1. MGInverseBridgeMD.zip () : LightWave
(File Repository)

This works like bridge, but inverted. So you select a loop, or string of polygons and it will replace them with two polygon caps. This is useful for creating floors in buildings etc.

2. Maya Shading Networks 2nd Edition
(News Feeds/Offsite News)

+ Dover Studios, Inc. today released Maya Shading Networks 2nd Edition, their latest visual effects training video.... Read Full Article

3. THE GNOMON WORKSHOP RELEASES NEW DYNAMIC FIGURE DRAWING SERIES WITH DAVID FINCH
(News Feeds/Offsite News)

+ This week The Gnomon Workshop releases a new series of Dynamic Figure Drawing DVDs by DC Comics artist David Finch.... Read Full Article

4. Creating Simple Roof Tiles Part 1
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

...ing for such cases. I use symmetry modifier, great tool that we have in Max. I will show you how it works. 15. Apply Symmetry modifier to the geometry, then adjust symmetry direction, as ...

5. Vray Sun and Vray Physical Camera Made Easy
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

Vray Sun and Vray Physical Camera works hand-in-hand to give you an accurate physical simulation for your rendering composition base on sun location and real camera parameters. In here Neil Cristob

6. LightWork Design
(News/News)

LightWork Design releases LightWorks 8.0 LightWork Design, the world's leading supplier of rendering solutions for developers of advanced 3D computer graphics software, today announced the latest

7. Onyx Grass and Onyx2Max
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...oftware is a stand alone application. The tutorials provided offered good examples of how the software works and explained many of the myriad of options available. What might be the best aspect was ...

8. Creating Waterfalls Tutorial
(Tutorial/Tutorial - 3D Software)

  Waterfalls in your scene or even in your animation adds a stunning effect to your works. Creating it in 3D programs is a long dream and a challenge to many artist. In this tutorial I wo

9. A New Business Structure for the Global Economy
(Articles/Articles - Business)

...the rest of the world is more comfortable doing this kind of business via the Internet and e-mail, so it works out great for us – Russell L. Thomas/CEO” Although the majority of o...

10. Challenge 10 Winners
(Contest/Charrette Winners)

...t 519) Runner Up: Horhe (Post546) Honorable Mention: Stef.Thomas (Post 466) Works of Merit: Enigma (Post 358) Works of Merit: dmr (Post 188)  Check out the ...

11. The123D - Digital Content Provider
(Reviews/Review - Resources)

...;t forget to check out the free sample mesh for members here:   Author: Russell Thomas works and lives in Seattle Washington, and is the founder of 3Dallusions LLC, 3DAllusions Studi...

12. trueSpace - A Love/Hate Relationship
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...if you don’t want to read my ramblings and reminiscing  (Image below is a screen grab of the 'Workspace' real time render). RAMBLINGS and REMINISCING: I want to cover up front why I th...

13. Autodesk's Impression
(Reviews/Review - Software)

... that it takes into consideration the work flow of a project and acts much like the CAD program which it works in conjunction with. It was such a pleasure working with layers and objects. One of the m...

14. Mental Ray revisited - new features tests
(Articles/Articles - Software)

... gaining as always. There is also quite good explanation in user reference for way that FG actually works so you can engage in tweaking with no fear. Also, you can turn on diagnostic and see ...

15. AW2 Contest Winners
(Contest/Contest Winners)

... London based design communications firm, Smoothe, as North American Production Director. Jeff currently works as business development manager for VisMasters, and online software and content resource ...

16. Maxwell Render 1.1
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...s two different types of workflow. One is through plugins to be used with 3d Studio MAX, Viz, Maya, SolidWorks, Rhino3D, LightWave 3D, SketchUp, formZ, Cinema 4D and ArchiCAD. This way we can still co...

17. Theoretical Discussion
(Articles/Articles - Theory)

... has thought along these lines or used the technique in any of their designs, and if so how, or refer to works by others such as Louis Kahn's Salk Institute. ddelcast: The Greeks were very conscious...

18. Interview with Jeff Mottle
(Interviews/Interview - Industry)

...times, what changes if any can we look forward to at CGA? Jeff: As I mentioned earlier CGA 2 is in the works, but there is no firm time for release. There are a ton of things I have planned for that...

19. SketchUp Review
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...r reference, I don’t have enough time to read them all and commit everything to memory so the book works very well in that aspect. It is written by a structural engineer who writes instructional...

20. Artist Spotlight - Chen Qingfeng
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

...same style. I think my style reflects my character.  It is very common that many artists make their works in different ways or different styles, but the favorite work must be one of his nature. ...

21. Artist Spotlight - Hipólito Alcobendas
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

... character modelling (in 3DS MAX and ZBrush) and character animation, I hope in little time to expose my works on modelling and characters animation in 3dallusions. I love video games (not all, o...

22. Contest Assignment & Deliverables
(Contest/Contest Assignment)

...um, on a regular basis. · Participate in the community by critiquing other Contestant’s works in the respective forum. · Submit your final medium sized entry in the album/g...

23. Contest Judges
(Contest/Contest Judges)

... London based design communications firm, Smoothe, as North American Production Director. Jeff currently works as business development manager for VisMasters, and online software and content resource ...

24. Artist Spotlight - Bryan Jumarang
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

... I am so blessed with having two kids and a loving wife. They are my inspirations and I dedicate all my works to them.   Featured projects ...

25. Abstracting History
(Articles/Articles - Theory)

...rst place, to allude to a picturesque wonder and try to capture my imagination. Author: Russell Thomas works and lives in Seattle Washington, and is the founder of 3Dallusions and the 3Dallusions Fo...

26. Artist Spotlight - Ramir Araneta
(Artist Spotlight/3D Designer)

...in-house artist for an interior design firm which generally deals with corporate offices. Mostly I do my works in 3d studio max and V-ray for the rendering (3rd party rendering plug-in).   ...

27. Interview with Paulo Barrelas
(Interviews/Interview - Artist)

... I started to work since my course’s 2nd year and my course is very intense, the majority of my 3D works had to be directly related to architecture. I’m planning to make what ever kind of ...

28. Interview with Roberto Sacco
(Interviews/Interview - Artist)

...y concepts. I do a little resume of what I must do in the day and it starts. In front of me there are my workstation and lots of sheets of paper and a pencils. These are my main instruments of work. S...

29. Interview with Chen Qingfeng
(Interviews/Interview - Artist)

... appears in my eyes, inspiration would be in my mind. Under the inspiration, I can create some satisfied works. TheAllusionist: Can you describe your average day? Chen: Working takes...

30. Maxwell Render Review
(Reviews/Review - Software)

...be ‘0.01’, I believe, remember I told you metrics confuses me. Lets put it this way, Maxwell works in ‘Meters’ so you have to either set your scene to meters or provide the con...