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Well after thousands of votes over numerous nominations, the results for the Autodesk Masters Awards 2009 are finally in...and our very own Riki Babington now has the right to officially call him self a 3ds Max Master!

That's right folks Riki is one of the 15 winners in this years Autodesk Masters Awards 2009.

In this demonstration Andy Davies shows you how to bring your ZBrush MatCaps into Blender.

Everything from configuring ZBrush, editing the capture within Photoshop and importing it into Blender 2.5 covered.
 

Watch it FREE here: http://eat3d.com/free/matcaps-blender

Our stock of the first official Eat 3D T-Shirt has been replenished for the start of 2010 and by popular demand now includes new sizes!

This shirt is screen-printed on black Hanes Beefy-T Shirts. Screen printing ensures the design wont fade when washing and the Beefy-T is one of the highest quality t-shirts you can get.

The picture above is the back of the actual product.

You can get the shirt here: http://eat3d.com/gear/black-t-shirt-feed-your-brain

Recently we had the pleasure to talk to Blue Castle Games character artist Gavin Goulden about his workflow, how Zbrush has changed the way he models, how aspiring artists can improve and his general thoughts on the industry as a whole.

The first official Eat 3D T-Shirt. This shirt is screen-printed on black Hanes Beefy-T Shirts. Screen printing ensures the design wont fade when washing and the Beefy-T is one of the highest quality t-shirts you can get.

Stock is very limited, we only ordered 50 of these for the first round so dont delay with the upcoming holidays. The pick above is the back of the actual product.

You can get the shirt here: http://eat3d.com/gear/black-t-shirt-feed-your-brain

Our very own Riki Babington has been nominated for this years Autodesk Masters 2009

Riki was nominated for the Autodesk Masters Award for 3ds Max and he would love it if some of you would log into the area and give him a 5 star vote!

 In this demonstration the instructor starts off by going over the entire cascade interface and then through most of the common modules. Once the foundation is laid its on to creating several effects from scratch. Everything from creating an explosion, hit effects, water drips, laser beams, and trailes are covered. 

If you have never used cascade you should be able to follow along and understand. Even if you are experienced using cascade, you should pick up useful information throughout the DVD. 

Good news for students! We are now offing 20% off for qualified student and faculty.

To get the discount please create a Support Ticket and supply us with a Student/Faculty ID that Proves you are a student or part of the faculty. This includes High Schools!

In this demonstration Hristo Velev takes you through creating an animated chain inside 3ds Max. Everything from modeling the chain, skin wrapping it to a control object, and using cloth to simulate the dynamics are covered. 

Hristo recently has worked on the upcoming movie "2012" and has a passion for vfx.

It's Art is having another competition with great prizes like free Eat 3D videos! The last contest they had was great, is anyone interested in participating this year?