Vue is a fantastic landscape making 3D software. It is able to create 3D scenery with unparalleled realism. Vue has been used in some movies for the creation of 3D environments.
Vue 8 Special edition is free on the CD of the Digital Arts magazine. To be precise, it is on the February 2010 issue.
Basically, the [...]
Looking around the 3D arena, there seems to be some significant changes to the direction of development. It appears that more and more companies and even open-source sources are developing GPU based rendering engines and systems.
What is GPU? It stands for Graphics Processing Unit. It is usually found on the graphic card of the computer. [...]
I assume that most of the visitors to this website are dealing with 3D graphics in one way or another.
I am pretty sure that you already have some ready-made 3D models.
Have you ever thought of making some money from these works of yours. There are several places that one can sell their 3d models and [...]
There is no doubt that some open source programs are pretty powerful. For example, Blender is a good opensource 3D application that has a very comprehensive toolset. GIMP is also a powerful 2D image editing graphic program. Inkscape is pretty cool as a 2D vector drawing software. All are free and have expensive commercial equivalents.
But, [...]
When we think about commercial graphic software, we will inevitably think of Adobe Photoshop, Premier, Illustrator and the likes.
However, do you know that there is a company that has been creating good quality graphic software at very affordabe prices for a long time now. The company is Serif. The graphic software may not be as [...]
There is a new book on the popular Character posing software DAZ Studio. It is called ‘Figures, Characters and Avatars’.
The Book is aimed at beginners to this 3D program. It is available at major Bookstores and computer related bookshops.
By the way, DAZ Studio version 3 is out now. DAZ Studio now comes in both [...]
DAZ seems to be giving away Hexagon 2 on some computer related magazines.
Version 2.2 of Hexagon is on the DVD of the newest issue of 3D World Magazine.
About Hexagon, it is a good 3D polygon modeller. It has features such as sub-division modelling, UV painting and symmetry modelling. The interface is one of the easiest [...]
Blender is powerful 3D modelling program, but is also known to be hard to understand. It is said to have a steep learning curve.
If you are in Singapore, there is a 3D Blender Course gears towards 3D modelling, rendering and some basic animation. The course is conducted in Lasalle College of the Arts. Click here [...]
Realsoft is a powerful 3D program. The older versions are free on 3D World Magazine.