We’re now on Vimeo! Sure we’re a little late to the party, but feel free to head over and join the Cgtuts+ Vimeo group. As well as posting the latest tutorial previews, we’re also giving you a place to show off your Cg skills. Have you followed one of our tutorials to an awesome result and want everyone to see? Well then show off your cg wizardry by posting your video on our page and bask in the glory of your accomplishments.
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Hey Guys! As you know we don’t typically publish off site news, but talented artist and author Jamie Cardoso has posted an excellent tutorial excerpt from his recently released book “3D Realism: Practical & Easy Workflows” on his blog, and we’d highly recommend reading it!
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With Christmas fast approaching we’ve complied a list of 36 great holiday gift ideas for the computer graphics artist in your life (let’s face it, that probably means you!) Ranging from smaller inexpensive gifts, to high end graphics tablets. We’ve got 36 products that any CG artist would be happy to receive. So whether you’re looking for a last minute gift for the holidays or simply something to spend your next paycheck on, we’ve got you covered!
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As I look outside my window on a grey and snowy day, I feel like I could use a little sunny HDRi sky to drop into the background. So today we’re going to do a rundown of some of the top HDRi skies from over at our sister site 3dOcean. Let’s do this!
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Today we’re happy to announce a brand new tutorial series coming soon to Cgtuts+, and giving you an chance to tell us exactly what you want to see! “The Film Studio Logo Animation Series” will cover the creation of popular logo animations from the biggest studios in Hollywood, including Dreamworks Animation, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers Entertainment and Paramount pictures, to name just a few.
These tutorials will teach you exactly what goes into creating professional high quality logo animations and intros and will be authored by professional artist Antonio Cerri, the main man behind the popular “Hollywood Movie Title Series” that runs over on our sister site “Aetuts+”
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Hey Guys! As you know we don’t typically publish off site news, but this fantastic camera rig created by Renato Polimeno is just too awesome not to mention! Insprired by real world camera rigs, Renato has created a digital version that will give you crane, dolly and steady cam like control over your 3D cameras inside 3D Studio Max, Maya and Softimage. The rig features an intuitive interface and easy to understand controls, making it super easy to get the shots you’re looking for.
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So movies…you love’em, we love’em, even your mom loves them! But have you ever wondered how those awesome movie title animations are made? Of course you have! Well fear not my good man, our sister site Aetuts+ has you covered with their extensive “Movie Title” series, featuring tutorials covering the creation of title animations from many of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters!
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3dOcean has been exploding recently. The amazing author submissions have been pouring in and the site has doubled its sales in the last ten months! So we’ve decided to take a quick tour through some of the high quality work that’s available over in the 3D Models category. Hopefully you’ll find a little inspiration and perhaps some motivation to get your work submitted to 3dOcean!
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Guess what? For the entire month of June, we’ve slashed prices at our premium Tuts+ marketplace by as much as 80%! As your local car dealer would say: “These prices are insane!!!” What yesterday would cost you $5, today costs you $1. A buck! So mosey on over and check it out!
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Whether you’re looking for 3d models of sports cars, SUVs, sedans, or anything else, you’ll find them on our sister-site, 3dOcean. The following stock 3d vehicles are skillfully modeled down to the very last detail, and would look fantastic in your commercial or movie.
Though we have hundreds of car models for you to choose from, below are a handful of our very favorites. To view the rest, be sure to visit the cars category on 3dOcean.
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