Archive Mar 2003 |
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3DFestival's Tito A. Belgrave takes a behind the scenes look at four of the most promising talents from The German Film School, on their recently completed short film Dronez. When you have viewed the article follow the link to download this incredible action packed short. | 3ds max? 5.1 Service Pack 1 with DirectX? 9 compatibility update is released.
Tip by Ofir Brown | CGBug interview one of out favourite artists - Pascal Blanch? |
31 Mar, 2003 | 30 Mar, 2003 | 28 Mar, 2003 |
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Phil Lunt has only been using Lightwave since last year for visualisation work and already Ben Vost of NewTek Europe has snapped him up for an interview! He must be good!
| Exposure for Artists interviews Alexander Hupperich, lots to see in this one.
Thanks for the tip 'chapt0r' from the forums
| XSI Base Interview Anthony Rossano, the XSI Instructor and President of Mesmer, Inc. Not much in the way of visuals in this one but a very interesting read on issues such as the direction and state of the industry. |
28 Mar, 2003 | 27 Mar, 2003 | 27 Mar, 2003 |
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Cebas Computer GmbH announces GhostPainter 2.0 plug-in for 3ds max. A solution for texturing and painting of 3D objects as well as post-production that integrates Adobe Photoshop and 3ds max. | Jean-Eric H?nault of CGChannel interviews Jason Crosby, CG Supervisor at Digital Dimension on their work in FINAL DESTINATION 2. | This years Oscar's has come and gone, see all the winners here. |
26 Mar, 2003 | 25 Mar, 2003 | 24 Mar, 2003 |
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The Animatrix: Adding to the Trilogy - AWN.com
J. Paul Peszko outlines The Animatrix, an ambitious anime-inspired undertaking that supports and expands upon the theology of The Matrix trilogy. | 'We have been playing with fire for quite some time' says Peter Mitev, software manager and VP at Chaos Group. Click on to read about this new plug-in project and view the gallery.
Tip by Ofir Brown. | NewTek Europe interviews Olivier Michon - French people should know his work, especially the little jingles that come before and after the ads on French TV channel TF1! |
24 Mar, 2003 | 23 Mar, 2003 | 22 Mar, 2003 |
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Alias|Wavefront announced that 'made with Maya' titles took five awards at the 3rd annual Game Developers Choice Awards. | Gollum is one of the most talked about performances of the year. Greg Singer of AWN.com goes behind the scenes with the Weta crew to see how they brought this pathetic creature to life over the course of three years. | Exposure for Artists spends a little time with Steven Stahlberg.
Thanks for the tip 'chapt0r' from the forums. |
21 Mar, 2003 | 20 Mar, 2003 | 19 Mar, 2003 |
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Weta Digital to present a special 'Lord of the Rings' day at 3D Festival on 7 May 2003, showcasing the bleeding-edge digital visual effects techniques used in 'The Two Towers'. | Read all about Digifest 2003 here - Canada's leading 4 day festival of digital culture, creativity and innovation. | NewTek to Premiere Video Toaster? [3] at NAB. |
19 Mar, 2003 | 18 Mar, 2003 | 17 Mar, 2003 |
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NewTek Europe interviews Dino Mascio Mascitelli about his work on forthcoming sideways scrolling shoot-em-up T-Zwei and his love of the work of Keith Haring.
| Leonard Teo of 3D Festival speaks with Michel Besner, President and Co-Founder of Kaydara about his vision for the 3D industry and where Kaydara fits in. | William Vaughan- NewTek, Interviews Mike Halsey, President and Co-Founder of Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio. |
15 Mar, 2003 | 14 Mar, 2003 | 14 Mar, 2003 |
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Mystical Lighting lets anyone apply photo-realistic lighting and shading effects to digital images. Nice interactive example gallery here. | Di-O-Matic announces the release of its latest installment in the Teach-O-Matic series. This new interactive training CD 'Update to Character Studio 4'.
| More AWN features, this time how Weta Ltd are Building on their earlier achievements. Their creature and visual effects teams are bringing to life 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy with work that is blowing the industry away and garnering awards at every turn. |
13 Mar, 2003 | 11 Mar, 2003 | 10 Mar, 2003 |
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Just Animate - Wheels!
How do you make wheels turn in Maya automatically? What are expressions in Maya?
Over 55 mins of free video tutorial from Lost Pencil Animation Studios. | NewTek announce the release of LightWave 3D [7.5b], a free update to registered owners of LightWave 3D [7.5] - Read the press release here. | Realtime modellers would do well to check out these tutorials by Hyper, on skinmapping & texture painting. |
09 Mar, 2003 | 08 Mar, 2003 | 07 Mar, 2003 |
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Cool modelling tutorial, applicable for both low poly modelling or sub-d modelling. | Rig help - a free script for max 5 to help with character setups. Thanks to Carl on the forums. | Hippydrome has an interesting page on modelling for animation - expect to see more later in the week. |
05 Mar, 2003 | 04 Mar, 2003 | 03 Mar, 2003 |
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3D Festival interview the man behind the Killer Bean, Jeff Lew. |
03 Mar, 2003 |
