The Foundry released a new version of their MARI 1.3v2 3D paint tools. The new version brings a lot of improvements and one of the most features is that it builds a bridge between NUKE and MARI. The bridge provides for digital artists 3D painting tools from MARI inside NUKE to increase the workflow and also to make the final image more believable. The new released bridge MARI <> NUKE comes with this feature and allows the user to:
E-on software with association with such as companies as Maxon, Google SketchUp, Pixologic, 3D Total, Ballistic Publishing, 3D World Magazine, CG Society, and Cornucopia3D announces the sixth edition of the "3D Environment Competition", designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments.
It is not secret that modeling process is known for taking significant time. But it can`t be allways ture. David Ridlen, a professional 3D artist and animator of renowned titles including Sin City, Punisher: War Zone and Secretariat, explains how uses DAZ 3D content and tools to speed and strengthen modelling workflows. Throughout his nearly 15 years as a CG artist, Ridlen has utilized DAZ 3D tools and assets for multiple projects.
3DTotal published another tutorial, which is focused on lighting and rendering. This one is also created by Aleso. While in the tutorial, which we wrote a few days ago, was focused on working with 3ds Max and V-ray, in this will cover how to set up a sunset lighting using V-Ray sun and V-Ray sky. At the end he made some colour correction in Photoshop and also added glow, chromatic aberration and sharpen filter.
Archmodels volume 99 gives you 80 professional objects for architectural visualizations. This dvd comes with models of modern lamps including all textures, shaders and materials. It is ready to use,just put it into your scene. But of course that, scenes are not included. This DVD is possible to buy for price of 120€.
