Portal 3D Total released a book in to the series The Digital Art Master: Volume 5. This is the fifth book in the series and it’s featuring articles and work from 60 talented artists working in the Computer Graphic industry. This is common knowledge for everyone from CG world. But now 3Dtotal is giving away an another sample chapter of four pages from the book and you can download it, for FREE!
Maxwell updated Maxwell Render plug-ins for the following 3D applications; Rhino, Cinema 4D and Solidworks. The update for all software’s is featuring several changes and fixes. The Rhino version of the plugin was updated to version 2.5.13 featuring now Maxwell Fire in Rhino viewports;
· Maxwell Fire rendering may now be viewed directly in the viewport
· Objects with no texture coordinates are no longer excluded from export
· Right-clicking the Maxwell Fire button both opens the window and starts rendering
And fixing several bugs like a crash which could occur in Maxwell Fire when changing environment type, not resetting of Displacement and Global bump to an MXM file and more.
Digital-Tutors and Pixologic started a promotion for the new release of ZBrush 4 with two Digital-Tutors ZBrush courses for free. The two courses are featuring „Beginner Guide to ZBrush 4“ and „Rendering Enhancements in ZBrush 4“ absolutely for free and you can access them from Pixologic. In the first training you will get an introductory look into ZBrush 4 so you can learn essential terms and definitions and build a solid foundation. It starts from covering the basics of ZBrush 4 and the interface and go through workflow, modeling and applying materials in ZBrush 4. The training is divided in 10 chapters with 1h+ time.
E-on software the developers of VUE and LumenRT announced immediately arability of Carbon Scatter for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, and Maxon Cinema4D. Carbon Scatter is the easiest way for creating complex and detailed populations using your favorite 3D application. The Carbon Scatter plug-ins integrate e-on's patented EcoSystem™ algorithms directly inside leading CG applications, allowing you to populate your scenes with millions of native objects, and render them with your favorite renderer.
This book is written by Ellery Connell, who is Assistant Professor of Multimedia Design at UW-Stout in Minnesota. He has produced a 352 page book on using modo that should appeal especially to graphic designers with a 2D background. This book help 2D graphic designers gain the skills they need for a competitive job market that increasingly demands the ability to create or work in 3D.
