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DAZ Productions Launches DAZ Studio
(14-Sep-05)  Free 3D Figure Posing and Animation Software Package
Digital-Tutors Releases Paint Effects Training Title
(13-Sep-05)  Newest Addition To Training Library Provides Users an In-Depth Overview of Maya Paint Effects
Poser 6 Upgrade Promotion
(29-Aug-05)  Special Pricing Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Poser
Alias MotionBuilder 7 now shipping
(29-Aug-05)  3D character animation productivity suite for game, film and broadcast production allows artists to rapidly produce high volumes of quality animated content
NEW VISTAPRO RENDERER 4.2.7 RELEASED!
(23-Aug-05)  VendorNation.com is proud to announce the new upgrade release of VistaPro Renderer 4.2.7!
Sachform Technology is pleased to announce the release of arborium_vol.1
(21-Aug-05)  contains various bushes, potted plants, hedges and creeping plants in TIFF format (with alpha-mask) in a resolution of up to 3000 pixel
AsileFX Press Release PYROTECHNICS 1 & 2
(18-Aug-05)  Learn to use the techniques that the pros use for creating compelling pyrotechnic effects, and start taking advantage of the full power of Lightwave [8].
Real DB Inc. releases the first online library
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  Spectrum (29-August-05)

  • SPECTRUM REVIEWS: SIGGRAPH 2005: Do We Get CEUs For This?
  • Independent Games Festival Seeks Submissions
  • IGDA Forms Sex SIG


  Spectrum (15-Aug-05)

  • SensAble Updates OpenHaptics Toolkit
  • wondertouch Releases particleIllusion 3.0 for Mac OS X
  • Turbo Squid Announces New Hair Tech for 3ds Max
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  • SplutterFish Updates Brazil Rendering System
  • Izware Updates Nendo
  • Maxon Announces Upgrades, Production Bundle
  • Cebas Announces Product Upgrades
  • ART VPS Announces Support for Hardware-Accelerated GI
  • @Last Releases SketchUp 5
  • Antics Announces Previsualization Software
  • Ageia Announces physX Plug-in for 3ds Max
  • SensAble Updates ClayTools system for 3ds Max
  • Illuminate Labs unleashes Turtle 2 for Maya


  Spectrum (8-August-05)

  • Siggraph 2005 Review
  • Virtools Upgrades Software Suite
  • Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 2.0 Spec
  • Lucas, CG Tech Draw More Than 29,000 to L.A.
  • Character Animation Technologies Previews CAT2
  • Alias Announces Maya 7
  • Avid Unveils Softimage|XSI v.5.0
  • utodesk Updates 3ds Max, Discreet Digital Video Software
  • Avid Previews Facial Animation Tech


  Spectrum (18-Jul-05)

  • Alien Skin Software Ships Eye Candy 5: Impact
  • Bauhaus Introduces Tablet PC-based Animation/Storyboarding System
  • Actify Tool Aids in Creation of Interactive 3D PDF Files
  • Siggraph 2005 Sketches: Innovations in Computer Graphics


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3dcreative magazine is a monthly download magazine for all 3D Artists, Professional and begiiner. Each months issue is packed with articles, reviews, interviews, tutorials and competitions.
AC3D
AC3D is a well established 3D modeling software package. It features an easy to use interface; powerful polygon and vertex editing; UV mapper; 2D/3D text, and subdivision surfaces. AC3D supports many 3D file formats and is available for Windows and Linux.
Strata 3D CX
Strata 3D CX is a 3D modeling, rendering and animation application that's tightly focused on ease of use, especially for new 3D users, and designers that typically work with the Adobe suite of applications. With the introduction of Strata 3D CX, the power and flexibility of Strata 3D has grown immensely.
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softimage XSI 5.0
In this review I will elaborate on a lot of the new features in XSI 5.0. However, there are still many, many more new features that are not mentioned in this article. XSI 5.0 is quite an upgrade and I simply did not have time to write up information on everything. But I promise that I tried my best to leave most of the fun stuff in.
Cadsoft Envisioneer 2.5
Designers And Developers Involved in residential and light commercial/industrial work and landscaping should take a close look at Envisioneer from Cadsoft.
modo
it comes as a breath of fresh air that Luxology, a company founded recently by former Lightwave 3D stalwarts Allen Hastings, Stuart Ferguson, and Brad Peebler, has embarked on a course of world domination, or at least domination of the 3D market, with a bold new line of 3D software.
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