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Until now, you haven’t been able to edit CheckMate products. We have now opened up editing so you can tweak and adjust your CheckMate products. There are two levels of changes you can make.

Critical Change – Temporary badge loss

If you make a change to the price or to the model itself, the CheckMate badge is temporarily removed. The inspection ticket is re-opened and the product goes through the full inspection process again, just like a newly submitted product. Passing products get a badge again. If the changes cause the product to fail inspection, you’ll have to make changes until it passes. Note that the certification date will be updated to the new date, affecting the length of your CheckMate terms of service for that model (one year from the certification date).

This limitation applies to the following changes:

• Addition of new 3D model file
• Replacement of existing 3D model file
• Price change
• Changes to Product Information (Poly Count, etc.)

Presentation Change – Badge is retained

When you edit any of the following fields in your product, it keeps its badge. The product is flagged for internal review by an inspector to confirm the changes are valid for CheckMate. If small changes need to be made, such as grammar or spelling errors in the Description, the inspector will make the changes and leave the product as certified. If there is a major problem that the inspector can’t fix, the product will be failed and sent back to the artist for more work.

• Product Name
• Thumbnails
• Description
• Tags
• Related Products
• License type (Standard vs. Editorial)

Notifications

After you make changes to a product, click Publish. A message will appear to remind you that either your product will lose its badge until it can be reinspected (Critical Change) or that it will simply be reinspected without losing its badge (Presentation Change).

TurboSquid is starting a new series of free webinars called “Pimp that Product!” The idea is to take a 3D model published years ago and freshen up its presentation for 2012. These webinars are open to all TurboSquid members.

The first Pimp that Product! webinar will be held on Thursday, February 2 at 8am PST. You can find time conversion information on the registration form. In this first webinar, we’ll work on a 3D model published in 2002 by one of our top artists. The model was great ten years ago, but now needs some freshening up. So let’s pimp it!

Register for Pimp that Product! webinar

We’ve just updated our homepage image to show a fabulous VW Beetle 3D model by TurboSquid artist QLEE. This prolific artist has a wide variety of content at TurboSquid, over 1600 models in all, with more than 100 in our CheckMate certification program. QLEE’s work, particularly his vehicle and machinery models, have been featured numerous times in books and magazines on 3D modeling. Here, we ask him to take a few minutes from his busy modeling schedule to answer a few questions.

Q: How did you get into 3D art?

My adventure with 3D started a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, with plastic models of TIE fighters from Star Wars. In the breaks between 3D games and college parties, I started to create my first simple 3D models just for fun. I had no idea at that time that it could became serious! After eight years as a freelance 3D modeler, I still have a lot to learn (new software, new techniques ). But I love this job, and I’m always excited when I’m starting a new project.

Q: Tell us about your 3D models.

I specialize in architecture, vehicles, industrial and technical structures. I’m also interested in mechanical stuff, especially old-time machines. I make 3D models for clients around the world and also especially for TurboSquid, which gives me a lot of creative freedom. I can make my own decisions about what to model while TurboSquid takes care of the customers. It’s a great deal.

Q: What has been your experience with CheckMate? Has it been worth the effort?

CheckMate really works for me. In the beginning it took a lot of time for me to prepare models that meet all the specifications. But now it’s my new standard for all my models, both for TurboSquid and my freelance customers. It’s really worth it to spend the time to double check your models, as it really saves the customer time. And CheckMate models are selling well, even when the prices are above market average!

Thanks, QLEE!

Allegorithmic is selling their Substance collections at TurboSquid for a whopping 80% off during the holiday season! These intelligent textures offer infinite variations of architectural materials like brick, concrete, and stones. So forget about Santa. For the price of a bottle of eggnog, you can put these stunning textures into your own holiday stocking.

Here are some of the collections discounted:

Substance Architecture Collection: $48 instead of $240
Substance Bricks Collection: $18 instead of $90
Substance Concrete Collection: $30 instead of $150
Substance Ground Cover Collection: $18 instead of $90
Substance Metal Collection: $18 instead of $90
Substance Stones Collection: $14 instead of $70
Substance of Wood Volume 1: $18 instead of $90
Substance of Wood Volume 2: $18 instead of $90
Substance Filters Collection: $19 instead of $90
Substance Grunge Maps Toolkit: $6 instead of $30

Discounts are valid until Dec. 31 only. Don’t miss this unique opportunity!