Happy Mother's Day from Renderosity! Most of the world have celebrated Mother's Day over the past few days, and we wanted to spread the love! You only have ONE MORE DAY to get your hands on a MarketPlace coupon to help celebrate the occasion! Get it while it lasts!!! by: Staff - 5 opinions posted
New and Easy Way to List Your Favorite Vendors! The ability to create a personalized list of favorite MarketPlace vendors just got a lot easier! Read on to find out how just one click will now add a vendor to your Favorite Vendors List. by: Store Staff - 21 opinions posted
May 2008 Artist of the Month - Deagol Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... May's AOM is Deagol [Keith Mackay]! We congratulate Deagol for an outstanding collection of works in the Fractal Gallery! Staff - 34 opinions posted
May 2008 Vendor of the Month - ChristineG Congratulations to ChristineG for being Renderosity's VOM [Vendor Of the Month] for May, 2008. Store Staff - 44 opinions posted
Digital Sculpting With Argile Sculpting software and 3D software that includes sculpting capabilities are becoming more common. These applications can be used to deform models more easily, or to add finer details to them (using bump maps, normal maps or displacement maps). Now comes N-Sided with their recently released Argile, a sculpting and finishing application. Product Review by Sergio Rosa [nemirc] - Staff Columnist - 2 opinions posted
The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company Pixar Studios, the Academy Award winning animation company, essentially founded the art of computer animation. In "The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company", the author, David R. Price, charts their rise from the Computer Science Department and the University of Utah to the most popular and acclaimed animation company in existence. Book Review by Ricky Grove [gToon] - Staff Columnist - 1 opinion posted
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Award Nominees Announced (Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announced today the award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival to be held in Los Angeles this summer. Nominees were chosen from more than 900 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike. An esteemed panel of jury members reviewed each submission to compile some of the greatest works submitted this year.
Using Shape Keys in Blender 3D A simple tutorial on shape keys. Shape keys allow you to change a mesh without changing the original shape. You can can create shape keys for a character, for example, that allow it to smile, frown, blink, wink, etc. It could even represent an object exploding, a pipe bending, etc. Tutorial by Reddog9
Happy Mother's Day from Renderosity! Most of the world have celebrated Mother's Day over the past few days, and we wanted to spread the love! You only have ONE MORE DAY to get your hands on a MarketPlace coupon to help celebrate the occasion! Get it while it lasts!!! by: Staff - 5 opinions posted
New and Easy Way to List Your Favorite Vendors! The ability to create a personalized list of favorite MarketPlace vendors just got a lot easier! Read on to find out how just one click will now add a vendor to your Favorite Vendors List. by: Store Staff - 21 opinions posted
Using Your Wishlist and Giving Gifts Just Got a Lot Easier! Due to popular demand, we have made some changes to your Wishlist to make it a little easier to use. We've also added some functionality to gift giving and receiving. Read on to find out what improvements have been made! by: Store Staff - 12 opinions posted
Calling all Members: Renderosity wants YOUR artwork! Renderosity wants to show off the work of its members in future advertisements and marketing communications. If you're interested in submitting your work, read on to find out how! by: Marketing Department - 30 opinions posted
Artist of the Month
May 2008 Artist of the Month - Deagol Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... May's AOM is Deagol [Keith Mackay]! We congratulate Deagol for an outstanding collection of works in the Fractal Gallery! Staff - 34 opinions posted
Vendor of the Month
May 2008 Vendor of the Month - ChristineG Congratulations to ChristineG for being Renderosity's VOM [Vendor Of the Month] for May, 2008. Store Staff - 44 opinions posted
Renderosity Front Page News
Digital Sculpting With Argile Sculpting software and 3D software that includes sculpting capabilities are becoming more common. These applications can be used to deform models more easily, or to add finer details to them (using bump maps, normal maps or displacement maps). Now comes N-Sided with their recently released Argile, a sculpting and finishing application. Product Review by Sergio Rosa [nemirc] - Staff Columnist - 2 opinions posted
The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company Pixar Studios, the Academy Award winning animation company, essentially founded the art of computer animation. In "The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company", the author, David R. Price, charts their rise from the Computer Science Department and the University of Utah to the most popular and acclaimed animation company in existence. Book Review by Ricky Grove [gToon] - Staff Columnist - 1 opinion posted
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Award Nominees Announced (Chicago, IL) - ACM SIGGRAPH announced today the award nominees for the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival to be held in Los Angeles this summer. Nominees were chosen from more than 900 submissions from around the globe, presented by both professional studios and students alike. An esteemed panel of jury members reviewed each submission to compile some of the greatest works submitted this year.
Using Shape Keys in Blender 3D A simple tutorial on shape keys. Shape keys allow you to change a mesh without changing the original shape. You can can create shape keys for a character, for example, that allow it to smile, frown, blink, wink, etc. It could even represent an object exploding, a pipe bending, etc. Tutorial by Reddog9
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