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EXPOSÉ 8 is ready for pre-order
CGAXIS collection volume 4 Electronics
Modo Tutorial: Lighting and Rendering
ft-Cubic Lens Distortion Version: 4.0
The hope of the bear
Peek A Boo

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:22 AM PDT

It's that time of the year again, and They're buzzed to finally take the wraps off EXPOSÉ 8. The new edition is bigger and better in every way. It has the most pages of any previous EXPOSÉ book with 240 pages for the paperback/hardcover, and a massive 256 pages for the Limited Edition.

From the almost 6,300 images entered, 393 images were featured in EXPOSÉ 8 coming from 283 artists in 52 countries. They also introduce two new major categories with EXPOSÉ 8—Game Art and Comic/Manga Art.

Exclusive 90+ minute video tutorial offer
For the first time, all EXPOSÉ 8 customers will receive three specially-commissioned, free video tutorials and downloadable Photoshop brushes when they purchase EXPOSÉ 8 from the Ballistic Publishing Online Store. A massive 90+ minutes of tutorial videos from some of the best EXPOSÉ 8 artists include EXPOSÉ 8 cover artist Marek Okon, EXPOSÉ 8 Limited Edition cover artist Michal Ivan, and EXPOSÉ 8 artist Arthur Haas. All three tutorials start from the very beginning of the creative process with sketches, and progress to the final painting in exquisite detail.

Preview every page of EXPOSÉ 8
Preview every page of EXPOSÉ 8 with Their Book Previewer, and let them know what you think with Their new Disqus-based commenting system.

EXPOSÉ 8 Limited Edition
For serious art collectors, EXPOSÉ 8 comes in a Leather-bound Limited Edition, complete with an exclusive 16-page Master Artist profile section, specially-printed full-color endpapers, and a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. The Limited Edition is restricted to 1,000 copies, so be the first to reserve your preferred number at the Ballistic Publishing Online Store!

Grand Master announcement
They'll be announcing the EXPOSÉ 8 Grand Master in a few weeks on the Ballistic Facebook Group, so be sure to follow Them and be the first to know about the amazing artist to win this year's award.

Related links:
ballisticpublishing.com

CGAXIS collection volume 4 Electronics

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:08 AM PDT

CGAXIS collection volume 4 containing 35 highly detailed models of electronics compatible with 3ds max 2008 or higher and many others.

Formats:

*.max
*.max MentalRay
*.max Vray
*.c4d Cinema4D
*.fbx
*.obj
File size: 367MB
Materials: YES
Textures: YES

CHECK HERE!

Related links:
cgaxis.com

Modo Tutorial: Lighting and Rendering

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 07:34 PM PDT

This tutorial covers the setup and rendering of a 3D scene matched to a photographic plate as well as the polishing, color correcting and final image sweetening in Photoshop.

Watch here

Related links:

cgchannel.com

ft-Cubic Lens Distortion Version: 4.0

Posted: 06 Jul 2010 06:55 PM PDT

This is a Pixel Bender plugin that allows for quick and easy lens distortion correction or effects including chromatic aberration.

When working on tracking or composition CG elements with shot footage, you usually have to deal with lens distortion. At first you would undistort your footage in your matchmove or compositing package, then track it, render your CG and make sure to apply the same distortion to your CG so it will look and match perfectly! While this methos workd, it makes you go back and forth with your different applications to undistort, distort again and so on!
ft-Cubic Lens Distortion let you manage all those distortion steps in one place: After Effects. It is based on the Syntheyes cubic lens distortion algorithm! You will be able to un-distort your live footage, and distort your CG renders without going back to Syntheyes (or any other app you are using for lens distortion)!
On top of that, you will be able to apply finishing effects like chromatic aberration to your final composition.