The 3D World CG Awards will recognize the work of the entire CG entertainment industry: from software and hardware developers who give us the tools and engines to drive creativity to the artists and technicians involved in pushing the boundaries of CG illustration, animation, visual effects and arch viz. Judges of this event, which is sponsored by Autodesk, The Foundry, Workstation Specialists, iPi Soft LLC and e-on software, selected winners in each of 14 categories.
DAZ 3D released new version of their Ultimate 3D Figure Creation Platform DAZ studio 4 in two available editions Advanced and Pro. DAZ Studio feature 3D figure customization, posing and animation tool to design unique digital art and animations using virtual people, animals, vehicles, accessories, environments and more. The new version features the next generation GenesisTM figure series which facilitates a whole new paradigm of figure creation and sharing. DAZ studio 4 is compatible with previous version of DAZ studio using the "Auto-Fit" tool makes available to convert files from previous DAZ Studios.
New issue of 3D World magazine is coming out. And that is great news for anyone, who is addicted to sci-fi. Cause you can enter to Clone Wars and create your own spaceship animation sequence with our complete sci-fi project. You find out who’s won each of the 14 categories in this year’s inaugural CG Awards, celebrating the best in 3D content and technology, as voted for by the whole CG community. You can also learn how to create a photoreal female face with David Moratilla’s amazing tips and tricks.
A new version of FaceFX 2012 is out bringing new features and tools for creating realistic facial animation from audio files using technology of years of research working with lip-synchronization, 3D graphics, and facial animation. FaceFX has a direct support for the FBX file format and plugins in 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, and MotionBuilder. If you think that you missed the release of the 2011 version, you are wrong, FaceFX wanted to get in synch with the Autodesk release cycle and so they decided to release the 2012 version compatible with Autodesk 2012 products.
A new issue of 3D Artist magazine is launched and it should be already being prepared to sale. If you are interested in cover image, good news i, that inside magazine you will find, which techniques was used to light and render this building. This issue offers guide to product visualisation, (including tips for modelling, rendering and postproduction), as well as a fluid typography tutorial from artist Hussain Almossawi. In the Workshop section, you can follow masterclass in KeyShot; create realistic demolition effects in RayFire and use GoZ to flesh out a base mesh as well as how to simulate and render liquid in Houdini.
