New to Objectstop – The Artlantis Attitude!

We are very excited to annouce the arrival of Dwight Atkinson’s latest book to our catalogue:

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The Artlantis Attitude: Getting the Attitude and Using It. The screen companion for Artlantis productivity and artistry

Nine months in the making, The Artlantis Attitude is Dwight Atkinson’s third technology illustration book.
Commissioned by Abvent, it builds on the basic Artlantis tutorials and Help files by promoting an attitude of efficiency.

The Artlantis Attitude screen companion projects the user into the Artlantis performance stratosphere by dissecting projects ranging from modest interiors to office towers. This is not a ‘missing manual’. This is a guide to artistic and productive success.

Some things you’ll find in the companion:

Standard Controls:
– Navigating and Viewpoints. cutaways. Orthographics.
orthographics,
– Understanding Lighting Issues.
– Heliodon Control: Night, Moonlight and dawn renderings. Atmospheric effects.
– Manipulating Shaders.
– Fresnel Glazing and Fresnel Water used in context
– Object making,
– Animation strategies.

Specialized solutions:
– Chrome fixtures.
– A sweating glass of beer.
– A glowing candle arrangement.
– Google Earth mapping.
– Ripples in pools.

The companion focuses on numerous real scenes that are dissected for materials and lighting solutions:
– “Quick Fix” solutions for conventional situations.
– Night rendering
– Context Insertion – Alignment and matching scene photography.
– Other camera alignment techniques.
– Theatric and poster rendering.

Serious dedication to Image editing outside of Artlantis is essential for superior imagery:
– creating ‘the whiteness.’ [beguiling magic glow - interior and exterior]
– controlling material appearance
– adaptable Post-Processing.

Bonus materials:
– Postcards,
– an animation video tutorial,
– some useful atl files.

ABOUT DWIGHT ATKINSON:

Dwight Atkinson is curious.
Using Artlantis since 1997, He has learned more things about computer illustration
An architect and public artist, he excels in computer illustration because his work is on the edge of design.
He keeps trying to make Artlantis do better things.

227 page full color screen companion. A non-printing PDF personalized file downloaded directly

TESTIMONIALS:

Here are testimonials from my “readers”

Karl Ottenstein, Archicad Expert, Montana:

“In his third book on architectural illustration, Dwight Atkinson entertains the reader with practical answers to all of the “How do I…?” questions that an Artlantis user might have. As in his earlier books and many other writings and lectures, Dwight teaches in tandem concepts of composition, lighting color, appropriate entourage and more as he introduces techniques for getting the best results from Artlantis for telling the story that the result is intended to convey…and ultimately, as he puts it, getting the client to say “Yes!”.  Lavishly illustrated, and dense with tips and techniques, the book can be read as a whole, or the reader can jump to the particular chapter that answers an immediate need.  As it is not tied to any particular modeling software, the book is a must-have for any Artlantis user.”

Erika Epstein, Architect and Archicad Expert, Los Angeles:

“Previewing Dwight’s latest book on rendering, The Artlantis Attitude, he has once again brought light and discipline to the complex art of rendering. Dwight starts with basic rendering strategies and Artlantis concepts. He then takes you through myriad case studies precisely explaning how to create that successful rendering which  ‘tells the story’.  Dwight’s scientific approach breaks each case study into simple clear and precise steps accompanied by sample renders and screenshots of the settings boxes. Throughout, he blends clear and precise prose with his trademark humour. This book should come with every Artlantis.”

Thomas Holm, Architect and all around swell guy, Sweden:

“I’m an architect. I bought Artlantis to give my clients good project illustrations, efficiently, without spending too much time. But the help files are too sparse, and there is no manual. I know it’s possible, but I struggle to get results like I see in the demos.
Then along comes Dwight Atkinson. Like he did with “Lightworks in Archicad”, he takes the mystery out of Artlantis. In this easy to follow, practical but thorough book he shows how to make the most of the program, and then some (using the photo editor).
Suddenly I know, without long hours of experimenting, how to handle lighting in difficult situations, how to match to impossible background photos etc etc. My pictures come alive! This book is a must-have for any Artlantis user that’s in a hurry. And when are we not?”

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