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6 days ago · Free Resources. Get 100+ free modular airport assets for Unity and Unreal Engine. Freshcan 3D's Military Airport pack is a set of 3D buildings, roads and props, licensed for commercial use in any game engine or CG software. Thursday, November 7th, 2024. WRetargetTool is a versatile free Maya animation retargeting tool.
CG Science for Artists Part 2: The Real-Time Rendering Pipeline
Whether you model something in a 3D application and see the viewport updating, or run around a virtual environment in your game, it is going through a similar graphics pipeline in the background. What is the purpose of a rendering pipeline?
5 steps to creating convincing photorealistic 3D portraits
Jan 5, 2022 · Discover how to model, texture and light realistic 3D characters as two of The Gnomon Workshop’s leading instructors reveal the steps they follow in their workflows and their tips for achieving believable likenesses.
LightWave Digital announces LightWave 2023 - CG Channel
May 5, 2023 · LightWave Digital has announced that LightWave 2023, the first update to the 3D animation software in over three years, will be released in “Q4 2023”. The new version is now available to pre-order for users with existing licences of the software, with upgrade pricing also including shares in LightWave Digital itself.
Review: AMD’s ATI FirePro professional GPUs | CG Channel
This April, AMD refreshed its ATI FirePro lineup with its newest series of GPUs, supporting all the newest 3D and GPGPU APIs: DirectX 11, OpenGL 4 and OpenCL 1. The five new cards we will be looking at here are the entry-level ATI FirePro V3800 and V4800, the mid-range V5800, and the high-end V7800 and V8800.
Adobe unveils new Substance 3D Connector - CG Channel
Sep 12, 2023 · Adobe has unveiled the Substance 3D Connector: a new open-source plugin architecture that will let artists send assets directly from its Substance 3D applications to DCC software like 3ds Max, Blender and Maya.
Download over 90 free 3D models from RenderCrate | CG Channel
Online asset library RenderCrate has updated its free content, bringing the total number of 3D models available for free to over 90. The most recent addition is a free scan-based modular asset pack for building medieval castles.
LightWave Digital acquires LightWave | CG Channel
Apr 7, 2023 · Veteran 3D animation software LightWave will soon have a new owner. Lightwave Digital, a new group headed by former Darkside studio boss Andrew Bishop, is to acquire the software from current owner Vizrt, in a deal set to close on 27 April 2023.
Sneak peeks: Adobe’s 2020 R&D projects for 3D graphics
Jul 31, 2020 · Adobe has previewed some of the 3D graphics projects in development at Adobe Research, the company’s R&D division, from a semi-automatic 3D modelling system to a new real-time physically based renderer.
5 key features in Blender 4.3 | CG Channel
Oct 5, 2024 · At the end of the story, you can find a summary of what’s new in Blender’s other key toolsets, including 3D modeling, UV editing, character rigging and animation, and the built-in compositor. We’ll update this story once the stable version of Blender 4.3 is released next month.