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Webinars and video recordings

So what is iC3D anyway?

Encompassing all design applications and model types,
it allows cartons, labels, flexibles, bottles, shrink wraps, POS/POP and
in-store visualization to be seamlessly combined in any scene.

Operating and rendering at unparalled speeds,
iC3D offers a unique level of packaging design versatility
that allows creatives to indulge their ingenuity while delivering
faster turnaround and up to 80% reduction in the design life-cycle.

Creative Edge Software iC3D Suite 2021 is a real-time application
for users to generate live 3D digital mock-ups and models.

The application gives users a wide range of templates for
Shrink Wraps, Bottles, Cartons, and more.

It has a powerful and advanced engine which outputs the design object in high quality.

Users can quickly design and generate asymmetric 3D models
such as spray cans, containers, perfume bottles and more.

Users can process their complex design with powerful tools included.
It also offers users with the preview of the projects and gets instant results for output design.

CBX Strategy & Design Agency, USA,
shares how they use IC3D to benefit their success

Let us show you the power of iC3D Dimension Modeller
and how it ties into Adobe Dimensions 3D application.

Create amazing objects inside of iC3D,
then render them at high quality inside of Adobe Dimensions!

Packaging is all around us and is usually the main showstopper
for customers to buy the product it contains.
But how do are those packagings created? How are they prototyped?
We’ll show you how in our Four Pees Café.

We took a closer look at 3D packaging visualization using treeDiM Picador.
Now we will follow-up with a demonstration of Creative Edge iC3D.

The purpose of both applications is different.
Where Picador creates a digital prototype of your packaging design,
iC3D is meant to create photorealistic packshots that can replace actual
product photography and provide consistent images for all your products.

Again, we will start with a dieline and take it into the iC3D Carton template.
There we will “fold-up” the box and then we will apply an artwork,
including various finishing effects such as foil and embossing.
Finally, we will export a high-resolution ray-traced image.

New Features in iC3D V 6.4.2, Key Features Include:

• New Blister Pack Template, for rapid blister pack model creation


• New Tie Top Bag Template, for rapid Tie Top Bag model creation


• New Cellophane Wrap Template, for rapid cellophane Wrap model creation


• Added Mac M1 Rosetta2 support,
  enabling installation and use of iC3D on new Apple machines with M1 capabilities


• Added Zoom To Margins option for High Res Ray Trace image export

In a world with dozens of consumer products,
it’s the design that sells the product!

But how is that packaging created?
Mostly it starts with a 3D visualization of the product.

In a series of three webinars we dive deeper into
the possibilities of 3D modeling with tools such as iC3D.

In this first webinar, we provide an overview of iC3D to show
what the tool can do and what’s new in the latest version of iC3D.
This provides a general introduction to iC3D and gives regular users
some great tips and tricks with the latest edition.

You’ve created a great 3D model, great!
However, how do you get that design on your 3D product?

With a shrink sleeve, of course!
However, using a shrink sleeve comes with some
complications like deformation of the artwork design.

Learn how to modify your artwork to
deal with this the right way in this webinar.

You’ve created a great model, placed your artwork on it,
dealt with all the fancy finishing effects and built your scene.
All done, great job!
Now to make the 20 variations for all the different required languages…?

Luckily, iC3D can automate that for you!
Learn how in this webinar!

A short overview movie of iC3D V6.1
Showcasing some new features including:

• New custom stand up pouch template;
  allowing the quick creation of any shaped stand up pouch


• New enhanced software ray tracer;
  allowing accelerated Real Time Ray Tracing on Mac/PC Platforms


• New export to Adobe Dimension option;
  allowing 3D models built in iC3D to be imported into Adobe Dimension

A short overview movie of iC3D V6.0.2.
Showcasing some of the main feature sets of iC3D including:

• 3D Shape Modeller Module;
  easily create your own 3D packaging models – no matter how complex


• Bump displacement;
  true Emboss and Deboss effects (surface deformation) on labels, cartons & 3D models


• Liquid & Flexible Fill Effect;
  Allows effects of liquid and content filling to bags and bottles to be visualized


• Labelling Module;
  Allows import and interactive patented sliding / placement of labels on 3D models


• Dynamic backgrounds;
  Use any 2D background picture together with your 3D content.
  Generate HDRI maps for marketing pack shots


• Interactive Studio Lighting;
  Create your own photo studio. Add /edit lights, color, shadows, angles, fades & opacity


• Real Time - Ray Tracing Module;
  Photographic quality rendering in real time. Adjust lighting, materials & view instantly


• Carton/Box/POS Module;
  Allows import of Dielines, editing, cuts, folds, corrections, artwork placement, animation


• Print finishing techniques;
  Allows security and special foil and image effects to be applied, edited and visualized


• Shrink, Shrink Correction Module;
  Create shrink film/wrap - accurately visualise, distort & correct artwork for print


• Flexible Bags Module;
  Allows 3D models to be created, imported & labels/artwork interactively positioned

Key New Features Include:

• New Depth of Field camera function;
  allowing you to specify focal point and adjust aperture settings to achieve desired effects


• New Raytracing Render control flags;
  to define meshes as light shields, with supporting functionality to ignore
  light shield shadows and omit objects from Alpha Render pass


• Enhanced IC3D Modeller and IC3D Designer licencing options

Key New Features Include:

• Fresnel & Holographic Effects

Key New Features Include:

• Hide back labels and displacements
  on multiple file export formats for beautification of pack shots.


• CMYK, White ink/transparency handling;
  visualise these types of print finishing effects without
  altering your production artwork file.


• 3D printer export support;
  print 3D mock-ups directly from iC3D.


• Lighting rotation lock;
  same lighting effects from every pack shot angle

Secrets from the support vaults - Season 2, Episode 14a:

Distributed and remote rendering in iC3D

Rendering images using the Ray Tracer in iC3D
requires a strong computer with a good GPU,
and even then it may still take longer than you'd like.

One way to be more efficient is to use Distributed Rendering.
With this feature, you can use leftover processing capability from
other computers on your network to help render the images faster.

Create a packaging from scratch with iC3D!

This webinar tells you all about iC3D and how you can create your own stunning 3D packaging.

We will show you around in Creative Edge iC3D and its basic functionalities.
After explaining the User Interface and showing where you can find your resources,
we will create a packaging from scratch - revealing the entire design process.

Have you ever wondered where those beautiful advertisement campaigns
(showing off packaging) come from, before the product is released?
These pictures may have been created digitally, but doesn’t that cost a
lot of time and specialized knowledge in 3D-modelling and textures?
With Creative Edge iC3D it doesn’t have to!

iC3D has been specifically designed to create stunning 3D visualizations of packaging.
The result can be indistinguishable from actual photographs.
Using the easy-to-use Shape Modeller and database containing lots of
pre-made textures and materials, you’ll be on your way in no time!

iC3D can help you create flexible packaging (like bags or pouches) or
solid packaging (like cartons and glass bottles) with the help of variable templates.
Using the Shape Modeller, you are only limited by your imagination!

Adding your own artwork is a breeze thanks to a live link between
iC3D and a plugin for Adobe Illustrator, which allows you to see the changes
to your labels on your 3D models as you edit them.

Key Features Include:

• Interactive Lighting Editor:
  Use this feature with your Raze Render Preview screen to work
  interactively with your lights in real time and see the results instantly.


• Additional Light edit enhancements:
  
  • Further Dynamic Range
  • Individual light power control
  
  
• Hue, Saturation, Brightness and Contrast controls for:
• Rendered Images, allowing global model colour correction
• Specific Labels, allowing individual artwork colour correction


• New material library with Ray Traced visual:
  Create materials for Ray Tracing in real time


• Curved Folding:
  The ability to add and fold curve fold lines and faces on your carton die-lines


• All Adobe Illustrator Layers are now rendered on to your models print surfaces in iC3D


• Output presets:
  Save your favourite Hi Res Image output sizes and reuse them
  from a drop down menu to avoid typing the same details every time


• Camera preset list options:
  Export a single camera preset,
  or multiple angles with a single click export


• Swapping option of OpenGL window and Raze Render Preview windows,
  switch seamlessly between these 2 formats


• IC3D Opsis, High Res export option, improved resolution and
  magnification of your 3D models shared via the cloud

iC3D demo reel showing key features and the new update version 5.5
which was released September 2018.

• Real Time Ray Tracer:
  Supported on our recommended graphics cards and
  external plug in (eGPU) graphics cards.


• Interactive Lighting Editor:
  Instantly view photo studio lighting changes to power, highlights, shadows & reflections.


• Carton Curved Folding:
  Create and add curved fold lines and curved faces from dielines


• Ray Traced Materials Library:
  Real Time Ray Traced materials creation and viewing which are photographically accurate,
  calculated on lighting and environments chosen.


• Selective Colour Correction:
  Allows the balancing up of individual elements/labels within a scene.


• Opsis hi-resolution Cloud sharing:
  View and share accurate photorealistic 3D content via the Cloud.

This short 5 minute showreel highlights key features of iC3D Suite V5 and shows
how they can easily be used to ideate, design and produce all types of packaging.

• Advanced Shape Modeller:
  For creation of complex 3D models


• Point Editor:
  Advanced shaped editing tool


• UVW Editor:
  For manipulation and correction of artwork in 3D


• Physics Simulator:
  Automatic calculation of creases and distortions on 3D flexibles


• Sealed Shrink:
  Create and visualize sealed bags for fresh produce


• Spritzing:
  Automatically add condensation to 3D drinks models