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3ds Max 2011 New Features
DELL G2410H 24"W Monitor with WLED
Autodesk Show Reel 2010
Poser Pro 2010
IFX Free workshop: Painting the Dragon Tamer
Behind the Screenz with Thomas Varoux
3DAllusions is celebrating 10th birthday with Challenge#16 - House N

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3ds Max 2011 New Features Posted: 14 Mar 2010 04:55 AM PDT 3ds Max Composite Enhance rendered passes and incorporate them into live action footage with 3ds Max Composite: a fully-featured, high-performance, HDR-capable compositor, based on technology from Autodesk Toxik software. The 3ds Max Composite toolset incorporates keying, color correction, tracking, camera mapping, raster and vector paint, spline-based warping, motion blur, depth of field, and tools to support stereoscopic productions. Object Paint Accelerate modeling and texturing tasks with new tools that extend the Graphite modeling and Viewport Canvas toolsets: a revised toolset for 3D painting and editing textures within the viewport; the ability to paint with object brushes to create geometry within a scene; a new brush interface for editing UVW coordinates; and an interactive tool for extending edge loops. User Interface Customization Save time when modeling and maintain focus on the creative task at hand with a new in-context UI for polygon modeling tools that eliminates unnecessary mouse movement away from the model. Modelers can interactively manipulate properties, enter values directly at the point of interest in the viewport, and preview results prior to committing changes. Slate Material Editor Easily visualize and edit material component relationships with Slate, a new node-based material editor that helps significantly improve workflow and productivity for artists creating and editing complex material networks. The intuitive schematic framework is engineered to handle the vast numbers of materials required by today's demanding productions. Viewport Canvas toolset Accelerate modeling and texturing tasks with new tools that extend the Graphite modeling and Viewport Canvas toolsets: a revised toolset for 3D painting and editing textures within the viewport; the ability to paint with object brushes to create geometry within a scene; a new brush interface for editing UVW coordinates; and an interactive tool for extending edge loops. Related links: youtube.com This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now
DELL G2410H 24"W Monitor with WLED Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:52 PM PST Designed with outstanding energy efficiency, the G2410H 24"W Monitor with WLED offers great performance for office productivity. Designed with high efficiency to enable minimal power consumption Made with environmentally preferable materials Designed and packaged with environmentally preferable materials Height adjustable for ideal viewing comfort
At a Glance Power-saving Features — Ambient Light Sensor, PowerNap, Dynamic Dimming and 3 Energy Modes Efficient Design — An ultra efficient power supply unit and < 0.15W energy consumption in sleep mode using VGA input Friendly Materials — Free of arsenic (glass only), mercury, polyvinyl chloride (packaging only), BFR and CFR Highly Recyclable Package — Corrugated cardboard instead of foam
Bold Innovation for Dramatic Power Savings Utilizing a high efficiency power supply unit and WLED backlight technology, this Energy Star compliant monitor delivers up to 60% less typical average power consumption than that of comparable Dell widescreen monitors¹.

Ambient Light Sensor adjusts brightness to help minimize power use, and increase user comfort. Dynamic Dimming is designed to automatically decrease brightness when an image contains a high proportion of bright areas. 3 Energy Modes for a perfect blend of energy efficiency, display brightness and viewing comfort. PowerNap can dim the monitor to minimum brightness level, or put it into Sleep mode, depending on user preference. All of the above features can be turned on or off through the available Dell Client Manager^TM . Less than 0.15W standby power when in sleep mode.
Slim Design, Environmentally Conscious Materials To help reduce waste related to production and transportation, the G2410H was designed with up to a 20% ² slimmer panel and the amount of plastic packaging within the box was reduced³. It uses recycled plastic in its chassis and packaging and environmentally preferable materials in many components.
External chassis uses more than 25% post-consumer recycled materials Arsenic-free glass and mercury-free LED backlight No expanded polystyrene foam in packaging, instead utilizing highly recyclable corrugated cardboard

Excellent Performance for Office Productivity The G2410H makes it easy to view two full web pages side by side – with plenty of room for menus and toolbars.

		16:9 ratio and full HD 1920x1080 resolution
		DVI-D Digital connector with High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP)

		Up to 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio (typical)
		Optional Dell Flat Panel attached multimedia Sound Bar
Rock-solid Service and Support The G2410H 24"W Monitor with WLED is backed by a Dell 3-Year Limited Hardware Warranty⁴ with 3-Year Advance Exchange⁵ Service. Need technical support? You can call toll-free 24/7 within the U.S. for the duration of the warranty.
Autodesk Show Reel 2010 Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:10 PM PST This Autodesk Show Reel illustrates the company's leadership in 2D and 3D design technology by showcasing incredible customer work in the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, automotive, and media and entertainment. http://www.autodesk.com/ Related links: autodesk.com This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now
Poser Pro 2010 Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:49 PM PST Integrate animated 3D characters and gigabytes of Poser content with the tools in your production pipeline. Poser Pro 2010 saves time and resources for professional artists and production teams with ready-to-go, pre-rigged characters and a content library full of assets. Working inside Poser Pro generates dynamic images and video with its advanced lighting and powerful rendering technology. Key Features A new interface makes Poser Pro 2010 even easier to use! Content Management: Find what you need in Poser's content library with keyword search, online search and metadata. Display previews, browse categories and drag and drop to scenes. Professional Animation: Combine multiple layers of action into one fluid lifelike animation. Animate by keyframing pose to pose or import motion capture data. Automate walk and run cycles with natural gait and style with the WalkDesigner™. Realistic 3D detail: Create photo real images with full ranges of intensity and color with High Dynamic Range Image (HDRI) support. Add high resolution 3D detail to any mesh through the use of normal mapping. Hosting with PoserFusion™: Use Poser Pro's pre-rigged characters inside applications such as Autodesk®'s 3ds Max® and Maya®, Maxon's CINEMA 4D® and NewTek's LightWave®* with the included plug-ins. Import and export with COLLADA data exchange. Improved Rendering: Leverage your network to render massive scenes and animation sequences using the network render queue and background rendering, built on a 64-bit render engine for incredible speed and quality! Easy Saving & Sharing: Preview recent renders directly from your palette for quick image comparison or uploading to a Facebook gallery or StuffIt® Connect cloud storage service. * PoserFusion plug-in for NewTek's Lightwave will be freely available to all Poser Pro 2010 users following NewTek's release of the CORE version of Lightwave. Related links: poser.smithmicro.com
IFX Free workshop: Painting the Dragon Tamer Posted: 13 Mar 2010 10:31 PM PST To become a better artist you have to constantly challenge yourself, upgrade your skills, seek out and eliminate weaknesses in your technique. Sticking to painting only what you are good at will make you a very narrow minded artist. Modern companies are looking for employees with a wide range of skills, so it's important to do something new with every picture you create, and if you fail at first, keep coming back to it until you're happy with the results. Download the Tutorial Related links: imaginefx.com
Behind the Screenz with Thomas Varoux Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:29 PM PST Thomas Varoux is French 3D artist currently living in Japan, working as freelancer for the overseas who has about 5 years of experience in the Game development industry. He has done work for multiple platforms like PC, Xbox, iPhone, Nintendo DS and others, on single or MMO games talks about his works . Check it Related links: area.autodesk.com
3DAllusions is celebrating 10th birthday with Challenge#16 - House N Posted: 13 Mar 2010 11:23 PM PST This time 3DA brings you something different, something that is more focused on the inner realm of the house, inner, yet not inside, nor outside... So now we will have to play with white form, mass and void, light and air... touch of nature in the gentle trees and pebbles in the inner garden... So this is different, yet in a way this is good continuation of our previous challenges as this is also one unique house and we kind of keep the tradition, presenting the houses that touch the very essence of a house in a completely unique way, in different setting, culture, part of the world With House N in Tokyo, by architect Sou Fujimoto. Join Now ! Related links: 3dallusions.com