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Creation Engine Spring 2006 Catalog

The Creation Engine Spring 2006 Catalog is now available.

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Figure out which Wacom Tablet is right for you

The Wacom TabletWizard is a handy on-line guide to help you quickly figure out which Wacom pen tablet is best for you. Simply answer a few short questions and you’ll soon have your answer.

ZBrushCentral: Artist in Action – Cesar Dacol Jr.

ZBrushCentral – Pixologic Release: Artist in Action – Cesar Dacol Jr.

Welcome to another release in the Artist in Action series!

In this video, cg artist and traditional creature fx artist, Cesar Dacol Jr. ( aka voodoomonkey) demonstrates his working process using Masks and ZBrush’s sculpting tools to rapidly create incredibly detailed creatures. Along the way, Cesar imparts his wisdom gained from many years as a traditional sculptor and an excellent teacher.

This video shows one of the most innovative uses of masks that I have seen. You will not want to miss out on this!

Transferring tracking data from After Effects to Cinema 4D

It’s a snap to translate position, scale and rotation data from MAXON’s Cinema 4d to Adobe After Effects, but what happens when you want to export After Effects 3D data to Cinema 4D?

Adobe Customer Reel

Hart’s Audition: Adobe Customer Reel

We’re now accepting submissions for the next-revision of the Adobe Customer Reel! For those of you who aren’t familiar, what we do is compile some of the great work that our customers have done and put it on a DVD to play before (and during) trade shows, hand out at events, post on our web site, and so on.

XfrogPlants in The Incredibles

XfrogPlants in The Incredibles:

XfrogPlants Tropical V.1 – Banana Plant

XfrogPlants Flowers 1 V.1 – Firebird

XfrogPlants Flowers 1 V.1 – Bird of Paradise

Xfrog and Xfrog Libraries are available from Greenworks Organic-Software.

Shade 8.5 Announced by e frontier

e frontier announced that it has released an update to its 3D modeling and rendering software Shade 8 that will support the Universal Binary version of its Shade 8 software for Intel Core Duo processor-based Macintosh and 64-bit Windows computers. Other features such as export capabilities to QuickTime VR and better integration with Poser are included in this update.

Some of the new features and improvements in Shade 8.5
• 3D Sound: users will be able to import and export sound files
• QuickTime VR Export: for panoramic or object movies
• Path Constraints Plug-in: permitting easy linked motion
• FogPlus plug-in: for advanced fog effects
• Free Shade Content: 690 piece Shade Content Collection #3 “Cars and Transport” is included free

Major Improvements:
• PoserFusion: bounding box display is supported
• ShadeExplorer: support of background and sound catalog
• Improved User Interface

Download the Free Update to Shade Version 8.5: Win | Mac

Acrobat Tips: The Ins and Outs of Document Review

When you’re sharing comps with colleagues and clients more than a hallway away, sending PDFs via email for review is the fastest and easiest route. Here are tips for sending the PDFs so any recipent can comment; comparing differences between PDFs before and after the review, and spell-checking your comments.

Wacom Intuos3 6 x 11 USB Tablet review from MacAddict

You’ve probably noticed a trend with displays recently – widescreen is the way to go. Apple’s Cinema Displays are widescreen, and even PowerBooks have widescreen displays (with wide trackpads to match). Now, creative professionals who use graphics tablets finally have a wide-format tablet to match: Wacom’s Intuos3 6×11.

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Making screen-printed T-shirts using Illustrator

Ever wanted to make your own printed T-shirts but didn’t fancy the expense? Jason Arber reveals a cheap and easy way to make a pseudo screen-printed T-shirt using Illustrator, an embroidery hoop and a pair of tights.

Creation Engine Spring 2006 Catalog

Figure out which Wacom Tablet is right for you

ZBrushCentral: Artist in Action – Cesar Dacol Jr.

Transferring tracking data from After Effects to Cinema 4D

Adobe Customer Reel

XfrogPlants in The Incredibles

Shade 8.5 Announced by e frontier

Acrobat Tips: The Ins and Outs of Document Review

Wacom Intuos3 6 x 11 USB Tablet review from MacAddict

Making screen-printed T-shirts using Illustrator

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