Anime Studio 8.1 Becomes the World’s First Animation Software to Support Wacom Multi-Touch Tablets

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ALISO VIEJO, CA – Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMSI) Productivity and Graphics Group and Wacom Americas today announced a partnership to bring the ease of multi-touch functionality to animators and digital artists everywhere. The first in a series of exclusive releases with Wacom, Anime Studio customers can now use finger […]

Interview with Daniel Tal, author of “Google SketchUp for Site Design”

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n 2007, author and registered landscape architect Daniel Tal published his first book, “Google SketchUp for Site Design: A Guide to Modeling Site Plans, Terrain and Architecture,” which has become a key reference point for site designers using the program to create digital models. In addition to his work as an author […]

ZBrush 4R2b has been released!

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Greetings!

ZBrush 4R2b has been released!

We are pleased to offer Hair, Fur and Fiber capabilities amongst other features. The new FiberMesh will enable quick and intuitive creation of hair and other fibrous materials. The FiberMesh function will generate fully sculptable Polymesh 3d objects. This means your fur and fibers will behave […]

UnderWater Realm pre-viz with iClone5 Pro and Mocap Kinect-Ready Device

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UWR Week 48 – Pre-Viz from Realm Pictures on Vimeo.

iClone5 Pro Bundled with Mocap Kinect-Ready Device Plug-In is available at an academic discount price of $199.95

$60 off select Adobe Student & Teacher Editions!

Creative Suite 5.5 Design Premium Student & Teacher Edition On sale for $389! (List Price: $1,899) $60 off normal academic price . Offer good through 2/4/2012. Also on sale: CS5.5 Web Premium Student & Teacher Edition $389 CS5.5 Production Premium Student & Teacher Edition $389 CS5.5 Master Collection Student & Teacher Edition $839 Adobe Creative […]

Spotlights – FxGuide Interviews Whiskytree on Thor

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With credits on such films as Thor, Captain America, TRON: Legacy, Terminator: Salvation and several others since its inception in 2007, Whiskytree has developed an enviable reputation in the field of created environments. One of the tools making up Whiskytree’s arsenal in order to create natural landscapes and fantastical environments […]

CINEMA 4D R13 Character Rigging & Animation Tutorial

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Download the tutorial files: http://maxonuk.com/tutorials/rigging_assets.zip

Brian Horgan – http://www.graphite9.com/ – shows how to use CINEMA 4D Studio R13 to: rig a simple character using the new Character Builder; paint weights on the character; create a simple walk cycle for the rigged character using the new CMotion system in R13; pipe deformations […]

The strengths of autism shine in 3D

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About 8 years ago, the SketchUp team started receiving some pretty intriguing calls: parents of children on the autism spectrum were calling to let us know how SketchUp was changing their kids’ lives. People with autism tend to be unusually strong visual and spatial thinkers, and it […]

Using Photoshop to create an Avatar Inspired Matte Painting of Pandora

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The artworks from Avatar and the visual effects from the film were largely considered some of the highest quality and innovative artworks seen in film up until that point, perhaps rivaled only by Star Wars in terms of their ingenuity and use of new techniques for visual effects. The world […]

Create a custom snowglobe of your house with SketchUp

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3) build a cg model of your house.

i tried a handful of the “automatic” systems to build models. microsoft’s photosynth, autodesk’s 123D catch, a couple lesser known programs. none of them worked well enough to produce a final model – they did well for 75% of the model, but then […]