The upgrade, release and pricing information on V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max is also available

We are pleased to announce the start of the V-Ray RT GPU Beta testing program. It is fully integrated within Autodesk 3ds Max and allows up to 30 times faster rendering and real time interaction with the virtual environment. This highly scalable, production ready rendering solution offers a number of new features like real time shading and lights set-up, distributed and cross platform rendering, progressive path tracing and many others.

Take a look at the full description and installation process and other useful information here if you are interested to become a beta tester and experience the new GPU based solution.

After the beta testing period, V-Ray RT GPU will become a part of V-Ray 2.0. V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max combines V-Ray for 3ds Max production renderer, V-Ray RT on CPU and V-Ray RT on GPU. Its official release date is planned for 6th of December 2010.

For additional information browse the Chaos Group website >> Attached Images

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Currently the "Eye Separation" parameter does not have an envelope.

Is it POSSIBLE for a plugin to access this value, and apply an X-curve (??) to it, so as to MAKE it animatable?

Here's some bayonet light bulbs as I kind of depth of field experiment.



1920x1080 here

RealFlow 5
XP
2.66ghz
4GB DRR3 RAM
250GB HD


Hi I'm just starting out with RealFlow 5 and i'm trying to complete this tutorial by Eric Schilling: http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/aut...in-realflow-4/

At around the 18:00 mark, Eric instructs to create an emitter which will be used to simulate milk pouring into the cereal bowl.

1. Firstly, when I select the circle in the 'particle fluid' menu, the emitter doesn't drop to the bottom of the bowl as it does int he video tutorial.

2. After I select the cereal balls and reset them to "initial state' and press simulate, I get an error message that says:

"The instruction at "0x007c2d8a" referenced memory at "0x00001800". The memory could not be "read".

Click OK to terminate the program
Click CANCEL to debug the program

Please help me to understand what is going on and how to fix this problem.

Thanks in advance, Plasticbricks

Zeitgeist: Addendum premiered at the 5th Annual Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles, California on October 2, 2008, winning their highest award.

It was released free online on October 4, 2008. Director Peter Joseph stated: "The failure of our world to resolve the issues of war, poverty, and corruption, rests within a gross ignorance about what guides human behavior to begin with.

It addresses the true source of the instability in our society, while offering the only fundamental, long-term solution."

I know the forum is still getting sorted, but I note:

Sometimes when I click on a link here, like:
http://www.spinquad.com/forums/showt...575#post271575

The color scheme is quite a bit BRIGHTER than the main forum. Frankly, I prefer it. YMMV.

To get my mind off of Lightwave/Zbrush sometimes I decided to start a blog titled "Amazing Digital Art". Everyday I will update it with some of the most amazing 3D videos on the web. I come across so many, and a lot just make my jaw drop to the floor.

Check it out and let me know what you think (:

http://amazingdigitalart.blogspot.com/

Thanks
-Cody-

When I click on a link in the page that comes up Autoplay from a KURV DVD, it tries to launch IE, and then just hangs.

I don't usually use IE for anything. Why isn't it launching my DEFAULT web browser (Firefox)?

I wouldn't mind, but it doesn't even work (the video is not played). I usually just give up and load the dang videos 'by hand', directly from the folder. Irritating.

Hello! Well, this was another one week assignment fully inside of zbrush. No zsphere's were aloud to be used to create this character as we haven't learned them yet.

I modeled this using general primitives, and some of the new features in z4 including the shadow box, and clipping brushes.

Thanks!
-Cody-

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Made this , still tweak'in , Low poly . not happy with the textures but meh "such is life " .

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Some of you might have seen the wips of this on Newtek's forum, but here is the finished version :)

All the best,

Kuzey Attached Images

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Just for grins, here's the layout (jpg) I use w/LWM and my Logitech G13 Keypad. It's very convenient. There's a joystick between the two angled buttons that lets me scroll viewports around too.

I haven't got around to developing one for Layout.

I've got a layered PSD file with all the outlines and button numbers separated from the functions, so if someone needs a ready made template, give me a jingle.

The "Num 5" key is for my "make all the viewports the same size" preset programmed into Modeler on keypad-5. Attached Images

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Hi, I made it in 3ds max, vray, ae and ps, let me know what do you think about these renders, cheers:)

Hi everyone,

I've already posted these renders at the newtek forums, so I decided to post them here only in one thread.
These boats and crane were created for the portuguese tv show 'Equador' and were modeled in Lightwave but the show was rendered in 3dsmax and Xsi. The renders here were rendered in lightwave. Textures were made by my good friend and talented artist Ricardo Garcês.

I hope you guys like them.
Cheers
Luis

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sorry for posting this way but I'm having some problems with spinquads forum upload.

Hello! As far as modeling goes we are done with Lightwave and have moved onto ZBrush!

As of right now ZBrush and I have a love/hate relationship, haha. It's hard to get around the idea of just sculpting, and not modeling. It's like playing with silly-puddy, but the more I use it the more I learn to love it.

The first night we were shown zbrush we were assigned this head model, and we given night projects every day based from the head model.

Everything had to sculpted from a zsphere, and all be one mesh excluding the hair, and mustache. Texturing was done using Poly Paint, and the maps were tweaked in PS.

Thanks!
-Cody- Attached Images

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Hey guys

Were starting a new project.. myself Craig Clark and Andy Turner creating a very short documentary style trailer depicting the 1935 land speed record attempts by Malcolm Campbell.. Anyway here are the first very very early Character WIPS.. the face is very basic just a block out really.. I started doing some zbrushing on the hat and goggles..

This project will be completely rendered using Lightwave :) however we do all have jobs so it might take some time but Ill post some WIPS when they come about..





Cheers

Jamie

OK, experimenting w/stereo rendering:

There's TWO anaglyphic image filters-- which do you use???


tnx

From Star Trek : Next Generation to Deep Space Nine Gary Hutzel has been doing Visual Effects for many, many years. His most recent work though with Battlestar Galactica and Caprica have him in the forefront of SyFy?s blockbuster line up.

Gary Hutzle has been around the ?VFX Supervisor? block a few times and he continues to use LightWave as his 3D application of choice. Mr. Hutzel sits down with us for an hour or so this coming Saturday, September 4th to talk some effects, LightWave 3D, Caprica, Battlestar and more.

Don't miss this live interview! Want to ask Gary a question, join us and we will have a live Q&A session for you LightWaver?s out there!

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You never stop learning LW tips:

When the GE has focus, it's always bugged me that LEFT/RIGHT arrow do NOT frame advance, they KEYFRAME advance. Which sucks, because not only can you not keyframe advance, it's just different from the main interface. One more damn thing to remember. The function "Next Frame" does not appear in the GE hotkey editor.

But, user DODGY just graced me with this bit of info:"And if you unassign a key in the graph editor, the Layout key assignment takes over, even if the graph editor is in focus?" Holy cow! Thanks, Dodgy!

Now I can assign SHIFT+LEFT/RIGHT ARROW to the GE's hotkey list for "Next/Prev Keyframe", and I get Single-Frame Advance/Back "for free". --in fact, all I really need to do is UNassign the keys, and the GE starts using the Main Interface"Next/Prev Keyframe", which is even better, in case you assign a different hotkey for "Next Keyframe".

This means the hotkeys are the same for both the Main Interface AND the GE, which is all to the good! Hurrah!

Hi guys

I modeled this chevrolet SSR following along the - supreme - spline modeling video on kurv. I added some details to my own taste. Now I'm of to the shading and texturing.

cheers Attached Images

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