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Studio HDRI Vault Vol 1 Released…

Our HDRI Vaults are ideal for the CG design visualiser who requires a complete library of HDRI lighting environments for product designs, renders and 3D showcases.
HDRI Vaults provide an affordable way to quickly obtain a comprehensive studio lighting tool kit, complete with a wide variety of commercial grade HDRi’s [...]

the Latest Issue of the CGArena Magazine (Jun-July 2010) is available for download.  This issue covers

Interview with Jason Seiler
Photoshop: Lovers, 9 sqrm Production, Train your Creature
Cinema 4D: Home in the Desert 66
ZBrush: Smoke in the Eyes
Gallery – Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art

To read more and to download, please visit cgarena.com

64-bit Plugin Maintains Industry-Leading Integration with MAXON’S CINEMA 4D.
MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an updated CINEMA 4D exchange plugin for Adobe After Effects CS5. The plugin features 64-bit native compatibility for Windows and [...]

June 01, 2010. Beaverton, Oregon: e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of the Personal Learning Editions (PLE) of its solutions for CG professionals, Vue 8.5 xStream and Vue 8.5 Infinite.
Vue 8.5 Personal Learning Edition
Vue Infinite and Vue xStream [...]

MAXON today announced the immediate availability of its new tutorial series, included in the free CINEMA 4D documentation package. The first seven chapters include tutorials for modeling, animation, materials, lighting and more. These tutorials are a perfect introduction for beginners and offer valuable tips for experienced users as well.
The context-sensitive [...]

Well someone has finally done and designed some 3D glasees with a bit of style and fashion! Look3D have realease a showcase of Digital 3D Glasses that can be both fashionable and functional. With fashion wraps, perfect fitting kids styles and superior lens optics, Look3D has it all.
Check them out here at look3D.

After two years of development the team at Tender3D are very happy to announce the public launch of Tender3D.com. Tender3D.com is the first dedicated tendering, management and payment system built specifically for the 3D modelling and animation profession. The Tender3D.com software makes the highest quality suppliers of architectural visualisation 3D [...]

As part of their online Education Community site, Autodesk are offering FREE, yes that’s right FREE, software for download to all registered students. This includes editions of 2D and 3D products, such as Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, and AutoCAD.
The official word from the Autodesk’s site is:

Access over 25 free* [...]

Samsungs 3D TV’s have gone on sale but come with the following warning:
If you experience any of the following symptoms, immediately stop watching 3D pictures and consult a medical specialist: (1) altered vision; (2) lightheadedness; (3) dizziness; (4) involuntary movements such as eye or muscle twitching; (5) confusion; (6) nausea; (7) loss [...]

e-on software, pre-released today Vue 8.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.
New features of Vue 8.5
Vue xStream and Vue Infinite are the companys flagship solutions for the creation of natural 3D environments. While Vue Infinite is a standalone application, Vue [...]

Autodesk, Inc has announced the launch of Autodesk Homestyler – free** online software for 2D and 3D home design and remodeling projects. Autodesk Homestyler is an easy to use web service [...]

So the day has arrived, CS5 is out and as always with Adobe’s product suites it looks to be as breathtaking as ever.
For more information head over to Adobe.
Or view the lanuch vide by clicking here.

Getting started with any new 3D software can be daunting, so here we list 10 great books that will get you on the right track to becoming a 3ds Max rockstar!
3ds Max 2010 Bible
Whether you′re a novice eager to get started or a full–fledged animator seeking new ways to dazzle, the new edition of [...]

e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for Digital Nature and natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of a new revision of Vue 8 Frontier, which adds native import of DAZ 3D models.
“The ability to import DAZ 3D models in the Vue Frontier product represents an exciting new option [...]

Autodesk, Inc. has announced the availability of the Autodesk SketchBook Pro App for iPad, a new professional-grade paint and drawing application designed exclusively for the iPad. The Autodesk SketchBook Pro App for iPad combines high-quality digital pencils, pens, markers and airbrushes with a Multi-Touch gesture-based user interface, enabling users [...]

Parallels today announced that Autodesk has certified Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac as its preferred virtualization solution for customers who want to run Autodesk’s 2011 applications on the Mac and receive product support from Autodesk.
Parallels Desktop 5 gives Mac customers fully supported use of their 2011 versions of Autodesk’s AutoCAD, AutoCAD [...]

Adobe has just announced that Adobe Creative Suite 5 will be released on Monday April 12, 2010 at 8am.
In the mean time and to wet your appetite, we’ve stumbled across an incredible video posted at the Adobe Blog, by John Nack, regarding a new content aware feature. Seeing really is bevelling, the speed and [...]

Luxion and Alibre, have announced that starting immediately KeyShot technology will be bundled with Alibre Design Expert and Professional. For under $500 customers can get powerful 3D modeling and 2D drafting, and enjoy stunningly realistic product visualization.
KeyShot is an interactive raytracing and global illumination program developed by Luxion for both [...]

BOXX Technologies, today announced the release of renderBOXX 10400, the latest edition to their renderBOXX series. The purpose-built, dedicated rendering module is now available with up to four six core Intel Xeon 5600 series processors for a total of 24 cores of processing power. In addition to renderBOXX, Intel-based 3DBOXX [...]

There has been a great post by imsky, at pxleyes, providing some information on the process ray tracing rendering. It’s definatly well worth a read, you check it out at 5 Things You Need to Know About Raytracing…

e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced it is seeking submissions for its upcoming 2010 show reel. Following the success of the 2009 show reel, e-on software invites all Vue artists to submit recent commercial projects that involved Vue or Ozone for inclusion in [...]

Some of you may have noticed a few changes to the layout of our HDRI maps pages. We’ve been working hard over the last couple of weeks to include an interactive, 360 degree, rendered view of each of our HDRI maps.
As a visitor this means, you can view a rendered sample scene of each [...]

Liquid Dream Solutions today announced ButterflyNetRender 4.50, the newest version of a popular network rendering controller for Lightwave, Maya, Modo, Messiah Studio, 3DSmax, XSI, Digital Fusion, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, 3Delight and more. The controller provides 3D graphic artists with a pain-free way to set up a render farm for managing frame creation in [...]

Autodesk Inc has announced that the Autodesk Maya 2011 software – the latest version of its Academy Award-winning 3D animation software. A new user interface (UI), 3D editorial capability and enhanced skinning workflow help provide computer graphics (CG) artists with an end-to-end creative workflow at an exceptional value. Autodesk Maya software has been used on [...]

Autodesk Inc. announced Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 software the latest version of its modeling, animation, rendering and compositing application. A new node-based material editor, innovative hardware renderer and full-featured compositor are new features offered in the 2011 release to help accelerate the creation of compelling imagery and entertainment content.
“Our first priority with 3ds Max [...]

RealFlow have announced the following promotions on their great RealFlow V4 product.
Option 1:
RealFlow 4 licenses for 4CPU are now available for only $2000/€1500 – a massive reduction from the original price of $3400/€2500! Licenses bought under this promotion also include a free upgrade to RealFlow 5! If you choose this option, you will [...]

Have you ever wondered how many computers it takes for Pixar to render their big screen 3d animated films or ILM to render giant transforming robotic aliens? Peter Sciretta over at slashfilm.com has managed to get a behind the scenes look at the renderfarms used at both Pixar and LucasFilms.

At Lucasfilms the set-up includes more [...]

mydeco.com and Dassault Systemes launched a new augmented reality iPhone application, ‘Furnish Your Photo’ which enables users to choose from hundreds of 3D models of furniture to add to their photo, helping them to visualize how a new sofa, table or even chandelier might look in their own room.
The mydeco app allows anyone with an [...]

Wacom has today introduced the much anticipated Cintiq 21UX, its newly-redesigned interactive pen display delivering state-of-the-art pen performance and innovative ergonomics in a color-accurate LCD display.  Designed specifically to meet the demanding needs of professional photographers, designers, artists and animators, the new Cintiq 21UX offers unparalleled creative control, comfort and productivity.
The Cintiq 21UX experience starts [...]