Link via SolidWorks Blog
With the sports car set to make a serious comeback in 2012, the timing is perfect for Donkervoort Automobielen BV, a Dutch automotive manufacturer, that recently rolled out its biggest and baddest model yet – the D8 GTO. Donkervoort relies on SolidWorks 3D design and simulation tools to produce hand built, lightweight, high performance vehicles that perform like Formula One racecars, but look like a classic roadster.
SolidWorks Student Edition 2011-2012 is available at an education discount price of $99.95.
SolidWorks Student Edition 2011-2012 with Inspirtech SolidWorks 2011/12 Fundamentals Training DVD Windows is available at an education discount price of $149.95.
Please contact info@creationengine.com for low-cost network license pricing starting at only $1,000 for a 10-user network perpetual license.
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Adobe Photoshop is one of the most famous and most widely used photo editing software which is being used by everyone — the pros and the novices. By editing photos on Photoshop you can turn ordinary photo into an extraordinary ones. The best way to learn using Photoshop in new and better ways is through tutorials. Photoshop tutorials that are extensively available on the internet, but using search engines to find high quality Photoshop tutorials can be very time consuming and hectic.
So today we have a list of Top 90 Best Photoshop Tutorials From 2011 that you can use to make your photos even more amazing. Both, the pros and the novices can take advantage of these amazing tutorials. We hope these tutorials would prove to be useful for you. Check them out!
Photoshop CS5 Extended Student & Teacher Edition is available for $195.95
Photoshop CS5 Extended Education/Nonprofit Edition is available for $295.95
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Hi ,
I am pleased to announce the official launch date for ZBrush 4R2b has been scheduled for January 23th, 2012.
ZBrush 4R2b will be released as a patch update to version 4R2, and is free of charge to all ZBrush registered users.
With each new release of ZBrush, we introduce new features that we hope will enable you to further explore your creativity while having a lot of fun in the process.
Originally ZBrush 4R2b was scheduled to be released in December and focus on fixing previously reported problems. Not fully satisfied with this original intent, we could not resist adding new and exciting features. FiberMesh is one of these features, which will have a significant impact on your ZBrush creations.
FiberMesh will enable you to easily and quickly create hair and other fibers. FiberMesh will create a fully sculptable PolyMesh 3D object. The FiberMesh density can range from few polygons to several millions of polygons and it may also be exported, just like any other PolyMesh3D. When you are done shaping and sculpting, Best-Preview-Render (BPR) will help you put the final shine on your creations
ZBrush 4R2 is available at an educational discount price of $449.95.
 Nik Complete Collection Ultimate Edition
New low academic price of $249.99! Previously priced at $299.99.
The Complete Collection includes all of Nik Software’s latest award-winning plug-in software titles for Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture including: Dfine 2.0, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, Color Efex Pro 4.0, Silver Efex Pro 2, and Sharpener Pro 3.0. All products now feature Nik Software’s patented U Point technology, giving photographers the most powerful tools for precise and natural photographic enhancements and corrections without the need for complicated selections or layer masks.
Link via Boinx
A movie is actually a sequence of photos paraded before your eyes at high speed, usually at about 25 frames per second. Things seem to move because of small differences from one picture to the next. Early film makers invented stop motion animation (also known as stop action animation or claymation) to create a giant gorilla climbing up the Empire State Building. The gorilla puppet would be moved a tiny bit in between taking images, coming to life when the images were played back as a movie.
With iStopMotion for iPad you can now easily create your own masterpiece at home.
Link via PCWorld
SketchUp, SolidWorks, Rhino, and AutoCAD mentioned in this article on 3D Printers.
Smaller and cheaper
3D printing isn’t new. The manufacturing technique known today as 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing or direct digital manufacturing, has been used for rapid prototyping for decades. But over the last 24 months, prices have dropped to a level that makes it appealing to a wider audience.
The technology is more compact, particularly in the plastic jet-printing category. Cathy Lewis, vice president of global marketing at printer manufacturer 3D Systems Inc., says today’s models are “ideal” for personal use.
3D design gets easier
It’s relatively easy to use a free tool such as Google SketchUp to create simple objects for 3D printing. But for complex shapes and geometries, designers still reach for professional modeling tools like SolidWorks.
“Visualization software such as Google’s SketchUp provides a fast entry route” to 3D computer-aided design (CAD), says Nick Grace, manager of RapidformRCA, which acts as a 3D printing service bureau for students at the Royal College of Art in London and uses many different software design tools and 3D printer technologies.
Link via Official Google SketchUp Blog
In November, we launched the Make Ideas Real project with the goal of creating a showcase of the best SketchUp work from around the world. To build out this showcase, we asked you all to share stories of how SketchUp is helping you to turn your ideas into something tangible. The response has been overwhelming.
In just one month, our launch video received nearly quarter million views and several hundred of you took the time to tell us your SketchUp story. Your positive reaction and the quality of the work you’ve shared with us is inspiring, but to truly blow out this showcase, we need to hear from even more of you.
Google SketchUp 8 is free.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 is available at a student discount price of $49.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 is free for instructors.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 Lab licenses are available at a school discount price of $15.
 Adobe has informed us that they are discontinuing their Adobe Academic/Nonprofit boxed products as of 12/30/2011. Boxed versions of Adobe Student and Teacher Edition products will continue to be available to students, teachers, and staff. After 12/30/2011, schools and nonprofits will need to purchase Adobe products via the Adobe TLP and CLP licensing programs.
Act now and purchase Adobe Academic/Nonprofit boxed products before they are no longer available at the end of the year.
Adobe Digital School Collection K-12 Site License Now Shipping!
The Adobe Digital School Collection K–12 Site License provides software and supporting resources for teaching 21st century skills and engaging students in cross-curricular learning through digital storytelling projects.
The Adobe Digital School Collection, available for Windows and Mac OS, includes the following:
• Adobe Photoshop Elements 10
Produce and display meaningful images.
• Adobe Premiere Elements 10
Produce and share compelling, effects-filled movies.
• Adobe Acrobat X Pro
Create and distribute media-rich ePortfolios
The Adobe Digital School Collection K-12 Site License comes with installation rights for up to 50 or 100 school-owned computers. In addition, the site license includes 5 or 10 teacher home-use rights licenses (depending on the site license purchased). K-12 School Site Licenses are restricted to individual schools located at a single address.
 Geist On sale for $149!
Normal academic price $199.
Offer good through 12/31/2011.
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