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    30.01.2010

eat3d
Eat 3D Unreal Development Kit DVD

Instead of giving a simple technical overview, Sjoerd uses personal and pro experience with Unreal Editor to create an exterior & interior environ.
29.01.2010

chevrolet
Modeling Chevrolet Car - Part 8

Another part available from 14 parts video series where you learn how to model a real looking car and where details are really necessary
29.01.2010

parasol
Interview with Paul Dreisen

Visualizing a car that doesn't exist or the challenge Parasol Island undertook to create exceptional InfinitiAds.
29.01.2010

pixologic
Pixologic and VFS partnership

Pixologic announced an official partnership agreement to provide VFS with full access to educational licenses of ZBrush. [PDF Link]
29.01.2010

vue
Vue 8 available in French, German

E-on Software announced the immediate availability of the French and German versions of its product line for Enthusiasts and 3D Artists
28.01.2010

aramaki
Making of Aramaki, Section 9

Inspiration taken from the 2D anime series and here you can see the 3D version with explanation of steps created using XSI and ZBrush
28.01.2010

cheat maya
How to Cheat to Maya 2010

This book provides the tips and tools to help you create high quality animation in the most efficient way possible.
27.01.2010

carpet
ambientLight Carpet Tile Collection

High Resolution 2048 pixel Carpet Tile Textures, for use in your Arcitectural Viz, 3D Design, Game Texturing and CAD projects.
27.01.2010

garuda
Short Film: Garuda

An animated 1 min short film about a young boy in India chasing after his dream. Animated at Les Gobelins in Paris.
26.01.2010

alfa romeo
Making of Alfa Romeo Car

Artist attracted to this beauty and decide to create in 3d to improve my techniques of modeling and rendering
26.01.2010

franz
Short Film: Franz

The piece was created by Digital Media students as a project for their Advanced Animation class for showcasing their VFX talents.
26.01.2010

machstudio
Future of Real time Rendering

Real-time 3D rendering on the GPU with fully code-driven finishing / shot finaling application MachStudio Pro, developed in partnership with AMD
26.01.2010

octane
EcoRobot Rendering Tutorial

In this 7 min video tutorial Lech Sokolowski shows the render the EcoRobot scene through Octane Render
25.01.2010

cloth
Tearing Cloth in 3ds Max

In this new tip video tutorial we’ll start to talk about some Cloth features that can be found in 3ds max 2010. Hope you like this.
25.01.2010

meindbender
Interview with Meindbender

Interview with Michael Bengtsson - CEO, co founder, shading supervisor at Meindbender and creators of the latest anims on cartoon network
24.01.2010

jamie
Interview with Jamie Maestro

Interview with Jamie Maestro, Keytoon Animation Studios co-founder, Animation school and PrimerFrame´s founder.
24.01.2010

demo reel
Demo Reels Added

Two new modeling demo reels of talented artists added in the cgarena database. Have a look and take the inspiration. Submit your's now.
22.01.2010

mark 13
Making of Mark 13 in Photoshop

Image of a robot which destroying the city. This image is a mix between composing and painting, created by an artist from Germany
22.01.2010

3dats
Free Vray Video Training

3DATS presents free video tutorial from their V-Ray architectural video training series. Current Video covers the practical exterior lighting
21.01.2010

camaro
Modeling Chevrolet Car - Part 7

Now seventh part of this wonderful video series is available to learn the modeling of car. If you still can't learn then nothing can be done.
21.01.2010

bonyface
BonyFace - 3ds Max Script

BonyFace is a professional solution for rigging and animating facial expressions on 3D Faces with ease and flexibility.
21.01.2010

twins
Super Twins

Two twin sisters are fan of american football. They are going to recreate in their own ways, in their room the 42th Superball final
20.01.2010

gremlin
Making of Evil Gremlin

After taking inspiration from the movie, artist created this image in 3d. This is not a step by step making but a project overview.
20.01.2010

avatar
Avatar - 20 min Featurette

This is a unique video in a way that it explains almost everything about the world of Avatar. Making-of is done in a very pleasing way.
20.01.2010

earth
How Earth Made Us

Prime Focus has completed over 90 VFX shots for the BBC's new HD series "How Earth Made Us." The first episode airs in the UK on 19 Jan
19.01.2010

zookeeper
Zookeeper 1.1 is Available

A complete solution for simplifying your scenes, increasing productivity, and speeding up workflow- the node way! 
19.01.2010

indigo
Indigo Renderer 2.2 Released

Indigo Renderer 2.2 is at least 2 times faster than Indigo 2.0 on all scenes, and up to 10 times faster on scenes using environment maps.
19.01.2010

archinterior
Archinteriors Vol.1 for Maya

Ten interiors scenes, ready to render Vray for Maya only. Recommended system specification: Intel Core Duo with 4GB RAM, and 64bit system.
18.01.2010

lee perry
Interview with Lee Perry-Smith

29 years old freelance artist from UK which acting as a consultant for VFX studios. As a freelancer creating a highly realistic 3D models
18.01.2010

ptex
Ptex - Texture Mapping System

Ptex is a texture mapping system developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios for production quality rendering
18.01.2010

arion
Arion Released

Arion is the hybrid-accelerated and physically-based light simulator developed by RandomControl. This is from the creators of Fryrender.
15.01.2010

chevrolet
Modeling Chevrolet Camaro - Part 6

This is sixth part of the video tutorial series where you get a chance to understand how to model a car with ultimate detailing.
15.01.2010

maya2010
Maya 2010 Trial on Project Twitch

The goal of project Twitch is to enable you to test and try the latest versions of AutoCAD, Maya without having to install or download
14.01.2010

ikfk
New IKFK Solver for 3ds Max

This is a solver that enables the animator the use of Both IK and FK in the same hierarchy, it has an interactive way of using both modes
14.01.2010

primateran
Create a Sci-Fi Scene - Primateran

The idea was to create a huge blue Planet in a dust cloud with meteor field and ships, those like to create sci-fi scenes will love this
14.01.2010

arm
Creating a Hydraulic Arm in Maya

Marcel de Jong is going to show a simple setup for creating a rig for a hydraulic arm using a couple of constraints
13.01.2010

gpu
CIS-Vancouver Invictus

CIS Vancouver was chosen to populate the South African stadium with a crowd of thousands for all stadium shots.
13.01.2010

gpu
Turtle now supports Maya 2010

Illuminate Labs™, announced the release of the new Turtle™ 5.1 ver for Maya 2010 which boosting productivity as well as visual quality.
12.01.2010

hulk
Making of Red Hulk

This character is an evil version of Hulk and he is more aggressive and intelligent, besides having all the abilities of Hulk.
12.01.2010

gpu
GPU Revolution

An article which takes a look at how GPU acceleration will affect the computer graphics industry and where GPU acceleration is headed.
12.01.2010

creature fx
Creature FX Vol 1. DVD Review

The DVD from Allan Mckay is part of a series, aimed at building production FX for character and organic-oriented shots.
12.01.2010

avatar
David discusses Avatar - Modcast

Interview with virtual camera operator David Stripinis. Stripinis worked alongside Director James Cameron for three years on film Avatar
11.01.2010

pflow
PFlow Toolbox Office: Vol 2

This two-DVD set is the ultimate training solution for anyone looking to learn more about the flexibilty that Particle Flow offers!
11.01.2010

eat3d
ZBrush 3.5 Character Production

In this DVD Michael Pavlovich starts off by taking up where the first DVD left off and covers the new features in ZBrush 3.5 R3.
11.01.2010

octane
Fully GPU Accelerated... Interactive

Octane Render is the worlds first GPU based, un-biased, physically based renderer. 100's of cores for parallel processing making it best.
09.01.2010

avatar
New Demo Reels Added

Two new VFX Demo Reel of talented artists, added in the database. Send your reels too, all good quality reels will be added.
08.01.2010

homage
Making of Homage

This is a homage to Bill Watterson and his creation. In this making I will share my techniques and will walk you through the steps and settings
08.01.2010

avatar
How Weta Digital handled Avatar

Avatar, stretched the process of making a vfx blockbuster as much as it is stretching the imagination of audiences streaming into theaters...
08.01.2010

moviemaking
The New Art of Moviemaking

New digital technologies are providing filmmakers with interactive environ., breakthrough workflows, transforming the way they plan
08.01.2010

cmivfx
Procedural Road creation Video

This video is the second in a series of in-depth videos related to procedural man made city elements in SideFX Houdini
07.01.2010

camaro
Modeling Chevrolet Camaro - Part 5

This is fifth part of this video tutorial series. Vladimir used the Rhino software but concept and techniques applied to all 3d softwares
07.01.2010

trigger
Trigger Happy

This 2 min short film is created by JaviLopezDuprey using Maya, Renderman, Shake, After Effects, Photoshop
07.01.2010

alien
Rigging an Alien in Blender

In this tutorial, I go over a basic-to-intermediate rig for the alien character. The rig covers only the body
06.01.2010

dinomonster
Making of DinoMonster

Idea of a dinosaurized man comes from the movie. Difficult part was to give them all distinctive look, and still keep the visuals together
06.01.2010

rhino
Rhino creates buzz in Russ. Market

Rhino crafted a unique cast of animals from scratch in stylized CG for the spot of largest Russian telecomm. company Beeline.
06.01.2010

archmodels
Archmodels Vol. 5 for Cinema 4D

Archmodels vol. 5 for Cinema 4D is out! Archmodels Vol. 5 for Cinema 4D comes with 38 models of street vehicles and ships.
05.01.2010

gameplay
Gameplay in the Inferno

Level Designer Mike Cheng and Combat Designer Vincent Napoli will be talking “Gameplay in the Inferno” on Wed, Jan 6th @ 4pm/1pm PST
05.01.2010

mascot
CGArena Mascot Optimization

Post your comments and suggestions to make the CGArena mascot more enjoyable. Now you can post your ideas.
05.01.2010

photoshop
30 Best Photoshop Tutorials

Whether you're after advanced advice on font trickery or you hanker for guides on photo manipulation, you're sure to find something
04.01.2010

alex
Interview with Alex Roman

Interview with CG Artist Alex Roman and his "The Third & The Seventh" shortfilm, a fantastic CG production. This is the translated version.
04.01.2010

balcon
Making of Balcón Mediterráneo

Artist like the real pictures of Balcón Mediterráneo (Spain) so much, he decided to create the 3D version in Maya, this is the project overview.
04.01.2010

priest
The Day the Priest went back Home

Decades after his death, Father Cicero, a famous brazilian historical character, decides to visit his home town... in this short
04.01.2010

heaven
Meeting in Heaven

Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson meeting in heaven in a muppet way. A short directed by Marc Gilbert. Very Hilarious.
 
 
 
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