Wings 3D - Free Subdivision 3D Modeling Software !!!!

Wings 3D - Free Subdivision 3D-Modeling Software, Latest Stable Rel: 0.98.32a

- Wings 3D is a free, open source poly modeler that was originally inspired by Nendo and later Mirai (both by Izware). Once learnt, its clean, no-frills interface and wide-ranging (but unbloated!) toolset lets the user concentrate on their prime purpose - modelling.It is possible to assign materials, vertex color, UV coordinates and textures, but there will be improvements in those features before Wings goes 1.0. Also user can use yafRay for realistic rendering.There is no support in Wings for doing animations. Wings 3D can export 3d models in Nendo (NDO), 3D Studio (3DS) , Wavefront (OBJ) and other popular formats.
Related Links:
Wings 3D - Free Subdivision 3d Modeling Software Link
Wings 3D: Tutorials and notes
PuzzledPaul's Wings 3D tutorials, notes and general information
Tags: 3d modeling . Free 3d modeling Software . 3d modeler . free 3d Tools

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EverMotion Has Released - ArchModels Extreme Pack ( 3D ) !!

EverMotion Has Released - ArchModels Extreme Pack ( 3D ) !!

- EverMotion, a Premiere website for 3d artist has released ArchModels Extreme Pack.The newest offer is directed to all those who think about our products, but haven't decided yet which cds are the best for them. We would like to prompt you a little... Get all 21 cds of archmodels collection at once and save 300 Euro. Thanks to this bundle you will get full range of architectural models for all your visualizations. All of them are supported by Textures4ever - wood that comes as a free gift with the package.For More Info Please Visit Evermotion.org
Tags: 3d Models . 3d Architectural models . 3d modeling . 3d Animation

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PolyBoost 2.2 for 3ds Max Released!!

PolyBoost 2.2 for 3ds Max Released!!

- PolyBoost 2.2 for 3ds max has now been released and available for download!Version 2.2 brings Edit Poly modifier support for most of the modelling tools and the Edit tools of PolyDraw.PolyBoost will work in 3ds max versions 5, 6, 7 and 8. Most of the tools work on all subobjectlevels, so it's one tool for all modes. UVW-mapping is kept intact for all the modelling tools. Many tools have an optional functionality when the shift key is pressed. This will either apply the tool on the current selection only, or do another variation of the tool. Shortcuts are available for all tools that do not require an interface in order to be useful. The PolyBoost main interface, where all tools can be found is always available by shortcut key or from a quadmenu.Exsisting users can use the automatic update system to upgrade for free.For More information please visit Polyboost.com !!
Related CGI Post - PolyBoost 2.o for 3ds max
Tags: 3ds Max . 3ds Max plug-ins . 3d modeling . 3d software

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DH Counter and Fade Plug-ins For Apple Final Cut !!

Digital Heavens DH_ Counter and Fade Plug-ins For Apple Final Cut

- Digital Heavens Released two new plug-ins DH_Counter and DH_Fade for Apple Final Cut ...Now they have a set of twelve plugins for Apple's Final Cut, all available individually.
DH_Counter V1.0 -Automatically creates min:sec Text counter with option for count up/down & stop watch mode .... DH_Fade V1.0 -Makes its easy to create consistent fade in/out on clips which have different durations. For More information please visit digital-heaven.co.uk !!
Tags: VFX . Digital F/X . Postproduction . Apple Final Cut

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Animation Category Added to Golden Globe Awards !!

NEW AWARD CATEGORY FOR BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM COMMENCES WITH 64th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES

- HOLLYWOOD, CA, January, 2006 – Next year's Golden Globes will offer a new category when the awards are announced in January, 2007. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association voted last month to establish "Best Animated Feature Film" commencing with "The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards" in 2007, it was announced today by Philip Berk, President. Eligible films must be "feature-length (70 minutes or longer) with no more than 25% live action. If less than eight animated films qualify, the award will not be given, in which case the films would be eligible for Best Picture. Otherwise they would not be eligible for the Best Picture category. The category will be limited to three nominations per year." For More Information Please Visit hfpa.Org
Tags: Animated Films . Animation Awards . Animation . Golden Globes

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MAXON'S CINEMA 4D NOW AVAILABLE FOR INTEL-BASED MACS !

MAXON'S CINEMA 4D NOW AVAILABLE FOR INTEL-BASED MACS !

- Just days after the first new iMacs with Intel Core Duo processors have begun shipping, MAXON is proud to announce the availability of a "universal binary" version of CINEMA 4D, its award-winning 3D animation package. This makes CINEMA 4D not only the first 3D application, but also the first professional graphics application, available in a universal binary version that runs natively on the new Intel-based Macintosh Computers. Once again, MAXON demonstrates its commitment to the rapid support of the latest hardware advances.Apple itself utilized a universal binary version of CINEBENCH, MAXON's CINEMA 4D-based benchmarking tool, to demonstrate the power and speed users will realize with this new hardware platform. In general, an Intel Core Duo 2.0 GHz iMac renders over twice as fast as an iMac G5 with 2.1 GHz. This makes adding an Intel Core Duo system a very attractive option for CINEMA 4D users. These results were achieved using a final, production-ready version of CINEMA 4D - not a beta version.For More Information Please Visit Maxon.net !!
Related news from MacWorld - Link
Tags: Cinema 4D . 3d application . Animation . iMac

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REALVIZ TO LAUNCH VTOUR AT IMAGINA 2006 !!

- New Product For the Creation of Photo-real 3D Virtual Tours Available fromFebrurary 2006. REALVIZ, a leader in imageprocessing software development, will launch VTour, the latest addition totheir software portfolio for content creation, at IMAGINA in Monaco thisweek. VTour draws on the award-winning technology of Stitcher andImageModeler and offers users of all levels an innovative and effectivesolution for the creation of photo-real 3D environments from 2D pictures orpanoramas. The REALVIZ team will be demonstrating VTour, along with aselection of their other applications at IMAGINA, which takes place at theGrimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo from 1-3 February 2006.
For More Information please visit Realviz.com !
Tags: 3d software . 3d modeling . animation . VFX .

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Moving Picture Company won Apsara Award for Jungle Tales!!

Moving Picture Company won Apsara Award for Jungle Tales!!

- 3D animated production 'Jungle Tales' by Moving Picture Company (New Delhi, INDIA) has won the Apsara Award for 'Best Animated Series' .The APSARA Awards are organized by, The Film & Television Producers Guild.Jungle Tales' has been telecast on Cartoon Network and is soon to be aired on Doordarshan Network.
Related Link: Moving Picture Company bags Apsara for Jungle Tales
Tags: 3d Animation . Cartoons . Animation awards . VFX . 3d

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SashWindow Script For MODO, Available !!

SashWindow - Script For MODO

- ArchVisual U.K has Released SashWindow Script for one of the most advanced polygonal and subdivision surface 3D modeling software MODO (Luxology, LLC). SashWindow Script Creates full 3D geometry Sash Windows and automatically fits multiple copies to your mesh.
ArchVisual SashWindow Script For MODO Link
Tags: 3d Modeling . Modo . 3d Scripts . 3d tools

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Hyperion For Realtime 3D Graphics !!

Hyperion Static Ambient Occlusion Lighting

- Hyperion is a free tool designed to help developers and artists quickly create and prototype realtime 3D solutions: demos, benchmarks, little applications or games.Hyperion aims to put realtime 3D graphics in everybody's hands by using a new and very understandable scripting language that will ensure an efficient understanding of the latest 3D technologies. Hyperion uses a clever mixture of XML, LUA scripting and GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language). The underlying 3D engine uses OpenGL for hardware graphics acceleration.
Related Links:
ozone3d . net
Hyperion Static Ambient Occlusion Lighting Demo
Tags: 3d Graphics . Realtime 3d . 3d technologies . Hyperion . Animation

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CG Architect Announced 2006 Architectural Visualization Competition!

2006 Architectural Visualization Competition

- CGarchitect.com the leading online 3D magazine for architectural CG artists has announced its 2nd annual CGarchitect.com Architectural Visualization competition.As the only competition of its kind in the industry, the competition strives to uncover undiscovered talent through a series of challenges and qualifying competitions spanning the next six months. Competitors will stretch their imaginations and skills to demonstrate their prowess in the art of architectural illustration and animation. While the ultimate winner and finalists in the competition will take home some amazing prizes, the goal of this competition is to promote architectural illustration and encourage its advancement through community participation and critiques.
For more information please visit Competition - website Link
Tags: 3d visualization . CG Artist . 3d Competition . Architectural Visualization

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CGI New's TiT BiTS !!!

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CGI News - STASH 17 DVD Magzine of Animation, VFX & Motion design world Released !!

CGI Newswire - STASH 17 DVD Magzine of Animation, VFX & Motion design world Released

- STASH is Excellent monthly DVD magazine which covers most innovative and outstanding commercial animation, VFX and motion graphics plus insightful behind-the-scenes.STASH is the essential resource for ad agencies, broadcasters, animation and VFX studios, designers, post houses, production companies and schools.Stash 17 features CG piece for Honda from Lost in Space and Zeitguised then divert all power to the main thrusters for The Mill NY's frenetic new ?Kung Fu Clowns? spot for Bell South. A cast of comic CG characters ? polar bears for Coke from Passion Pictures, a wily turkey for Thornton's from the Mill in London and the new 3D Geico Gecko from Framestore NY..............................etc!!
STASH DVD Magzine Website Link
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Stash 16 - Animation, VFX and Motion Design Works !!
Tags: VFX . Animation . Motion Graphics . 3d . Visual Effects

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HELL Boys Tutorial - Using ART and Liquify tools in Photoshop!!

HELL Boys Tutorial - Using ART and Liquify tools in Photoshop!!

- A very short and excellent photoshop tutorial by graphic designer kambiz mahmoudi.This short tutorial you can learn about powerful liquefy tools in Adobe photoshop.Also you can have look on other short tutorials by Kambiz for learning more tips and tricks in photoshop.
HELL Boys Tutorial Link
Tags: Photoshop . Graphics . Photoshop tutorials . graphics design

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Latest News : Blender 2.41 released and available for download!!

This release is a big leap forward for editing and playback of interactive 3D content in Blender

- Just a short month after the release of Version 2.40, blender.org has Released Blender 2.41 update.This release is packed with Game Engine goodness, with the addition of GLSL shaders, ability to use the power of the Blender Material system, as well as multiple viewports. We also added a fun sculpting tool, improved UV unwrapping, 'Scene Set' chaining, and a number Python improvements. Check for the full Release Log here !!
Blender Download section
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PixoLogic's "Q & A" With Digic Pictures !!

PixoLogic's interview Digic Producer, Gabor Marinov and Lead Modeling Artist Tamas Varga

- PixoLogic's has published their interview with DIGIC Pictures Gabor Marinov and Modeling Artist Tamas Varga.Digic Pictures is a computer animation studio located in Budapest, Hungary.Digic's first project was a two and a half minute intro film for a PC game called "Armies of Exigo". This was the first Hungarian animation ever to be selected into the prestigious SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater.......... Read on !!
Related link: http://www.digicpictures.com/
Tags: Zbrush . 3d Animation . Animation Studio . 3d Modeling

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TextureShaker for Alias Maya and 3DS Max Free Download

TextureShaker for Alias Maya and 3D Studio Max Free Download.....

- TextureShaker for Alias Maya 3d and 3D Studio Max, Unlimited Fully Functioning Evaluation Copy available for download.TextureShaker is a Shading utility which will multiply one or more textures randomly over a surface.
TextureShaker Unlimited Evaluation download
Tags: 3ds Max . Maya 3d . 3d Textures . 3d graphics

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IRIDAS Released SequencePublisher 2006 !

IRIDAS Released SequencePublisher 2006

- IRIDAS, the leader in playback and automation technologies for postproduction, today announced the release of SequencePublisher 2006. The new version of this powerful batch-processing and file conversion software provides significant new automation capabilities for postproduction facilities. SequencePublisher 2006 also includes support for metadata plug-ins, allowing the application to access external databases or production management systems; support for new file formats including DPX 2.0, OpenEXR, YUV, and others; and a new Profile Editor for fine-tuning output settings.
IRIDAS SequencePublisher 2006 Link
Tags: VFX . Postproduction . Digital . 3d

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MetroModeler V1.5, A 3D modeling Tool !!

MetroModeler Version 1.5, A 3D modeling Tool

- MetroModeler is a 3D modeling tool for creating 3D models of houses, buildings, streets, and cities. With this computer program, you can create 3D buildings and 3D cities many times faster than you can by using general-purpose 3D programs. The 3D models created by the program can be used in: Video and computer gaming, Movie and television special effects, Magazine or book illustrations, and Web-based 3D environments etc....MetroModeler is loaded with more than 200 functions .
MetroModeler WebSite Link
Tags: 3d models . 3d modeling . 3d environments . 3d games . 3d Animation

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nVIDIA MAXtreme 3D driver Ver 8.03 Available for Download !

nVIDIA MAXtreme 3D driver Ver 8.00.3 Available for Download

- NVidia Workstation Application 3d driver MAXtreme version 8.00.03 is avaiable for download.MAXtreme is a Quadro® application utility designed to work with Autodesk / Discreet 3D applications, such as 3ds max and 3D Studio VIZ. The MAXtreme 3D driver is highly optimized for use with a graphics card based on an NVIDIA Quadro GPU that enhances the capabilities of the interactive renderer.
MAXtreme 3D driver V8 Download Link
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3D Game on Archie's Comics in 07 ; FX Labs!!

FX Labs Will introuduce new 3D Game on Archie's Comics in 2007

- FX Labs Will introduce new 3D Game on Archie's Comics in 2007 says FX Labs CEO Tony Garcia in his interview with Animation 'xpress. The 3D comic book feel arcade action game based on the Archie's Universe is being planned to be released sometime in 2007. FX Labs development studio is situated in Hyderabad and marketing office in the US!
Tags: 3d Games . Animation . 3d Comics . News Animation

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Dosch Design Released 3D Morden Furniture Along with 3 other Collections!!

Dosch Design Released 3D Morden Furniture, DOSCH 3D: Airplans, DOSCH 3D:security and Dosch Fabric textures...

-Dosch Design (http://www.doschdesign.com/) ; a premier studio provding computer graphics products for 3D design has released New Dosch 3D Morden Furniture, DOSCH 3D: Airplans, DOSCH 3D:security and Dosch Fabric textures.......For More Info visit Dosch Design!
Tags: 3d models . 3d textures . 3d modeling . 3d graphics

Labels: 3d models

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Cg India features talented concept Artist "Mark Goener" !!

Cg India features talented Concept Artist "Mark Goener" .......
Text by Amit Dixit

- This week Cg India features the talented concept artist "Mark Goener" ; who does not need any introduction, and worked on numerous prestigious film projects like X-men, SuperMan , Constantine, The Terminal, Minority Report and various other Industrial design projects. His early works and study projects reflect his interest in industrial design and fantasy environments with a futuristic mindset. His rage works includes Photo-Real images too conceptual design sketches of futuristic space, Vehicles, characters and amazing fantasy environments. His long list of prestigious projects shows his ability to produce creative work and finding solutions as per the project theme. Mark continues to strive for opportunities to express original ideas and his visions of spaces not yet known!
Visit Mark Goener's Gallery
HomePage of Artist
Tags: Concept design . 3d visualization . CG Art . Animation . VFX

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Toonz 5.0 Harlequin Released!!

Toonz 5.0 Harlequin Released!!

- Digital Video S.p.A. has released Version 5.0 of their animation software Toonz, the Toonz 4.6 users will get free update. Toonz 5.0 Harlequin is a software born from Digital Video’s experience and knowledge of traditional animation to meet the evolution of animation creative and technical standards. Toonz 5.0 Harlequin integrates vector drawings in its traditional workflow based on raster drawings to allow you to step into paperless animation. In a brand new user-friendly environment, animators can now both scan hand-made drawings, and draw from scratch and animate vector drawings; manage super-sized palettes and painting animation levels; compose scenes; move and animate animation levels over background according to the xsheet; move objects like pegbars, cameras and table; add special FX and render out composited sequences by using a render farm.
Toonz 5.0 Harlequin Link
Tags: Animation . 2d Animation . Digital F/X . VFX . Cartoons

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New Realistic Renderer in Making !

New Realistic Renderer in Making......

- A new featured packed renderer in the making. The Test results seems very promising, specially the realistic caustic effects and rendering done using Monte-carlo path tracing......check the test result on their website !
Tags: 3d renderer . global illumination . Ray tracing . lighting tests

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DX Studio Version 1.25 Released !!

DX Studio Version 1.25 Released with new features

- dxstudio.com has announced the new version of DX Studio, which is now available for download.DX Studio is a complete integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics. The system comprises of both a real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing tools, and is the first product to offer a complete range of tools in a single IDE. New features in this version includes Precomputed radiance transfer (PRT), Dynamic shadows, Collision detection and 3D sound from script etc !!
Download DX Studio Version 1.25
DX Studio Image Gallery
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Tags: 3d Graphics . Real-time . 3d animation . 3D editor

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Spontaneous Creates U2 Latest Music Video with SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT !!

U2 calls 'Original of the Species' video "a dazzling work of future animation"

- Montreal, Quebec- Press Release- Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced that New York-based design and effects company Spontaneous used Softimage character animation technology to create the latest music video for the Grammy Award-winning rock band U2. The video for Original of the Species features a digital version of Bono, the band's lead singer, accompanied by a computer generated woman. Both characters were created using SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0 and animated with an alpha version of SOFTIMAGE|FACEROBOT, the revolutionary new digital acting technology that allows 3D artists to achieve realistic, lifelike facial animation for high-end film, post and games projects. The music video was conceived and directed by long-time U2 collaborator, Catherine Owens, who has worked with Spontaneous on several of U2's in-concert animations for the band's current Vertigo tour."One of the concepts of the video was for Bono to enter and exist in the woman's private, digital world for a brief moment in time. When we saw an early model of her character, the images were absolutely haunting - we knew that we could achieve exactly what we had imagined," said Catherine Owens, the video's director. "Spontaneous did amazing work to fulfill the band's vision for the song, which was to deliver an intimate and emotional experience. The band considers it a dazzling work of future animation." In order to create the video's unique look, Spontaneous brought a digital scan of Bono into SOFTIMAGE|XSI animation software to prepare a 3D model to be animated and imported into the Face Robot software. Using FaceRobot, the 3D artists applied data recorded from a live motion capture session - where sensors are used to capture a live performance - to animate Bono's digital double. For the female character, the team was able to re-use the motion capture data from Bono to subtly animate her. The ability to re-purpose this data - in a process known as re-targeting - allowed the team to save costly studio and production time. The project was conceived, created and completed in less than seven weeks for release during the band's current tour.
Related Links :-
Avid Technology, Inc.www.avid.com
Softimage Co.www.softimage.com
Tags: Animation . VFX . Softimage|FACEROBOT . 3d animation . Visual Effects

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deviantART Announced Megadeth Design Contest!

deviantART Announced Megadeth Design Contest

- deviantArt in accosiation with megadeth.com has announced . Design a new Vic Rattlehead and win big in the 'MEGADETH DESIGN CONTEST' at deviantART.com! Megadeth has commissioned deviantART to hold a contest to give Vic a facelift. Dave Mustaine will choose the winners and three ESP guitars will be given away as prizes. Contest is open now and runs till Feb 14. More Details HERE !!!!
Tags: Design Contest . Design . illustartions . Digital Art . Graphics

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Swift 3D Max Renderer Review !!!!

Swift 3D Max Renderer Review by metinSeven.com
3D Vector Plug-ins for 3ds max

- Electric Rain's Swift 3D Max review on metinSeven.Com!Vector graphics have always been a separate category in the field of two -dimensional graphics.While bitmap graphics can show a lot of detail, the absolute pixel nature of bitmap makes it limited by its resolution.Swift 3D plugins allow 3ds max users to render their 3D scenes as high-quality, low-bandwidth vector or raster Flash animations viewable by more than 97% of the entire Web audience. Powered by the industry-leading RAViX 4 vector rendering technology, Swift 3D plug-ins offer superior integration with Flash and unrivaled vector output. From cartoon to full gradient shading, Swift 3D plug-ins are certain to produce the style you need for your next Flash or print project. Additional export formats include Adobe Illustrator, EPS, SVG and Toon Boom's PNT format.
Swift 3D Max Renderer Review
Tags: 3ds Max . Swift 3d Max . 3d Plug-ins . Vector Graphics . Animation

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3D Cabinets Mega Collection Released !

3D Cabinets Mega Collection containing 826 3D models of Cabinet

- Mr. Furniture is proud to announce the launch of its 3D Cabinets MEGA COLLECTION. This collection contains 826 3D furniture models ranging Cabinets, Wardrobes, Bedroom Cabinets, Bookshelves, TV Cabinets etc in .3ds and .max file formats including textures. Please Visit Mr-cad.com for more info !
Tags: 3d models . 3ds Max . 3d furniture . 3d textures

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Furnace 3 Plug-ins For Shake !! (updated)

Furnace 3 a set of brand new image processing plug-ins For Shake

- The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. has recently Released Furnace 3 a set of brand new image processing plug-ins for Shake, designed to significantly enhance workflow and productivity for Apple Shake artists.New plug-ins include noise and grain removal tools, a revolutionary plugin to remove motion blur, a robust multi-point tracker, intelligent plug-ins that utilises our advanced motion estimation technology to automatically extract both motion mattes and depth mattes. Also included are tools to re-align colour channels, add motion blur, perform automatic colour matching and more.
Furnace 3 for Shake Link
Tags: Shake . Special Effects . VFX . Computer Graphics .

Labels: motion graphics

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Starting A Small Animation / VFX Studio ??

Starting a Small Studio: Part One of a Two-Part Series ....

- Computer Graphics World has published a very insight-full article by William "Proton" Vaughan, who explains challenges involved while opening your own small studio and how to tackle them before you make the leap towards your goal of established as a production house.
William says: Starting your own studio-it’s an artist’s dream. Throw in the prospect of creative control, add the potential of a hefty owner’s draw on payday, and you’ve got a fantasy that is absolutely perfect for prime time. The reality is that new businesses face myriad challenges, and in a competitive, fast-paced industry like 3D animation and visual effects, the highs can be enormous and the failures costly.........................Read more!!
Starting A Small Animation / VFX Studio Link
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Tags: Animation . VFX . visual effects studio . 3d animation studio

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CG Underground Interview With Nate Stefan!

CG Underground Interview With Nate Stefan......

- CG Underground has posted their interview with Ensemble Studios talented Artist Nate Stefan . Nate is also a member of the elite group of " Six Fat Ninjas" http://www.sixfatninjas.com/ !!
CGU Interview - Nate Stefan
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Tags: Computer Graphics . 3d . CG Art . Animation

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3DT Matte painting tutorial- TheCastle !!

3DT Matte painting tutorial- TheCastle by Dragos Jieanu

- 3D Total a well known CG artist Community website, has recently posted Comprehensive Matte Painting Tutorial by Dragos Jieanu. This tutorial is Photoshop based. I'll try to describe the main steps in creating a matte painting. Before you start it's recommended that u know some basic painting techniques, at least basic sketching, because most of the time you'll have to fit in the right pieces.
*Matte painting tutorial- TheCastle Link
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Digital Painting tutorial
17 Free Photoshop Brushes !
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Tags: PhotoShop Tutorials . CG Art . 3d Graphics . Digital Painting

Labels: Matte Painting, Photoshop Tutorials

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ARTNATOMY An Intractive Tool 4 Character Artists!

ARTNATOMY An Intractive Tool For Character Artists

- ARTNATOMY is a new Intractive Tool designed to used by Character Artists for learning Facial Expression.This resource has been designed and constructed to exploit digital technology in the context of Fine Art anatomical study. It is intended to facilitate the teaching and learning the anatomical and biomechanical foundation of facial expression morphology. The presentation of the material takes advantage of digital animation, interactivity and multimedia presentation techniques as the means to facilitate visual understanding and learning.This is a compact tool, providing a basis for dealing with potential problems related to the proper representation of facial expression, eliminating the need for cumbersome teaching aids such as; slides and photocopies et. Additionally this digital presentation tool provides a complete supporting document solution for those institutions not equipped with such resources.
Contact Victoria Contreras For more info.
ARTNATOMY WebSite Link ( English/Spanish)
Tags: 3d Animation . Character Design . Digital Art . Computer Artist

Labels: Useful 2d/3d Tools

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Masking A Tree - PhotoShop Advance Tutorial !!!!

Masking A Tree - PhotoShop Advance Tutorial
by anson vogt of Pong.com.......(from da Archives)

- Many 3d visualizers do it in a wrong way, when they morph the trees/vegitation over thier 3d visualization, making the uneven, distorted or oversharpen edges of tree.This Photosop Advance tutorial by anson vogt will demonstrate how to extract a clean mask from a photo of a tree set against a blue sky, using channels and levels, and then export the final result as a transparent .png. The general concepts may be intuitively applied to other applications.
Masking A Tree - PhotoShop Advance Tutorial Link
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Tags: PhotoShop tutorials . Photoshop .3d graphics . Photo Editing

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Ground Control Plugin Update For Carrara 4 and 5 !

Ground Control Plugin Update For 3d modeling and Animation software Carrara 4 and 5

- Ground Control gets a new shader for importing Shuttle Radar Topography Mission water shapefiles. No more guessing where's the water on your SRTM terrains! Ground Control is a digital elevation map importer plug-ins with support for classic USGS DEMs, VistaPro format DEMs, World Machine 32-bit RAW FP, Terragen TER files, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission HGT files, and BIL files. Ground Control's Smart Weighting generates more accurate meshes than simple grayscale converters. With Ground Control, you can import elevation maps as a Mesh, Anything Grooves, Terrain, or the new Ground Control primitive.You can also learn the features, from New tutorial for SRTM data and Ground Control... Link >>>Ground Control update <<< !!
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Tags: Carrara . 3d . Animation . 3d Plug-ins .

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SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery - Call for Participation!

DEADLINE Jan 27, 2006 5 PM Pacific time

- The SIGGRAPH 2006 Art Gallery is accepting submissions for artwork which uses digital technology in creative/innovative ways and explores new territories and crosses traditional boundaries. DEADLINE Jan 27, 2006 5 PM Pacific time.If your artwork is thought-provoking, explores ideas in innovative ways, address contemporary issues, interactively engages the viewer in the unfolding of meaning, and captivates the viewer's intellectual and creative self, then you should submit your work online at the SIGGRAPH 2006 website: www.siggraph.org/s2006

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Tags: SIGGRAPH . Graphics . 3d . Animation . Digital art

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"300 -the Movie" Concept Art !!

"300 -the Movie" Concept Art & Synopsis.........

- 300 the Movie is Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.The entire movie was shot in front of a green screen with computers being used to create the environments in post-production. The movie 300 is Directed by Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures in Association with Legendary Pictures and Virtual Studios.
Visit the "300 -the Movie" Concept Art pageLink
Tags: 300theMovie . VFX . Concept Art . CG films . Animation

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Caligari Ships TrueSpace7 !!

Caligari Ships TrueSpace7.........Real-time photorealism

- Caligari Corporation has announced the immediate availability of its 3d modeling and animation product trueSpace7 . trueSpace7 introduces a new architecture that revolutionizes the very process of 3D authoring by providing complete, role based authoring tools for all aspects of online collaborative production. trueSpace7 features includes Photorealistic Real-time Interaction, SDS modeling, Lightworks with HDRI capabilities and integration of Existing animation tools with the new photorealistic real-time view etc.
Caligari trueSpace7 Website Link
Related CGI post: caligari truespace7 preview at GDC !
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BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS Announced VFX and Animation shorts Nominees !

THE ORANGE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS Announced 2005-06 Nominees.....

- The Visual Effects Nominations announced for The Orange British Academy Film Awards (Bafta) in 2006.The next Orange British Academy Film Awards will be held on Sunday 19 February 2006 at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.The Nominees list for Achivement in Special Visual Effects are BATMAN BEGINS, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY , THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE and KING KONG . The Short Film and Short Animation Award nominations were also announced, FALLEN ART, FILM NOIR and RABBIT are among the nominees!
Orange British Academy Film Awards Website Link
Tags: Visual Effects . VFX . Animation shorts . Animated Film Awards . BAFTA

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RapidSD - subdivision Plug-in For 3ds Max !

RapidSD - Surface subdivision Plug-in For 3ds Max

- gruesome-arts.com has introduced RapidSD a 3dMax plugin Surface subdivision.RapidSD is a fresh approach to subdivision surfaces in 3ds Max environment. Designed especially for modeling stages, it not only strikes with incredible performance but also unveils a new way of "touching" the surface, along with a lot of smaller but handy features.It’s not another Mesh/TurboSmooth. It's a completely new type of objects generating subdivision surfaces identical to what is produced by the modifiers mentioned above, but responding in real-time even with very complicated meshes having two iterations.For more info please visit gruesome-arts.com !!
Tags: 3ds Max . 3d plug-ins . Animation . 3d modeling

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ambientLight Released Flowering Plants vol.1 Textures Collection !

26 Plant Textures in High Quality JPEG format complete with matching Alpha Maps....

- ambientLight.Co.Uk has annpouced the release of Flowering Plants vol.1 Textures Collection.The images in this collection have been created primarily for use in architectural, urban visualisation and other CG projects but can be applied in many different areas.Each plant texture has a matching alpha map for seamless integration into your 3d or composited scenes.
ambientLight Flowering Plants vol.1 Link
Tags: Textures . 3d mapping . 3d visualisation . Graphics

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Wallace N Gromit Won Golden Tomato Award !

Wallace and Gromit:The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Won Golden Tomato Award !

- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit tops the charts at this years -7th Annual Golden Tomato Awards.While nobody was surprised at its success, who could have guessed that the freshest wide release pick of 2005 would star a plasticine Englishman and his crafty canine friend? "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" reigns supreme this year, beating out two established movie franchises by a clear margin with an adjusted score of 84.65 and a 95% rating on the Tomatometer. With director Nick Park at the helm and a slew of award-winning short films to their name, the beloved duo of Wallace and Gromit delighted audiences in their first feature-length adventure -- saving the annual Giant Vegetable Competition from a mysterious veggie-eating creature. And although it is animated, "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" has captured fans both young and old, as Newark Star-Ledger critic Stephen Whitty opined: "With its sneaky wit and layered jokes, 'Wallace and Gromit' makes even the big studios' most high-tech efforts feel flat." "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit" also wins best place in 2005's Animation category, earning Village Voice critic Ed Park's apt label as "a whimsical success of a very high order." And by the way, this movie is not the director's first brush with the Golden Tomato Award.
7th Annual Golden Tomato Awards Link
Tags: Animation . Animated films . Wallace N Gromit . Golden Tomato Awards

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Their Will be A Hoodwinked Sequel!

Their Will be A Sequel too CG Animated Film "HOODWinked"....

- Their Will be A Hoodwinked Sequel, co-creator Cory Edwards said in an interview with ropeofsilicon . Hoodwinked is one animated film that has earned lots of appreciation even though it's an small budget CG animated film. The Sequel will be named Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil .The sequel is being written and directed by Hoodwinked creative trio Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards and Tony Leech. The character of Granny, and the rest of the "Hoodwinked" gang, also return and are joined by new villains n' side characters too. It will be a much bigger movie, more epic, across the ocean, in castles: Said Cory Edward!!
Related Articles-
INTERVIEW: Cory Edwards Talks 'Hoodwinked'
Hoodwinked! by a Sequel
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Free "Anything Goos' Shader" Tutorial 4 Carrara !!

New Anything Goos tutorial from AWBenson.........

- Complementing the yesterday release of ShaderStyle Plugins kit for Carrara, AWBenson has published a new tutorial of "Anything Goos- dirt and ageing shader" plug-in for CARRARA.Anything Goos is a plug-in developed by Digital Cravers Guild. This shader-based plugin allows the detection of the normals of edges to influence the area around those edges. Simply put, this plug-ins allows for basic application of grunge, dirty creases, worn edges, and providers edge selection abilities for other plugins. Because of the nature of this plugin, these characteristics do not require UV wrapping the model nor does it require the use of texture maps to produce good results.Through-out this tutorial, you will learn some of the basic application of Anything Goos and some advanced, procedural shadering techniques with it.
"Anything Goos- dirt and ageing shader plug-in" Tutorial Link
Tags: Carrara . 3d plugins . dirt shaders . UV Mapping . 3d Tutorials

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DIGITALDomain: Making of motorola "pebl" !!

DIGITALDomain: visualize CG environments for motorola "pebl" !!

- "Pebl-phone" is DIGITALDomains Latest project for their client motorola. completely CG environments using DD's proprietary 'Terragen' software brings the story of the new motorola pebl phone to life.See how it was done : making of motorola "pebl" (quicktime Required)
DIGITALDomains Website Link
Tags: Motion Graphics . VFX . CG environments . Visual Effects

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Eovia Announced ShaderStyle Plug-in For Carrara !!

Lighting, Shaders and Render Enhancers for Carrara......

by Amit Dixit

- Eovia has announced the release of ShaderStyle, a new set of plug-ins for Eovia's 3D modeling, animation and rendering software Carrara.The plug-in will work with Carrara 4 Standard / Pro, Carrara 5 Standard / Pro and Carrara 3D Basics 2. Eovia ShaderStyle is a powerful bundle of plug-ins comprised of Digital Carvers Guild's Anything Goos, Shader Plus, Toon Pro and Wireframe Pro. This collection of shaders, lighting models and rendering tools will enable Carrara users to enhance their creations quickly and easily. Each plug-in is tightly integrated within the framework of Carrara, so you'll have a seamless working experience as you access these powerful add-ons.
Eovia Shaders Style plugins set features:
-Shader Plus : Powerful Lighting Models and shaders
-Toon! Pro: add a cartoon Look to your Renderings
-Wireframe Pro: Create high-quality wireframe Renderings
-Anything Goos: dirt and ageing shader for real-world looks
For More Information please visit Eovia website....www.eovia.com
Tags: Carrara . 3d modeling . 3d plug-ins . Eovia . Animation

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Adobe After Effects 7 and Production Studio Announced !!

Adobe After Effects 7.0 Delivers Unprecedented Levels of Productivity and Creative Control while Adobe Production Studio offers, The complete post-production solution.....

- Press Release ;- Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced and shipped Adobe After Effects 7.0 software, the industry standard tool for producing motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. Professionals can streamline their workflows to produce compelling content for any media with the new features packed in Adobe After Effects 7.0, including a re-designed, unified user interface, accelerated high-fidelity OpenGL 2.0 support, and the industry's most comprehensive Flash Video (FLV) export capabilities. Adobe After Effects 7.0 is available as a stand-alone product or as part of Adobe Production Studio also announced today.
Adobe After Effects 7.0 software helps you create compelling motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects with efficiency, precision, and infinite variety. Take advantage of unmatched integration with other Adobe software, flexible 2D and 3D compositing, and hundreds of effects and Animation Presets to bring a new dimension to your film, video, DVD, and Macromedia Flash productions.
Adobe Production Studio Bring new power and efficiency to your film, video, DVD, and web workflows with Adobe Production Studio Premium software. Part of the Adobe Creative Suite family, this complete audio and video post-production solution combines Adobe After Effects 7.0 Professional, Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0, Photoshop CS2, Adobe Audition 2.0, Adobe Encore DVD 2.0, and Adobe Illustrator CS2 software with the timesaving workflow features Adobe Dynamic Link and Adobe Bridge.
Adobe After Effects 7.0 New Features Link
Adobe Production Studio Link
Tags: Adobe . After Effects . Motion Graphics . Visual Effects . VFX

Labels: After Effects, motion graphics

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V-Ray for Rhino 1.0.0 Adavanced Sale !!

V-Ray for Rhino 1.0.0 Adavanced Sale For a limited time

- PR Release; For a limited time V-Ray for Rhino will be on sale for $499 USD. As of Monday January 16th 9 AM EST ASGvis, LLC will be accepting advanced purchases for V-Ray for Rhino 1.0.0. Customers who make advanced purchases must register on the ASGvis online store athttp://www.asgvis.com/store_l.html.Credit card orders will be approved but NOT processed until the final release of V-Ray for Rhino 1.0. Customers reserve the right to cancel their order any time before the official VRay for Rhino 1.0 release date. At least five business days of notice will be provided. Customers will have access to the latest beta and release candidate versions of V-Ray for Rhino 1.0 upon order approval. There will be two last beta releases for VRay for Rhino. The next V-Ray for Rhino beta release will be on or shortly after January 14th 2006. For current beta testers of V-Ray for Rhino the beta program will terminate with the release of V-Ray for Rhino 1.0. ASGvis does not expect this to be an extended period of time. Most of the product features are implemented and well tested. We are making a few minor bug fixes, feature additions, and GUI modifications. For More info please visit wwwasgvis.com !!
Tags: V-Ray . Rhino 3d . VRay Renderer . 3d rendering

Labels: Rhino, VRay

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Tom's H.- New 3D Graphics Card Features in 2006 !!

Top Graphics With The Geforce 7 And Radeon X1x00
Technology..... source:Tom's Hardware

- Tom's Hardware has published a new comprehensive article, about the new features of High-end 3D Graphics Cards in 2006. T'H sayz; - The 3D game F.E.A.R. is a good example of how to exploit the effects offered by a 3D graphics card on a PC; the bigger the graphics chip, the better the effects and quality.....In the latest generation of graphics cards, PixelShader has become mainstream. Version 3 features 3D effects like HDR rendering for bright light sources, and parallax mapping for even more vivid features in walls and stones. The brand-new Radeon X1000 series from ATI and the Geforce 6 and Geforce 7 from NVIDIA master these improved graphics features......Read Full Article !!
Tags: 3d Graphics . 3d Graphics Cards . 3d Games . 3d Animation

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EA REVEAL '06 - Canadian 3D Animation Showdown !!

REVEAL 06, a 3D Animation Showdown for Canadian Art Students, it could be worth thousands

- Electronic Arts announced 'Reveal 06' - the company's second annual computer animation competition. EA is inviting graduating Canadian art and 3D animation students to submit their best animated short video for a chance to win a $20,000 grand prize and a matching grant to the grand prize winner's. The 3D Digital Animated Short - Up to 4 minutes maximum length.All entries will be judged by artists employed by Electronic Arts. Winning selections will be based on Electronic Arts' sole discretion and based on technical ability, originality and creativity/artistic merit.October 1st, 2005, at 12:01 AM (PST):DeadLine and for more information please visit Reveal.ea.com !!!
EA REVEAL '06 - Canadian 3D Animation Showdown Rules
Tags: Animation . Animation shorts . Animation Competition . Canadian Art

Labels: competition

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Cg Underground Features PEKELO LOKI !!

Cg Underground Features PEKELO LOKI ..........

- Cg Underground proudly presents Pekelo Loki. A new label for Maquette production for the print media, animation, and film market. Founded by Sebastian Lochmann and Thorsten Kiecker to focus on development of multi-functional Maquettes and display figures. Maquettes should be arranged able and interesting. This is where Pekelo Loki comes in. Pekelo Loki is strong and develops new and unique ideas for you to present your TV-Series, or Feature Film represented in the most interesting and inspiring way.
If you would like more information take a look at http://www.pekeloloki.com/
Tags: Animation . Animated films . animation studio

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Free Plugin Presets 4 After Effects !

TRAPCODE Projects using lights........

- DMN has posted some free Plugin Presets for After Effects, These are actually project files, and not just Animation Presets created by Ko Maruyama and Emerson Velasquez.These Plugins help you easily create visuals that would otherwise take up too much production time.You must have the TRAPCODE plugins for them to render.You can download the demo versions from Trapcode Website . The Project with all 5 setups contained can be download from DMN's macdesignpro.com !!
Free Plugin Presets 4 After Effects Link
Tags: Free VFX Plugins . After Effects . VFX . Animation

Labels: After Effects, motion graphics

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Twixtor Now Available for Digital Fusion Ver 4 & 5!

Vision Effects, Inc. releases Twixtor 4.5 for eyeon Software's Fusion.

- Press Release RE: Vision Effects Inc. releases a major update to Twixtor, their popular retiming solution. Twixtor 4.5 is now available for Digital Fusion 4 and Fusion 5.Twixtor 4.5 raises the bar in motion estimation. Nick Brooks, Academy Award and Emmy Award winner for visual effects says, "Twixtor 4.5 represents a new touchstone in retiming. The difference in accuracy means that retiming artifacts are either drastically reduced or disappear on the hardest to retime footage.

Twixtor 4.5 for eyeon Software's Fusion Link

Related CGI Post : Twixtor Released For SoftImageXSI !!

Tags: VFX . Twixtor . Digital Fusion . Visual Effects

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Banty's Toolkit beta 1.2 version For HDR Shop !!

HDR Shop 1.0.3 Plug-ins: Banty's Toolkit beta 1.2 version

- The Banty's Toolkit is a collection of plug-ins for HDR Shop 1.0.3, there're six plug-ins: Diffuse SH, MedianCut, Gaussian Motion Blur, Maxedin, FakeHDRI, and MyFilter. You can download the Banty's Toolkit beta 1.2 version For HDR Shop from banterle.com !!
Banty's Toolkit beta 1.2 version For HDR Shop Link
Tags: HDR . HDRI . 3ds Max . 3d plug-ins

Labels: HDRI

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Narnia: Rhythm and Hues India involved !!

Narnia: Rhythm & Hues India involved in landmark achievement
Text by Anand Gurnani , Source: Animation X'press

- The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe directed by Andrew Adamson and produced by Walt Disney Pictures & Walden Media is as expected, taking a lion's share of Box Office collections worldwide.From the Indian VFX perspective the icing on the cake, rather quite a good part of the cake itself is the role that Rhythm & Hues India has played in the making of this CG extravaganza.Rhythm & Hues was the lead house on creating all the visual effects and animation for Narnia and as the show grew, Sony Imageworks and ILM were....................Read on!!
Tags: animated films . VFX . Animation india . Narnia

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ManiaTV Film Festival - Calling Entries in Animation Shorts Category!!

ManiaTV Film Festival - Calling Entries in Animation Shorts and live action shorts Category
Deadline March 3rd 2006

- ManiaTV is proud to announce that, we are accepting submissions for the 2006 LIVE ManiaTV Film Festival. We had so much fun helping independent filmmakers get their work out to the masses during last years film festival event, that we've actually decided to make this an annual event! Last year's winners have been seen by over 500,000 viewers in the past year and we're out to beat that number this year. If you're an aspiring filmmaker, now is your chance to reach millions of viewers worldwide and win up to $5,000 in prizes.
We are accepting submissions in the following categories:
1. Student Films - 1 to 30 minutes
2. Live Action Shorts - 1 to 30 minutes
3. Animated Shorts - 1 to 15 minutes
4. Foreign Films - 1 to 20 minutes
2nd Annual LIVE ManiaTV Film Festival Link!
Tags: Animation . Animated films . Animation shorts . Film festival

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Introducing Sub-Division Modeling.com !!!!

Sub-Division Modeling.com - The New Hub For All Subdivision Modeling

- KURVStudios, CGFocus, and SouthernGFX is proud to announce the birth of Subdivisionmodeling.com. The vision of the new site devoted to, you guessed it, subdivision modeling.The site is aimed at helping new modelers get into Sub-Division modeling and is a non-software specific site. I am looking for artists to allow me to use examples of their work but I want to focus on the wireframes and sub-divided, un-textured versions of models. Please remember, the site is all about helping other artists to improve their modeling skills so images that show complicated geometry and topology will really help.The site launches on the 23rd of January officially with competition prizes including a Signed Image by renowned traditional/digital artist Don Seegmiller, CGtoolKit books, SILO Licenses and even subscriptions to Peter Levius’s Human Reference website .
Related CG Focus Article Link
Sub-Division modeling website Link
Tags: 3d modelling . 3d . 3D Software . 3d Website

Labels: Silo

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Introducing - The Chubby Bunny Show !

The Exhibition runs from February 11, 2006 - March 4, 2006

- Gallery Nucleus, Tragnark, Circus Posterus Studios, along with Wheaty Wheat Studios proudly presents the 2006 Chubby Bunny Show. For the first time, 60 National and International artists representing industries such as animation, film, toy design, comic publishing, and of course, the fine art spectrum will share one roof and present their interpretation of the proverbial question…What exactly is a Chubby Bunny?Chubby Bunny's roster of artists include established artists such as 3 time Emmy-award winning artist Eric Radomski, credited with work on the acclaimed animated series, "Batman: The Animated Series". Author and illustrator Michael Gagne, whose work ranges from the highly acclaimed "Insanely Twisted Rabbits" toy line. Pop surrealist, Chet Zar, whose direction, fine art, character design is most noted for videos from the revolutionary band "TOOL". The Chubby Bunny Show is curated by Tragnark, an LA based visual artist and entertainment designer who exhibits internationally and has designed, developed, and generated business interest with studios such as Warner Bros., BBC, Saks 5th Avenue, the Gotham Group, and Cartoon Network.
Link Nucleus Art Gallery and Store
Tragnark.com/bunny/
Tags: Animation . Cartoons . Graphics . Design

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RPC New 1st Responder and Military Collections!

1st Responder and Military Collections ....

- ArchVision, Inc. today announced the availability of 5 new 1st Responder and Military RPC collections. The libraries include 1st Responder People [Fire & EMS] Vol. 1, 1st Responder People [Police] Vol. 2, 1st Responder Vehicles Vol. 1, Military People [Army] Vol. 1 and Military Vehicles Vol. 1. The people libraries each contain 16 3D RPCs in a variety of uniforms and poses. Each vehicle collection contains 4 3D+ RPCs. These RPC collections are fully compatible with the full set of RPC Platform Tools including Mass Populate, Mass Edit and RPC Helper tools for added ease of placement and editing. Click here to preview / purchase 1st Responders Bundle
Tags: RPC . 3d models . 3ds Max . 3d vehicles

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CG India News Flash.....!!

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SketchUP 3D Modelling Tool Used 4 " Good Night and Good Luck" !!

SketchUP 3D Modelling Tool Used for "Good Night and Good Luck" Set Design......

- Last Software, Inc. has announced their product's involvement in the making of Good Night and Good Luck, a 2005 Warner Independent Film. Production designer James Bissell modeled the entire studio set in SketchUp - a 3d modelling tool in Last Software Inc. Product line-up. SketchUp 3D modeling software for designers, was involved with the making of 'Good Night and Good Luck', a 2005 Warner Independent Film. Directed by George Clooney, the film depicts Senator Joseph McCarthy and the news coverage surrounding the infamous trials. The film has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, including 'Best Motion Picture' and 'Best Director'.Using the 'Good Night and Good Luck' script, production designer James Bissell modeled the entire studio set in SketchUp. All sets and camera angles were pre-visualized with this dynamic 3D modeling tool. The final movie maintains the integrity of the virtual sets designed in SketchUp.
Case Studies - Movie Set Design Link
Tags: SketchUp . 3d Modelling . 3d design . 3d visualization

Labels: SketchUp

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EverMotion Archmodels Vol 19, 20 and 21 Released !!

EverMotion 3d models collection 'Archmodels Vol 19, 20 and 21 Released '

- Have you ever lost your race with time doing visualizations?....EverMotion has released its Archmodel Vol 19, 20 and 21 and available for sale on their website.You can also download some free sample 3d models from their website.
Archmodels Vol 19 Link
Archmodels Vol 20 Link
Archmodels Vol 21 Link
Tags: 3d Models . 3ds Max . architectural Rendering . 3d Graphics

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Free 3D World tutorial - Perfect digital Skin !!

Free 3D World tutorial - Perfect digital Skin (.PDF)
Master the techniques used to texture and post-produce this flawless 3D cover image in this 3D World tutorial

- Realistic skin is hard to fake because it's both an artistic and a technical challenge. It's artistic because you can almost feel a character's personality through the look of its skin; its wrinkles, colours and beauty spots. But it's also a technical test, because skin isn't like a homogeneous material that has simple physical properties – it's composed of several different layers. However, we always model it as a perfectly even thin surface, which is why it's so hard to get good results. To make matters worse, until recently, 3D software didn't include appropriate rendering tools to make human skin, such as subsurface scattering shaders........more!!
Free 3D World tutorial - Perfect digital Skin Link
Related Link : ComputerArt UK
Tags: 3d . 3d tutorials . Photoshop . 3ds max

Labels: Digital Art

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Introducing CG Channel Television !

Introducing CG Channel Television

- This January, the very well known computer graphics and animation website CG Channel will introduce the real thing. CG Channel Television is born! This downloadable program will feature live, on-camera interviews with top artists and industry professionals from all over the industry.Visitors can watch the teaser of the CgChannel.com Television on their website.
Stay tuned 4 more !
CgChannel.com Television Teaser Link
Tags: Cg Channel . Animation Tv . VFX . Graphics

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BOxX Power-Packed "APEXX 4" Launched !!

Outstanding Performance for VFX and Animation Professionals
by Amit Dixit

- BoxX Tech. has launched its Next-generation Power packed workstation featuring four AMD 64 dual-core Opteron processors with Hyper-Transport technology and PCI Express graphics slots. BOXX Technologies designed APEXX 4 from the ground up to deliver top-of-the-line professional workstation performance to digital artists who need the very best to maximize their productivity. With an extraordinary system architecture delivered in a quiet and compact tower chassis APEXX 4 offers the best of personal workstation technology available today. APEXX 4 is powered by four dual-core Opteron processors featuring a next-generation Integrated Memory Controller in each processor and Hyper-Transport technology for a blazing fast data interconnect between CPUs. All tests confirm exceptional performance in raw processor speed and in applications benchmarks. And with four processors harnessing a total of eight cores, you command a beast that drives real gains when running Alias Maya, Autodesk 3DSMAX, Lightwave 3D, or Softimage XSI............The Boxx Beast make my computer look like a piece of junk......Somebody gift me this one or at least the two Latest AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core processor which has been released just two days back N don’t call me greedy ....just kidding!!
BoxX Apexx4 Link
Tags: Animation . VFX . Technology . AMD

Labels: Hardware

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Pro Booleans and Service Pack 1 for 3ds Max 8 !!

Pro Booleans and Service Pack 1 for 3ds Max 8 available......

- Service Pack 1 for 3ds Max 8 is available for download. Subscription Users of 3ds Max also able to download Pro Booleans Extension for 3dsMax 8 . Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Service Pack 1 includes a number of fixes for Autodesk 3ds Max 8 across several functional areas, including Biped, Batch Render, Hair, Material Editor, Maxscript, Script Controller, SDK, Snaps, UV Unwrap and mental ray.
Pro Booleans for 3ds Max is a reliable, production-proven modeling tool that lets you quickly model inorganic shapes. Integrate and automate Pro Booleans functionality into your production pipeline with robust MAXScript support.The Pro Booleans Extension adds extra intelligence to the process of performing Boolean operations. First it combines topologies, determines co-planar triangles, and removes incident edges from your mesh. Next, it performs the Boolean operation on N-Sided polygons - not triangles. Once the Boolean operations are complete, the mesh is re-triangulated and its co-planar edges remain hidden. This provides clean, high-quality meshes with fewer small edges and skinny triangles.
Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Service Pack 1 download Link
Tags: 3ds Max . Autodesk . 3d softwares . Animation

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CG Underground Interview With Mark Sinclair !!

CG Underground Interview With Mark Sinclair

- CG Underground has posted their interview with Ensemble Studios Concept Artist Marc Sinclair. Mark is also a member of the elite group of " Six Fat Ninjas" http://www.sixfatninjas.com/ !!
CGU Interview - Mark Sinclair
Related Cgi Post - CG Underground Interview With ANDY COTNAM
Related Cgi Post - CG Underground Interview With Paul Warzecha
Tags: Computer Graphics . 3d . CG Art . Animation

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Nipuna Services Ltd. Bags $8-m Animation Contract !

Nipuna Services Ltd. Bags $8-m animation Deal

- Nipuna Services LTD. a Satyam Company has signed an estimated $8-million animation deal with 4K Animation GmbH, a German animation company. This covers development and production of digital special effects and 3D character animation, computer generated images for film and TV production. Nipuna and 4K Animation will work for a Hollywood film directed by Paul Nicholas.
Nipuna official website link
Tags: Animation . 3d . outsourcing . India

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CgMuscle plugin Video Demo Available !!

CgMuscle plugin Video Demo Available

- cgMuscle plugin video demo of some of the most up-to-date stuff they have been working on is available for download. The file is in divX format and is 25mb in size. They are also looking for some beta testers, so if you are interested in testing, please email them at judd@cgmuscle.com.
CgMuscle is an Open source muscle plug-in for maya, poly/NURB muscle model in beta, no deformer yet.
CgMuscle Website link
Tags: Maya 3d . 3d Plug-ins . cgMuscle . 3d modeling

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Best and Worst of da Newest Animation !!

Best & Worst Animated Films - MSN featured Article
Text By Frank Paiva, Source: MSN Movies

- Ever since Disney and Pixar released the megahit "Toy Story" in 1995, movie audiences have been clamoring for computer - animated movies. "Hoodwinked" is the latest in a growing number of films to throw traditional hand-drawn animation to the wind. Thanks to technology, it's now possible for any group of idiots with powerful computers to make a movie -- especially if they think all they need is a good design concept, some celebrity voices and a lot of time. Luckily not everyone thinks that way -- but audiences need to pick carefully as our list of five best and worst shows. What makes some computer - animated movies rock? What makes some suck? It's best to look at the five best and five worst examples released so far in this increasingly popular genre....................Read full article !!
Tags: Animated Films . VFX . Animation . Disney . Pixar

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PLumber - da Animation Short !!

PLumber ( from da archive ) ..........

- Most of you may know about this animation short, which has won various awards and screenings at numerous festivals including a nomination for "Best Animation" at the 2004 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA).Plumber was their first fully computer generated short film produced over a six month period at Redrover Animation Studios Ltd. It was directed by Richard Rosenman and Andy Knight. The animators and upcoming studios looking forward to make their first short, should have a look at their website as its features the process involved in the making of "PLumber - Animation Short", in a very comprehensive manner.
PLumber - da Animation Short Link
Tags: Animation . BAFTA . Animation short . 3d animation

Labels: animation short

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Animation Legend Directs New Tom and Jerry Short !!

Animation Legend Directs New Tom and Jerry Short !!

- SHERMAN OAKS/ATLANTA (worldscreen), January 10: On January 27, Cartoon Network in the U.S. will premiere The KarateGuard, a new 7-minute animated short featuring the classic characters Tom and Jerry, and directed by the 94-year-old animation legend Joseph Barbera. Barbera created the characters 65 years ago with his late partner William Hanna, who passed away in March 2001. The classic Tom and Jerry theatrical shorts were produced and animated by Hanna and Barbera at MGM and were shown ahead of the studio's films from 1940 to 1957. The original series of more than 100 theatrical shorts won seven Academy Awards. In The KarateGuard, Jerry, the clever mouse, takes up martial arts to defend himself against his arch-nemesis, Tom, the mischievous cat. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, this new Tom and Jerry theatrical short has already been submitted for a 2006 Academy Award nomination in the animated short film category. "When we created these characters, we had no idea how popular and beloved Tom and Jerry would become," Barbera said in a statement. "It was such a thrill to direct this short. With all the creativity coming from animators in the field today, i