I’m no a Money Maker but I have to thank John Chow because his blog is great, and it helped me to improve my blog and monetize a little bit with my Cg-blog.com
I write about Computer graphic: specificly about 3d studio max, photoshop, vray etc.. that’s definitely a little niche.
but I found on his free […]

<< RDG PSD2Mat is a production proven connection between Adobe PhotoShop® and Autodesk 3D Studio MAX® - This maxscript converts layered PSD Files into a Scanline or VRay, Brazil or Mental Ray Material. Named layers are converted to bitmap files and assigned to their respective material slots. >>
Are you tired to create all differents […]

Yes, these purple figures are poors Biped, used as a guines pig, testing Reactor parameters: watch the fun video!
To be precise it’s not a Biped you can find in Character animation 3ds module, but it’s a Ragdoll of Cat animation toolkit.
I found this video some month ago and I would to propose it: very, very amazing. […]

Vray: Caustics or not caustics, that is the question?
If to set a scene with caustic effect+V-ray is so hard it’s better to find some videotutorial that explains us how to do that, isn’t it?
Sometimes I have a look on Tensun blog (sometimes because is totally wrote in chinese!!) and I continue to discover so […]

Mercedes: 3d model - Buy it.
If you are looking for a 3d model of Mercedes you can find here various models: low poly model to high poly.
Here you can find Mercedes Benz M class 2007 previews rendered in 3D studio MAX with Vray - 22 urban vehicles in medium resolution range - a suitable for […]

After I wrote that little nice tutorial about photoretouching it’s the time to have a look on a vectorial graphic.. in two words: Adobe Illustrator!
Adobe Illustrator works with vectors, so it’s not easy to find something to download about.
But there’s a Blog, really interesting Blog I love to read from his start. Here the blogger […]

Even if very often I like to write about Vray or Maxwell don’t forget that 3ds max has a feature called “Advanced Illumination“.
The net is quite plenty of V-ray tutorials, so I like to mark this interesting tutorial, wrote by the Cg Artist Mario Malagrino, about Advanced illumination in 3d studio max.
The subject […]

Today I received this email from Maxwell Render Staff:
<< Today is a special day – the birthday of James Clerk Maxwell, the father of modern physics.
This calls for celebration, and therefore we have organized the Maxwell Render 1500 x 1 material bargain. All you have to do is upload a single valid material to […]

Photoshop Tutorial - How to remove unliked highlights so quickly!

Very, very often we take a nice pics, with dear friends or beautiful girls/boys… but unliked higlights fills our visages! Especially in interiors shots, using the flash…
With Adobe Photoshop and my veeery fast and simple technic you can improve your pics quality in just 30 seconds!
Let […]

Space Time is very nice browser in 3d!
You can do many things with him, for example you can use a “Google search” feature: choose Google search in the roll-bar, type what you are searching for and… voilà: Many pages in 3d space appear!
Space Time allows to search in Yahoo! Images and Google Images […]

“Photoshop CS Text Effects” is a great video collection you can find and buy on WatchandLearnPhotoshop.com.
They are videos for intermediate level users, you can learn how to use the text tool, filters, styles, leyers and more features to make the texts as you imagine.
21 videos for 3d text, marble text effect, digital clock and water […]

FumeFX, a great plugin produced by Sitni Sati, is a powerful Fluid Dynamics Engine designed for the3d simulation and rendering of realistic fire, smoke, explosion, and other gaseous phenomena. It’s versatility, robustness, and intuitive workflow make it a perfect solution for even the most demanding tasks in the computer graphics industry.
The core in named […]

> Where to find free textures?
> What’s my favourite collection?
Texture of Stones… walls… marbles… woods… fabrics, but especially free textures?
Every time I have to search same texture it’s a very treasure hunt. Sometimes I don’t remember where I’ve found my favourite texture.. sometimes I don’t remember WHERE I can find excellet textures. So I decided […]