Urban Graphics 4: The City in 3D

Your first exercise will be to make a street elevation from photographs. This involves combining images and removing some of the distortions that photography can create, so as to produce a usable image. You'll even add a blue sky to hold the image together.

You'll be introduced to Sketch-up - an easy-to-use, open-source 3D graphics package that can be used alongside Adobe Illustrator (or Inkscape) and effects generated in Adobe Photoshop or GIMP to generate a full range of 3D visuals.

You'll learn to produce a 3D urban proposition and street improvements using photographic elevations, sections, 3D modelling and visual effects.

As well as becoming familiar with Sketch-up, you'll further develop yours skills in Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, and Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape, as they relate to urban graphics.

You'll be given:

• video-based introductions and tutorials
• step-by-step written instructions on how to carry out each exercise
• baseline material required for the exercise
• a worked example