Latest issue of 3D Artist magazine is already released. In latest issue you can find concept and build fantastical environments with our guide for 3ds Max, V-Ray and Photoshop. This issue also brings 6-step tutorial for Sculptris for everyone who wants to know more about digital sculpting.

With 3D Artist 51 you can improve your skills and does not matter which 3D software you actually use. For Blender users you can find a few cloth-modelling tips and tricks, Houdini freaks  can make a Masterclass tutorial on building and flooding scenes.

SplineLand is a plugin for Autodesk 3ds Max that helps to generate topographically accurate terrains from a set of splines and lay roads. Without SplineLand it is almost impossible to achieve such accurate results in 3ds Max. You can do it quickly, in just a few clicks your topographical data in form of splines can become a terrain.

Splines can be topographic contours in one plane each, or can be just any shape.

OTOY released a new stable version of their GPU based renderer, Octane Render 1.1 standalone.  With current GPU technology, Octane Render can produce final images 10 to 50 times faster than CPU unbiased render engines, or even more with multiple GPUs (depending on the GPU(s) used). The new release comes with a large number of exciting features between which belongs the HDRI Environment Importance sampling which significantly reduce noise in scenes where most light is coming from the environment. Next, a new daylight model was implemented together with some post-processing effects such s glare and bloom which expand the possibilities of Octane Render even more. If you would like to know more about this great renderer you can check our review where we not only discussed the features and possibilities of Octane Render but also compared the speed and the results among the major renderers on the market.

New issue of Blenderart Magazine, called “3D Printing”, is out. Any project requires at least a bit of planning and research. And with a project slated to be 3d printed, the research part can be a showstopper if you don’t even know the right questions to ask. Blenderart Magazine crew have done the research for you and gathered up a seriously great selection of articles to inspire and inform you of the best practices and techniques to achieve great 3d printed results. So come explore the exciting world of 3d Printing.