Gnomon Workshop published two free ZBrush tutorials made by character artist Mark Dedecker who is specializing in high and low resolution modelling and texturing for film and game characters. In one of the tutorials called „Texture to displacement“ Mark will explain how to create seams in cloth using polygroups based on the UV shells of a model. He will also explain how to convert texture files into a displacement map and how to place it on the model as sculptural detail in ZBrush.
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Cebas released their new version of psd-manager 3.0 and it’s immediately available for download and upgrade for all customers. psd-manager is a multi-layer PSD exporter for Autodesk 3Dsmax and beside some fixes and workflow improvements Cebas added to it also many new features like; support for all Autodesk 3DsMax & 3DsMax Design releases from version 9 up to 2012, scene layers can be now exported as PSD layers offering new features and ways to produce masks, new MatteShooter for generating even better and more precise masks from 3DsMax and much more.
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In this making of Casper Thomsen explains the way in which he created his „The Marauder“. Inspiration for this he found in his passion to Blizzard games and cinematics, especially in Starcraf 2. In the article he shares with us some of the general concepts, ideas and problems, which he met in this his school project. YES, it is a school project. Before starting he collected many pictures from internet and from game, which used like reference pictures. On three pages he explains his workflow by doing his artwork using 3dsmax, V-Ray and Photoshop.
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Release of Cinema 4D R13 was announced just before Siggraph. Today MAXON announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 13. Current customers who do not have an active MAXON Service Agreement (MSA) can purchase an upgrade through MAXON and its authorized dealers. Pricing and upgrade information is available at www.maxon.net. Release 13 will make its first official European trade show appearance at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 9-13, 2011.
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Mitsuba, the physics based, open source (GPL) renderer, has just released a new version. Some of the new features include python integration, spectral rendering, material modifiers, scene portability and better documentation. This renderer is compatible with almost all OS. You can check it in link at the end of this article, where you `ll find descriptions of all features.