CGArena : January 09 Animation News Archives

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2009

Jan 09

30.01.09	Making of Twisted Mind of Puyuh Happy to share my techniques and will walk you through the many steps from initial conceptual work to final rendering
29.01.09	Realflow RenderKit Released The RealFlow RenderKit is a set of tools that has been designed to facilitate the complex task of rendering RealFlow fluids.	30.01.09	DVD Release: Unreal Kismet - An Intro In this demonstration the instructor starts off by giving a detailed explanation of commonly used kismet nodes
28.01.09	Video Interview with Daniel Menard A video interview with project lead Daniel Menard about the Half-Life 2 Mod "Eternal Silence"	28.01.09	New Website for Quality Textures CG-Source is a site dedicated to deliver the highest quality textures possible. The current avg resolution is 101mp per texture.
28.01.09	50% Discount on all Goodies ambientLight pleased to announce the launch of new website and enter the code "cutinhalf " [without quotes] for discount	28.01.09	Mudbox 2009 Service Pack 1 Try out the updated Mudbox2009 build if the last one gave you hardware trouble, this release also fix dozens of bugs
27.01.09	Introduction to Rendering with Mental ray i3DTutorials announces their latest training product “Introduction to Rendering with mental ray in Autodesk Maya 2009"	27.01.09	Review: Sony PSP 3004 Where artists can play games in their free time because all work and no play makes you a dull boy
26.01.09	Flatiron - Scene Render to Texture Flatiron is a texture baking plug-in for 3D Studio MAX which handles multiple objects at once	26.01.09	A Call for Humanity - Futuristic Article Yes, it's true the image on the left is my Grandson in 2555 AD, not an alien. Very Futuristic article and [Direct Download]
23.01.09	Prime Focus provides VFX in CC2C Prime Focus provides the visual effects shots for Bollywood film Chandni Chowk to China and co-produced by Warner Bros	26.01.09	Red Vertex Foliage Tutorial Scene consists of a round patch of grass, the house in the center and trees surrounding it.
23.01.09	Making of Hecate Hecate is the Greek goddess of the crossroads. She is usually seen with two ghost hounds that were said to serve her.	23.01.09	E-on Software releases Vue 7 PLE Announced the immediate availability of a free Personal Learning Edition (PLE) of its flagship products, Vue 7 xStream & Infinite
21.01.09	Making of the Standing Beauty In this project overview artist try to reproduce the style of classical black and white photographs [CG Nudity]	22.01.09	Mesh Extraction in ZBrush How to create a new geometry from the existing geometry using the mesh extraction technique in ZBrush
21.01.09	QUIDAM product range 30% off Now you can save money on the purchase of N-Sided products. All products from the QUIDAM range are 30% off this week	21.01.09	Vray: The Complete Guide The first book completely devoted to VRay. Its aim is to provide an avanced support for the specialists in this branch.
20.01.09	Closes the distance between VFX and DI The Spirit, directed by Frank Miller and The Orphanage, a VFX production company fine tuned Frank Miller's Color Workflow	21.01.09	Craft Director Tools for Cinema 4D Craft Animations announced the availability of its Craft Director Tools™ for users of Maxon Cinema 4D
19.01.09	Interview with Mike Tomaino An interview with Mike Tomaino about his open-source level creation program "Platinum Arts Sandbox".	20.01.09	FX Visit: Underworld 3 A visit to Luma Pictures, the vfx studio behind Underworld 3, and an interview with the director and vfx supervisor
16.01.09	Lumonix Puppetshop now Free Puppetshop is a Rigging and Animation plugin for 3dsmax 8 (or higher). It offers a unique blend of easy to use animator tools.	16.01.09	Mudbox 2009: Quickstart Series - Part 8 In these video tutorials you will learn about 32bit displacement, Mudbox to Vray (32bit displacement) & preparing mirrored UV.
15.01.09	Games Show Reel Call for Submissions Submit your recent trailers, video-game cinematics, animations created with any or a combination of the Autodesk products	16.01.09	Autodesk to cut 750 jobs Cutting 750 jobs, or about 10 percent of its work force to cut expenses and expects to report a loss for the fourth quarter.
14.01.09	Introduction to Expressions in XSI Learn the basics of expressions, linked parameters, and custom property sets in Softimage/XSI	15.01.09	Making of the Incredible Hulk In this making artist will show you common workflow used in the game and movie industry while creating characters
13.01.09	Making of the Mother Love In this image concept was to show a love and humanity between the rough stone mother and child statue	13.01.09	Extreme Performance Library IntegrityWare announces the release of its new Extreme Performance Library (EXLIb) for companies developing visualization
12.01.09	Rick Baker talks about ZBrush ZBrush interview with Rick Baker - 6 times Academy Award winner. This video tutorial uploaded on youtube	12.01.09	Blue Cross Blue Shield Campaign MAKE collaborated with Swanson Russell to create first completely animated campaign for Blue Cross Blue Shield
09.01.09	Making of The Royal Assassin Short tutorial by Roy Stein on how he painted the illustration from start to finish in 15 hours	12.01.09	Top 10 Animation/VFX Tools Animation magazine asks readers to pick their favourite tools and here are the terrific 10 items that earned the most votes
08.01.09	RayFire Tool 1.43 Released Shoot, explode, destroy and many new features this tool is released for the 3ds Max 9, 2008 and 2009	08.01.09	Sculpting Ears in Mudbox 2009 In this 9 min video tutorial from Wayne Robson learn how you can sculpt the ears easily inside Mudbox 2009
06.01.09	Learn Sculpting in ZBrush: Part 8 In this video tutorial will cover the Painting with pixels, using zapplik and project mastes techniques in ZBrush	07.01.09	Autodesk announces tools for Mac OS X The three new 2009 products for Mac OS X are Autodesk Toxik, Autodesk Mudbox and Autodesk ImageModeler
05.01.09	Onyx announced two new products Onyx Computing announces the release of two new products, two upgrades and a free 1-hour live demonstration!	06.01.09	Fluid Dynamics with Limit Workflow Start understanding something about fluid dynamic in a mixed pipeline using NextLimit Realflow and 3ds max
01.01.09	Making of Beauty on the Bed Project overview of the winning image in the 3d challenge, won hearts and inspire the many artists worldwide	05.01.09	Production Focus: Gears of War 2 IGN awarded this "Best Developer for Xbox 360" Pixologic profiles the user of ZBrush in the highly successful Gears of War 2