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Correcting the Viewport colour display of imported AutoCAD drawings & Rendering higher resolution images with VRay/Mental Ray

Submitted by metalliandy on April 30, 2013 - 7:26am

Jamie Cardoso has posted a couple of great tutorials on his Mental Ray blog that go over correcting the Viewport colour display of imported AutoCAD drawings, when added into a Layer in 3Ds Max & Rendering higher resolution images with "Render_autosave", using VRay or mental ray.

Creating Customised Ies Web Lights For V-Ray Or Mental Ray

Submitted by metalliandy on December 12, 2012 - 9:45am

Jamie Cardoso has posted a great tutorial on his Mental Ray blog that goes over the creation of customised IES web lights for V-Ray or mental ray!

New DVD Release! Maya Scripting - An Introduction and Application

Submitted by Eat 3D on November 9, 2012 - 3:30pm

More Info: http://eat3d.com/maya_scripting

Photo Based Sculpting In Mudbox, xNormal & nDo2

Submitted by Eat 3D on October 24, 2012 - 1:39pm

Watch it now here: http://eat3d.com/free/mudbox_displace

In this demonstration, Richard Piper shows how to get a quick & effective sculpt from a photo in Mudbox, xNormal and nDo2 with the final presentation being shown in Marmoset toolbag.

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 3

Submitted by Eat 3D on October 11, 2012 - 8:57am

Watch it now here: http://eat3d.com/free/maya_udk_3

In this final part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff continues his the Maya to UDK pipeline overview.

He demonstrates how to hook up up the animations within UDK via the AnimTree editor and shows the final result in a basic level.

TurboSmooth Pro 1.0 For 3ds Max Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on September 29, 2012 - 8:18am

Marius Silaghi has created an awesome new plugin for Max!

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TurboSmooth Pro is a modifier plugin for 3ds Max which produces nice smooth semi-sharp creases on your models, unlike the ugly creases that the standard TurboSmooth produces. It also give you the ability to have linear UVs which in some cases can help in the texturing pipeline.

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 2

Submitted by Eat 3D on September 26, 2012 - 8:53am

Watch it free here: http://eat3d.com/maya_udk_2

In this second part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff continues his the Maya to UDK pipeline overview.

He shows the techniques needed to create a character package within UDK using the assets from the first part of the tutorial, including importing all the assets and animations and setting up the animations within UDKs AnimSet editor.

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 1

Submitted by Eat 3D on September 19, 2012 - 8:53am

In this first part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff goes over the Maya to UDK pipeline.

He shows the techniques needed to efficiently export a fully rigged and animated character from Maya to UDK via the FBX format.

3Point Studios Unveil 3ptools Lite!

Submitted by metalliandy on August 11, 2012 - 3:09pm

3Point Studios have announced the imminent release of 3ptools Lite for Autodesk 3ds Max!

3Point Shader 33% Off Sale!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 31, 2012 - 12:55pm

3Point Studios have announced that their fantastic 3Point Shader Pro, which is a toolset for creation and presentation of high-quality real- time rendered materials in the Autodesk 3ds Max, is now available for sale with a discount of 33%!

Flow Map Painter 0.3 For Max Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on June 25, 2012 - 6:35am

Mattias Van Camp has released Flow Map Painter 0.3 for Max 2012 64bit!

The awesome script allows you to paint the direction of flow for a liquid surface and then use the resulting texture in a game engine to super realistic results

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UDK FBXporter Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on June 4, 2012 - 7:18pm

Laurens Corijn has been hard at work writing a FBX Exporter script that keeps track of "ExportSets" for UDK and has made it available on Scriptspot!

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Amsterdam 3d-Palace Live Seminar Programme July 2012 Announced!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 28, 2012 - 4:07pm

Our good friends over at 3d-Palace will be hosting a 2 day event in Amsterdam this year to teach Hard Surface skills in modeling, animation and effects, with an overall theme of Environments!
Cris, the senior tutor at 3d-palace, will be teaching a wide range of techniques to help you improve your skills in Hard Surface Environment creation

Polygon 10 versus Polygon Cruncher 9 Article!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 23, 2012 - 10:20am

Polygon Cruncher has been much improved since the release of version 10 a few weeks ago and now includes numerous optimizations which provide stunning results!

Quad Chamfer For Max Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 15, 2012 - 6:37pm

Quad Chamfer Modifier for Max has been released!

The massively successor of the Quad Chamfer maxscript, which produces all quad chamfers, is now available for purchase in a vastly improved modifier form

The Quad Chamfer modifier produces all quad chamfers, unlike the normal 3ds Max chamfer which produces a lot of triangles and ngons.

What improvements have been made?

Wayne Robson's MudWalker X And ReDucto Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 14, 2012 - 10:46am

Wayne Robson has released the much talked about MudWalker X And ReDucto!

The decimation tool and suite of plugins include such features as Vodel grid based polygon reduction, Intelligent hole filling, Vertex level Ambient Occlusion and Normal map baking and Customisable interface configurations, along with a surprise addition: WeaponX and over 30 minutes of help videos from the man himself!

Wayne Robson's MudWalker X And ReDucto To Be Released For Free!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 8, 2012 - 10:33am

Wayne Robson is to release the much talked about MudWalker X And ReDucto for free later this week!

The decimation tool and suite of plugins will include such features as Vodel grid based polygon reduction, Intelligent hole filling, Vertex level Ambient Occlusion and Normal map baking and Customisable interface configurations!

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3ds Max And 3ds Max Design 2013 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on April 12, 2012 - 11:25am

Autodesk have released 3DS Max 2013!

It is now available for download via subscription accounts and for those wishing to get a trial

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Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2013 animation software delivers new rendering, motion graphics, 3D animation, and simulation tools empowering artists to focus more on creative, rather than technical challenges.

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3ds Max And 3ds Max Design 2013 Announced!

Submitted by metalliandy on March 28, 2012 - 8:14am

Autodesk have announced 3DS Max 2013!

The worlds premier modeling application has a whole host of new features and improvements too!

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Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2013 animation software delivers new rendering, motion graphics, 3D animation, and simulation tools empowering artists to focus more on creative, rather than technical challenges.

Changes in this release include :-

Data Transfer & Pipeline Integration

Crytek Release CryENGINE 3 Free SDK 3.3.9 Update!

Submitted by metalliandy on February 23, 2012 - 2:30pm

Crytek have released CryENGINE 3 Free SDK 3.3.9!

The update adds numerous new rendering features and bug fixes over previous releases and now include now includes Autodesk's Scaleform technology, along with DirectX 9 rendering improvements such as Parallax Occlusion Mapping, SSDO, Particle Global Illumination and a new “Very High” graphics configuration to support the new higher levels of rendering quality.