creating geometry
Scene Management
Selecting Objects
Creating shapes
Using modifiers
Managing files
Animation and time controls