- P SOFTHOUSE Co. LTD has Released Liquid+1.3 and Pencil+ 1.2 plugins for 3d Studio Max 8 . Pencil+ is the NPR Shader plug-in that lets 3D artist truly realize the style of hand drawing.You can create fascinating renderings that simulate from the vivid colors of the wax pencil strokes to the delicate pigment pen drawings. Liquid+ is the NPR Renderer plug-in for 3ds max lets 3D artist truly realize style of hand-painted watercolor expressions with blotted and blurred images on 3D/CG animation. This brings great visual experiences you never had........Download demo!!
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Download Free HDRI...............source:CGI
- Good HDRI are hard to find especially the free and unique ones. Download these free HDRI for using them in 3D applications to render real world lighting situations and realistic reflections. HDRI means High Dynamic Range Image; a normal 24 bit image is called a Low Dynamic Range image. For example in a 24 bit image, a white wall pixel is as bright as a white pixel of the sky. In fact, the pixel of the sky should be many times brighter! HDR images contain this information and therefore can be used to accurately light 3D scenes.Download Free HDRI link*
Some Free HDRI Maps Available for Download *
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-Autostitch™ is the world's first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever, Autostitch is a breakthrough technology for panoramic photography, VR and visualisation applications. This is the first solution to stitch any panorama completely automatically, whether 1D (horizontal) or 2D (horizontal and vertical). Autostitch is built using cutting edge research from the AI lab at UBC, but it's incredibly simple to use! Just select a set of photos, and Autostitch does the rest: digital photos in, panoramas out.Try the free demo
- Good news for 3d artists, CGIndia has announced a very interested contest, in which 3d artists has to develop a space ship using a base 3d model provided by them. The Contest will act as a proving ground for CG-artist to show their talent. Participate to win loads of useful prizes Sponsored by some of the biggest names in the CG industry. Deadline for submitting entry is 22nd May 2006.......Go to contest main page (Recommended) !!
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CGIndia Release - Free Texture's Library............download now
April 18, 2006 - CGIndia humbly Announce the Release of "Free Texture's Library". True to there commitment of, - promoting Computer graphics and providing useful resources to artists, CGindia will introduce more such useful features in near future. The Free Textures Library is consists of very useful Texture maps in four different categories. We will add more Textures and categories to the collection, as time allows. Texture maps are downloadable through our website in .RAR format. Textures are of Medium Resolution, because we are facing bandwidth shortage.... All Textures are free for personal use only................Link!!
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STRATA 3D CX 5.0.....................Coming Soon......Source: CGIndia
- Strata, the software company have announced that they will Release there premiere 3D application STRATA 3d CX 5.0 in near future. Strata boast that the upcoming release of Strata 3D CX 5.0 adds tremendous power while becoming even more user-friendly. Workflow and tools are now more familiar than ever to Adobe customers. More power for modeling, animating - and now scripting - have been added to Strata 3D CX 5.0. In short, this is the most important 3D application release for designers, illustrators and mixed-media artists - ever. Learn all about the new features that will be transforming your workflow...............Link !!
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TUTORIAL : Car Mapping In 3ds MAX by 'Onno van Braam' .......Source: CGIndia
- This a very nicly explained Car Mapping Tutorial by astronomy Student and CG Artists Onno van Braam . In this tutorial, He try to explain how he apply textures to 3d model of Citroen C3....Onno V. Braam says; Okay, now you should think by yourself how you are going to break it apart, so what pieces you'll want. I want the front bumper to be one part, the side, the other side, the roof and the rear bumper (I detached the doors, hood and rear door, because I wanted them to be able to move separately, they're all just planarly mapped since I only put one texture on those parts).So I select the front bumper, and set the material ID to 1, select one side, set.....................Read on guyz!!
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Falken Rim, 3d Studio Max Tutorial by Travis .............backlink: CGIndia
- This is a very easy to grasp 3ds max tutorial by Travis Williams. In this video tutorial Travis shows simple step by step technique of modeling a Car Rim. He has done the 3d Modeling in 3D Studio Max 7, but the same technique can be applied in almost all versions of 3D Studio Max. Complete Tutorial is of 52.44min and in Flash format.........................Link!!
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Tutorials DVD:: RiggingPRO for 3D Studio MAX........Source: CGIndia
- 3DQuakers.com has Released RiggingPRO for 3ds Max Training DVD. RiggingPRO is an advanced rigging training kit for 3DS MAX. RiggingPRO is designed from the ground up to offer solid rigging training for aspiring and professional animators/riggers alike.This training DVD covers FK IK blending, arm leg and spine stretching, automatic limb twisting, advanced foot roll, banking and much more.RiggingPRO will start off from scratch with a humanoid model (supplied with the DVD) and ends up with a film-production-level rig ready to animate. All the steps are included. Source files included. No scripts or plugins required.
RiggingPRO for 3D Studio MAX Link Tags: 3ds Max Tutorials . Animation Tutorials . Animation Training . 3ds Max Rigging Tutorials
CARRARA V5 Pro Review.....................News Source: CGIndia
- BitWise Magazine has published Review of Eovia's CARRARA V5 Pro. Carrara 5 pro is a easy to use 3d modeling, Rendering and animation software Package by Eovia. Bitwise Mag; Carrara 5 does an excellent job of simplifying 3D modelling, animation and rendering. Even so, you shouldn’t be deceived into thinking that Carrara is so simple that a total newcomer will be able to create complex photorealistic scenes effortlessly. To the best of my knowledge, no general purpose 3D program is that easy! Carrara 5 provides an unparalleled blend of power, quality and ease of use. If you are looking for a serious but accessible 3D graphics program that won’t...............Read Full Review!!
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3ds Max Tutorials - Object Break and Water Effect by JepMaster........News source: CGIndia
- CgUnderground has published two new tutorials of 3d Studio Max by JepMaster.WATER EFFECTS TUTORIAL - Well this is one "quick simple runthrough" to do it with "basic results". Intermediate skill with knowldge of how to use particle systems and space warps is required. Make Objects Break, Fall and Stay On The Ground Tutorial - there are a multitude of ways to do anything in max with alittle imagination and know how. In this tutorial i'll show you an easy way of making objects breakable. I assume you know the basic fundementals of Max eg. Creating objects, particle systems, using modifiers etc. This tutorial "may not" be for beginners. But feel free to challenge that statement.
Water Effect 3ds Max Tutorial Link
Break Objects 3d Studio Max Tutorial Link
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Autodesk 3ds Max 8 Service Pack 2 Released and available for Download....Source: CGIndia
- Autodesk is the world's leading design and digital content creation resource has released 3ds Max 8 Service Pack 2 and available for Download.This update includes a number of critical fixes across several functional areas, including Biped, Cloth, Hair, trackview, particle flow, rendering, DX, display, mental ray and UV unwrap.This service pack also includes all bug fixes provided in Service Pack 1 in the following functional areas: Biped, Batch Render, Hair, Material Editor, Maxscript, Script Controller, SDK, Snaps, UV Unwrap and mental ray.
Download 3ds Max 8 Service Pack 2
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Free 3DS Max Tutorial : Making Of Castle ...........Source: CGIndia
- Another free 3ds Max tutorial by David Lavoie. The making of Castle tutorial is in .PDF format, in which David explained the techniques he used for modeling, texturing, lightning, rendering and composing. He used 3d Max + Vray and Photoshop.
