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Snap Art 3 is a natural media plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. With a single click, turn your photos into gorgeous artwork in a wide range of styles, including oil paint, pencil sketch, and even crayon. The hassles of buying a tablet, taking classes and learning complicated software are over, because Snap Art expertly places thousands of brush strokes for you. Refined stroke placement in version 3 gives the effects a more natural look.

The most significant new features in Snap Art 3 are:

more refined stroke placement, making the subject natural and recognizable.
new detail mask lets you quickly mark areas where you want the subject to be clearer.
compatible with Lightroom.

Purchase Finale 2011 & receive free v-moda Remix Audio earbuds ($50 value)!

Purchase Finale 2011 and receive free v-moda Remix Audio earbuds ($50 value)!
Offer good through 7/31/2011.

Photofly Brings 3-D Models to the Masses

Link via NYTimes.com

Since Photofly, a service that turns uploaded photos into three-dimensional models, was introduced in May, it has received an average of 80 uploads an hour, for a total of 70,000 images, according to Autodesk, the service’s creator.

Along the way, it has also spawned its own YouTube mini-genre.

Among the dozens of videos of 3-D models on the site are representations of stuffed animals (like Eeyore), battleships, Lego men, kitchen tables, fruit dishes, remote controls, vacation souvenirs, crab arms, Nerf guns, sneakers and remote controls. If anything, it’s notable how mundane the objects are, an indication of how easy this modeling process — once mainly the purview of laser scanners — has become.

Autodesk products are available at an educational discount price from Creation Engine.

Shaderlight Pro 1-year education license $30

Shaderlight Pro 1-year education license $30
Shaderlight is a plug-in for Google SketchUp that enables both rendering expert & 3D novices to transform a SketchUp model in to a photorealistic render. The simple to use yet powerful technology behind Shaderlight will transform 3D visualisation workflows in a wide range of industries from architecture and interior design to wood-working.

Adobe Education Exchange Live: Wednesday, July 27

Link via Adobe Education Exchange Live

Wednesday, July 27
Multiple sessions offered from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. PT

Join us for a unique opportunity to connect online with Adobe Education Leaders from across the country and around the world. Hear best practices for using the latest Adobe technology, and learn new ideas for integrating digital tools into your curriculum and across your institution. Sessions range from mobile applications development to digital scholarship and interactive publishing to tools for enhancing online learning. You are sure to be inspired.

Buy Painter 12 for $99.95, get the Bamboo Pen Tablet for free!

Buy Painter 12 for $99.95, get the Bamboo Pen Tablet for free!
Offer good through 7/14/2011.

3D Artist Sunil Pant discusses his use of SketchUp Pro

Link via CGSociety

Sunil Pant was responsible for the 3D props and pre-viz layout for fims such as Dreamworks’ Megamind and Iron Man 2.

Google SketchUp is my favourite tool to design on. As an artist who has worked in Maya for many years, SketchUp is very intuitive to work in for concepts.

Google SketchUp gets out of the way of the designer. It’s so easy to use and it has a very limited palette, unless you’re the type who loves plugins. My thinking is, if I can make do with the tools already given in the palette, I’ll take the time out to think about how to use them in other ways. You never know what you might come up with. The application does not carry any unnecessary bells and whistles so I can focus on what I’m designing and throw in quick lights and shadows in real time.

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.

3D Environment Competition 2011

Link via e-on software

E-on software, in association with Maxon, Google, Pixologic, 3D Total, Ballistic Publishing, 3D World magazine and Cornucopia3D, is honored to invite you to participate in the “3D Environment Competition 2011”.

With judges that are leading experts in the major fields of the 3D entertainment industry, this competition represents a unique chance to get noticed, and win an extensive set of 3D tools and resources at the same time!

e-on software, Maxon, Google Sketchup, and Pixologic software are available at an educational discount price from Creation Engine.

Save an extra $20 off Adobe Student & Teacher Editions

Known Issues with Adobe products on Mac OS 10.7 Lion

Snap Art 3 Now Shipping!

Purchase Finale 2011 & receive free v-moda Remix Audio earbuds ($50 value)!

Photofly Brings 3-D Models to the Masses

Shaderlight Pro 1-year education license $30

Adobe Education Exchange Live: Wednesday, July 27

Buy Painter 12 for $99.95, get the Bamboo Pen Tablet for free!

3D Artist Sunil Pant discusses his use of SketchUp Pro

3D Environment Competition 2011

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