Curated Video
Combine elements and create a flower garden
Pupil outcome: I can combine the formal elements and curate my work. Key learning points: - Natural forms have shape. - Shapes can be joined and moulded to create forms. - Artists can show different textures with clay, using clay tools....
Curated Video
Mastering 3D sketching
Pupil outcome: I can render a complex shape and add annotation. Key learning points: - Rendering can be used to enhance complex shapes. - Annotation using subheadings can be used to analyse products.
Curated Video
Realistic rendering techniques
Pupil outcome: I can add render to a 3D sketch to show material texture. Key learning points: - Adding material, colour and texture can enhance the drawing. - By adding tone and texture to the sketch through rendering, we can show how...
Curated Video
Advanced 3D sketching
Pupil outcome: I can enhance sketches using tone to show depth and texture. Key learning points: - Rendering helps to enhance communication of design ideas. - Rendering can be used to show colour, materials and textures.
Curated Video
Considering sensory language in Bilan's 'Asha and the Spirit Bird'
Pupil outcome: I can make inferences about an unfamiliar place through textural and sensory descriptions. Key learning points: - Bilan arguably foreshadows something negative happening to Asha and Jeevan in Zandapur. - Textural...
Music Matters
Melodic Lines in the Middle of Piano Texture - Music Composition
This music composition lesson features a short piece of music in which the melodic line appears in the middle of the texture. Advice is given to pianists about how to play such pieces, and how to balance the texture. Advice is then given...
Great Big Story
The science behind U-2 pilots' tube food
Dive into how food scientists design unique tube food rations for high-altitude U-2 pilots, blending taste and texture.
Food Farmer Earth
Exploring the Diversity of Wild and Cultivated Mushrooms at the Farmers Market
This video provides an insightful look at the world of mushrooms, both wild and cultivated. It features a farmer discussing various mushroom types, their unique flavors, and culinary applications.
Curated Video
Bringing Weather Forecasts to Life: The Innovation of Weatherscape XT
Weatherscape XT is an innovative weather forecasting technology developed by Metra, the international arm of New Zealand's Met service. Using state-of-the-art 3D software, it simulates weather systems and predicts how they will evolve in...
Science ABC
Why Are There Stones Along Railway Tracks?
The crushed stones that line railroad tracks are collectively called track ballast. More specifically, the track ballast constitutes the trackbed upon which sleepers or railroad ties are laid. As you may have seen, these stones are...
Curated Video
Properties of materials
Discover how materials are grouped by their properties and how this is useful in everyday life. Material processes - Classifying materials - Properties of materials Learning Points Materials can be grouped by properties. Properties are...
Visual Learning Systems
Describing Matter
This program illustrates ways students can make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties. Specific attention is given to properties such as color, texture, hardness, and flexibility. The program...
Wonderscape
The World of Adjectives: Describing Our World
This video introduces the concept of adjectives, words that describe nouns, providing examples to illustrate their importance in language. It explains how adjectives can describe size, shape, color, quantity, and texture, enhancing our...
Wonderscape
Understanding Chemical Reactions: Physical vs. Chemical Changes
Explore the concepts of physical and chemical changes in matter through examples like cookies and rust. Learn how to distinguish between physical properties and chemical reactions. All About Chemical Reactions part 1
Curated Video
Building Medieval Worlds - Unreal Engine 5 Modular Kitbash - Creating Clock Tower
In this video, you will learn how to create a clock tower for your castle environment. You will explore different techniques for creating a clock tower that looks natural and cohesive with the rest of your castle environment....
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Importing Texture Maps with Node Wrangler
In this lesson, you will find out how to import texture maps with Node Wrangler in Blender. This is perhaps the most useful built-in addon that's available for Blender. This addon makes creating materials a real joy.
Curated Video
The Sweet Science: How Candy is Made
Dive into the delectable world of candy making, where each piece is crafted with a blend of science and art. Discover how simple ingredients like sugar, gelatin, and citric acid are transformed into the chewy, fizzy treats we adore....
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Setting Up PBR Decal Blood
The lesson will show us how to set up a deferred decal of blood to be applied to the scene. We will go over the process of setting up PBR textures for our VFX and how we can project them on our scene.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Setting Up Opacity Textures and Fixing Nanite Problems
This lesson will teach us how to set up basic opacity masked materials and how to fix the initial problems it causes when applying them to our Nanite meshes.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Adjusting Base Color Values
The lesson will teach us how to set up additional parameters for our base color texture within the material. You will learn how to create a color variation for the instances and how to make use of it to get more control over our asset...
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Setting Up Roughness Contrast
During this lesson, we will be setting up additional material parameters for our assets. This time, we will set up contrast values for our roughness textures to make sure we get the ability to sharpen our reflections on the asset surfaces.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Setting Up Normal Intensity Parameter
The lesson will teach us how to set up a material with normal intensity parameters. You will learn how to make use of the linear interpolate node and set an easily adjustable value for the normal texture strength.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Correcting Texture Map Brightness values
This lesson will show you how to adjust your texture map for the PBR roughness values to get a rougher surface from the asset.
Curated Video
Blender to Unreal Engine - Become a Dungeon Prop Artist - Assigning Wax and Flag Material Instances
The lesson will show us how to link material textures to our newly created material instances. We will make sure that they are set up nicely within our Unreal Engine 5 project.