Archive Oct 2006 |
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Craft Animations released two beginner-level tutorials to help Maya users get started using Craft Director Tools. | Halo movie official postponed till an unknown date. | Bryan Singer has signed a deal to produce and direct a sequel to Superman Returns. |
31 Oct, 2006 | 31 Oct, 2006 | 31 Oct, 2006 |
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Alienware, creators of high-end PCs, admits to threatening review sites with no future hardware unless positive reviews are written about their products. | Targetting people who don't have backgrounds in audio editing, Adobe is replacing the sound-editing application Audition with a new application called Soundbooth. | DAZ 3D announces the availability of Bryce 6. |
30 Oct, 2006 | 28 Oct, 2006 | 27 Oct, 2006 |
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Andrew Browne has put together this video teaser for Silo 2 which is currently in public beta, showing us the potential of what this program can do. | Jahshaka 2.0: A free open source, video editing, effects, and compositing suite. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux. | A tutorial on creating a Shelby Mustang GT500 wheel, by Onno van Braam. |
27 Oct, 2006 | 26 Oct, 2006 | 24 Oct, 2006 |
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Apple introduces Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro notebooks. | Xsi Base interview Eddie Yang, who worked long years along side legends such as Rick Baker and Stan Winston. | A tutorial on digital 2D painting from A to Z, by David Revoy. |
24 Oct, 2006 | 24 Oct, 2006 | 23 Oct, 2006 |
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Maxwell Render 1.1 OSX Universal Binary Edition. | The Art of Realism, a Maya tutorial on shading and lighting a 3D model to match its photographic backplate | Computer Gaming World has opened a digital archive that includes its first 100 issues, dating back to November 1981, all for free. |
23 Oct, 2006 | 22 Oct, 2006 | 21 Oct, 2006 |
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Adobe acquires Serious Magic, creators of video software such as DV Rack. | Variety reports that Universal and Fox have backed away from the ''Halo'' adaptation due to rising production costs. | Flash Player 9 Beta is now available for Windows, Mac and Linux. |
21 Oct, 2006 | 20 Oct, 2006 | 20 Oct, 2006 |
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Next Limit Technologies releases of Maxwell Render 1.1 OSX Universal Binary Edition, which includes native support for OSX Intel machines. | 'mental ray in Maya: Rendering Workflow' from Digital Tutors, provides over 3 hours of project-driven training for learning rendering techniques and workflow. | The Gnomon Workshop Releases new matte painting DVDs - Chris Stoski and Darin Hilton Reveal Techniques. |
20 Oct, 2006 | 19 Oct, 2006 | 19 Oct, 2006 |
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An interview with Producer Don Hahn talks about transferring Tim Burton's cult classic to 3D. | The Making of End of the Line, by Silvia Palara. | Paint.Net - the free, advanced raster image editor for Windows, moves to version 3.0. |
19 Oct, 2006 | 19 Oct, 2006 | 19 Oct, 2006 |
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USAToday talks to Tim Burton on the 3D re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas. | Autodesk releases a 30-day trial version of 3ds max 9, which it has also started shipping. | BBC reports filmmaker Lewi Firth Bolton has turned down his dream job with the Oscar-winning creators of Wallace and Gromit - because he is only 14. |
19 Oct, 2006 | 17 Oct, 2006 | 14 Oct, 2006 |
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The Making of Haunted Tunnel, by Paco Morales. | Tank Modeling tips, by Piotr 'Pionier' Kolus. | w frontier announces Poser 7. |
14 Oct, 2006 | 14 Oct, 2006 | 13 Oct, 2006 |
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Creating HDR images with Photoshop, a tutorial. | Aula Tematica have prepared a great event for this years Art futura festival for all CGI enthusiasts and professionals. For more details head on over to the Art Futura website | The Making of Siena by Jason Godbey, who used in it textures from 3Dtotal's Textures collections. |
13 Oct, 2006 | 13 Oct, 2006 | 12 Oct, 2006 |
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A short guide on how to install Adobe Photoshop CS2 on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu). | Khalid Al Muharraqi was recently interviewed by the developers of Modo on the official luxology main site about creating the Myth of the Floating Islands. To read the interview head on over using this link | Ryan Church shows his concept art workflow in 'Introduction to Coral Painter', the latest training DVD by The Gnomon Workshop. |
12 Oct, 2006 | 11 Oct, 2006 | 10 Oct, 2006 |
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Google buys Youtube, the largest online video sharing portal, for $1.65 Billion. | SIGGRAPH 2007 - Call for Participation. | The Making of ''Tiger Den'' by Antonis Papantoniou. |
09 Oct, 2006 | 07 Oct, 2006 | 07 Oct, 2006 |
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George Lucas says Lucasfilm is moving away from the film business and onto tv production - cheaper and less risky. | The Making of A Morning In Province Using 3DS Max + V-Ray by Julien CHIARI | Rumor has it that Intel is in the process of acquiring nVidia. |
06 Oct, 2006 | 06 Oct, 2006 | 06 Oct, 2006 |
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Digital Amigos a 3d animation studio have launched a new website called Ref-base, which is a photo library which offers high quaity photos.
| Di-O-Matic is currently hosting a major contest in partnership with the magazine 3D World. Submit your best character render for a chance to win more than 2500$ of character animation plugins! | Maxon announces Release 10 of Cinema 4D. |
05 Oct, 2006 | 05 Oct, 2006 | 04 Oct, 2006 |
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Richard Rosenman releases version 3 of Depth of Field Generator Pro. | Digit Online reviews Maya 8. | Digital-Tutors releases an in-depth guide to learning character animation and body mechanics in Maya. Tip by Barnabas Hader.
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03 Oct, 2006 | 03 Oct, 2006 | 01 Oct, 2006 |
