:: How can you benefit from 3D application in the packaging design process?
If you need a new packaging design tested and approved before it's signed off for printing yet not much time and money to spend on the development process you might like to consider a 3D model solution. This inexpensive alternative to building a physical prototype will firstly provide answers to the two fundamental questions: What will it look like? and How will it perform?
Whether it's a completely new packaging or an existing one re-design a virtual model will allow you to evaluate different design concepts shown under specific lighting conditions. Preview your packaging standing on a shelf long before it is manufactured and check the visual impact a whole row of them would create in the intended retail environment.
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| 3D mock-ups aren't just about slick visuals. The whole proces from die-cut generation to the finishing touches (special ink application, coating, embossing etc.) is validified and monitored by specialised CAD software ensuring the output complies with the stringiest standards and tolerances. | ||
With the CAD and CAM software employed throughout the packaging design process you can count on high accuracy and precision (in fact it will not allow for output if an error is found). Every vital aspect is taken into consideration ensuring that the final packaging will fold the way it was intended therefore leaving no room for any costly mistakes.
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| A 3D Mock-up will provide you with a highly realistic visual representation of a packaging design, save you time and money on making physical mock-ups. See realistic views of the package design as a flat sheet, a die-cut sheet, folded, with the product it contains and rendered in any kind of environment and light setting. | |
Once a 3D model has been created you can "use" it as if you had a real thing in your hands - view it from any angle, easily change the light setting and environment, fold it and un-fold it (animate the whole process if you like and export to a desirable video format for your website, CD or DVD). When changes are needed the 3D model solution minimises implementation time allowing you to preview more versions of the final product/packaging at a fraction of the cost compared to the next best method in prototyping.
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| Once you have a 3D model created to the specified dimensions it is easy to use it for pallet stacking configuration. | ||
:: 3D CGI, product rendering & special effects.
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3D renderings of products used for advertising. |
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3D mascots used for magazine ads. |
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3D CGI used for catalogue cover designs. |
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