Adobe has just opened pre-orders for their CS6 range, to be shipped on Monday 7th May 2012. These include Photoshop CS6 and CS6 Extended (for 3D work) of course, and also their excellent DTP software InDesign and the video editor Adobe Premiere Pro.
Also a couple of names new to me: Adobe SpeedGrade (colour grading and matching of video footage); Adobe Muse (website design tool that hides the scary code); and Adobe Story Plus (multi-user screenplay writing software).
Out now, a new issue of the free online magazine 3D Art Direct (#16). Inside is a four-page interview with DAZ/Poser character creator Sixus 1…
DigiTech has posted a lengthy new whitepaper/tutorial on pipelining customised character assets for the popular free Unity game engine, based on DAZ Studio exports…
“This tutorial presents an asset pipeline, and design and code analysis information, to support the character customization workshop project download [available] for Unity game engine. [...] The character customization workshop provides a foundation for a startup individual or small team of developers to begin introducing character management to their games.”
A global search-and-replace operation had messed up the links on my DAZ Training Videos page. Apologies for that. All fixed now.
Any new standalone figure from Nursoda is welcome. They are always of excellent quality, and have immense amounts of character. So it’s great news that he’s just launched another excellent characterful older female character called Aina…
Nursoda’s freestuff website has also updated with a fab set of free poses for Aina and his popular Hein figure…
New and free on Share CG, an excellent-looking superhero jaw for Micheal 4, as a Poser morph…
“This is a stand alone heroic jaw morph for Daz’s M4.”
Note that there’s currently a big firesale on M4 stuff generally, in anticipation of the release of M5.
Rampa has posted a file that gives a better starting t-pose, for use in exporting FBX characters from DAZ Studio to iClone using the new 3DXchange5 Pro.
DAZ’s Micheal 5 character is almost ready for release, to join the existing Victoria 5 as DAZ’s flagship male/female characters. This is a preview of what he’ll look like…
Hair taking too long to render? Damage Inc. has just posted a new free 35 minute video tutorial on how to add hair to your DAZ/Poser render, by painting it in with Adobe Photoshop…
The new 3DXchange 5 Pro conversion tool is out. Here’s how to convert and auto-rig a DAZ character, for use in the real-time software iClone…
This new version of iClone converts to the standard iClone format, so characters can accept all standard motions files. A version that can also convert for facial animation will be available in June.
With the massive baby-boom going on in the English-speaking world, commercial artists might welcome a set of free pregnancy morphs for Victoria 4.2. Just released today.
A new original-figure Sherlock Holmes figure and clothes, “Holms” on the Renderosity store. There’s a nasty little copyright troll laying a shaky claim to the Sherlock Holmes name in the USA, which is presumably why this character has been given a slightly different name.
The poses for him only work in Poser. It’ll be interesting to see if these clothes can also be made to fit the excellent Doctor Pitterbill standalone character. He seems to be missing the bow-tie, but there are several such to be found floating around the Web.
I always enjoy those whacky/out-of-the-way DAZ/Poser packs, if they’re well made. Quality model maker The AntFarm has just released one such, “Artifacts”, on the DAZ Store. Two authentic-looking ancient masks…
The third-party high-quality renderer LuxRender hits version 1.0. LuxRender is available for either Poser or DAZ Studio.
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