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Warhammer 40k Movie Trailer

Submitted by Riki on August 24, 2010 - 9:20am
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Looks like they are going for the "300" style. Looks promising. Smiling

More info here: http://ultramarinesthemovie.com/

Bryan Erck teaching a Master Class in Paris

Submitted by Riki on June 2, 2010 - 9:25am
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Bryan Erck, Eat 3D instructor on Unreal VFX and Unreal Cascade DVDs, will be in Paris, France for the Game Connection Master Classes.
Bryan will be teaching on none other than Visual Effects  and here is the program highlight:

3ds Max 2011 Announced!

Submitted by Riki on March 9, 2010 - 1:04pm
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 A new release with an awesome feature set!!  http://area.autodesk.com/3dsmax2011

Here are some of the new features:

Slate Material Editor

Quicksilver Hardware Renderer

Local Edits to Containers

Modeling and Texturing Enhancements

Viewport Display of 3ds Max Materials

3ds Max Composite

In-Context Direct Manipulation UI

CAT Integration

Ribbon Customization

mental ray 2011

Updated OpenEXR Image IO Plug-in

Save to Previous Release

Windows 7 Support

Pixologic Releases UV Master!

Submitted by Riki on February 24, 2010 - 9:04am
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Pixologic have released a new UV unwraping plugin for ZBrush R3!

Enter UV Master!

3ds Max UI enhancement: Caddies

Submitted by Riki on February 20, 2010 - 9:46pm
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 Ken Pimentel shows off an upcoming 3ds Max UI feature that looks very impressive indeed:

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/xbr_4u_faster_simpler_easier_ui_caddies

Making of Iron Cat

Submitted by Riki on February 20, 2010 - 9:39pm
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 CGArena hosts a new tutorial by Adam Farkas.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/ironcat/ironcat.html

HDRI Lighting Tutorial

Submitted by Riki on February 20, 2010 - 9:34pm
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Peter Guthrie gives a quick HDRI tutorial using Vray for 3ds Max.

http://www.peterguthrie.net/blog/2010/02/hdri-sky-lighting-tutorial/

Coming Soon - ZBrush 3.5 - A Comprehensive Introduction

Submitted by Riki on November 11, 2009 - 10:48am
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We are extremely proud of this upcoming release and decided to give a little teaser. The release is scheduled for Monday the 16th!

Section 8 Article by CGSociety!

Submitted by Riki on November 11, 2009 - 9:12am
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 Great article about section 8. I used to work at timegate a while back and Im very proud of their work!

 

read it here: http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=5338

Epic Released Unreal Editor 3 for FREE!

Submitted by Riki on November 5, 2009 - 9:29am
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This is so awesome, I downloaded it and it has all the recent updates that licensees get. Amazing!!

You can get the download FREE from their site, more info here: http://www.udk.com

Video Short: The King of the Island

Submitted by Riki on October 26, 2009 - 8:35am
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 'The king of the island' is the second short film directed by Raimondo Della Calce and produced by artFive animation studio. The movie tells the story of Gioannin, a shy and lonely child, left no father because of a mishap occurred at sea years before.

Its long but has a great quality to it, enjoy Smiling

Free Video Tutorial - The tree - Creating surface textures tip.

Submitted by Riki on October 23, 2009 - 2:11pm
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 Sample workflow creating surface details combining color texture work and sculpted displacements. A process for creating "cavity" like texture is also shown here.This workflow could be used if you were creating color and displacement maps for rendering your mesh in Mental ray as a subdivision surface.

Free Video Tutorial - Switching Cameras in an Animation in 3ds Max

Submitted by Riki on October 23, 2009 - 2:03pm
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 Here is new set of videos covering different techniques to switch cameras in an animation in 3ds max. Either it's for a pre-viz project or a visualization walkthrough from multiple points of view, you'll see how to create a camera switch to cut from one camera to another in a single animation.

New Book: Learning Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 Foundation for Games

Submitted by Riki on October 23, 2009 - 1:55pm
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Learning 3ds Max 2010 Foundation for Games is the key to unlocking the power of Autodesk 3ds Max, directly from the creators of one of the world's most powerful 3D animation and effects software products. Get hands on experience with the innovative tools and powerful techniques available in the new version of 3ds Max, through all new project-based lessons. Projects will include valuable game assets and examples. Topics will include modeling, animation, materials & mapping, rendering.

 

2 New Free Video tutorials at JoeGunn3D

Submitted by Riki on October 23, 2009 - 1:49pm
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Tearing Cloth Max 2010 and "Beachball Softbodies"

Check them out here: http://www.joegunn3d.com/Tutorials.html

Pretty cool stuff, The more I learn about Max 2010 the more impressed I get!!

Pixar Intro Parody

Submitted by Riki on October 21, 2009 - 4:59pm
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 Beware of adorable, homicidal lamps!

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1921845

3d-Palace releases The Pariah - 3ds max 2010 optimized training!

Submitted by Riki on October 20, 2009 - 8:25am
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 Another great looking release from 3d-palace!

 

This set covers workflow for the entire project of creating a bio-engineered cyborg/alien hybrid that will teach you skills in

Dragon Age Cinematic from Bioware

Submitted by Riki on October 14, 2009 - 9:58am
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Amazingly intense cinematic for the new game Dragon Age. Check out the video after the jump or on their website: http://dragonage.bioware.com/sacred_ashes.html

Old Man Win!

Submitted by Riki on October 13, 2009 - 4:52pm
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 Amazingly inspirational image from the Concept Art board.

 

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=171030

Art Blog by Michael Pedro

Submitted by Riki on October 13, 2009 - 8:49am
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 Michael Pedro is a concept artist/illustrator working in the PC/console game industry. He studied computer animation at the Ringling College of Art and Design, and is currently employed at Sony Online Entertainment in Austin, Texas.

I personally worked with Michael and hes always working just as hard at home as he does at work. His work just keeps getting better, hopefully he will keep the blog updated Smiling

http://ultra-prime.blogspot.com/

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