A render of a dark void, the ground is calm mirror like water with small pilles of stones. A sparse selection of barren trees reaches up into the sky. The sky is a swirling whirlpool of clouds, like an inverted tornado.
Concept render for a void environment.

Tool highlight: Windows 10 Photos App

When trying to crop the concept render for the Void environment, I stumbled onto some new features for the windows image viewer. The viewer can haw add “3D” effects like muzzle flash and rain to an image, and saves it as an mp4.

Here is an example made as a quick experiment to test the tool:

That was a completely unexpected feature in a software I normally avoid, it just goes to show you always be on the lookout for new tools and ideas even in the last place you would expect to find them.

Matt Murch

Technical & 3D artist. Working on games in Unity and Blender. CEO/Founder @ Double M Digital Inc. Making the new game Chicken Nuggets! Always open to neat 3D/VR/Real-time contracts and opportunities!

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