TurboSquid will be holding a free CheckMate Lite webinar to show you how to meet the standard in your published models. While most of the CheckMate Lite standard is common sense, there are a few specifications that might require a little more know-how. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to: Pass certification on the first try Make great thumbnails that …
CheckMate Talk at SIGGRAPH
In a blog post about the SIGGRAPH conference last week, I showed a few pictures from our presentation on CheckMate, the industry’s first standard for 3D models. Here is an excerpt from the talk.
Greetings from the SIGGRAPH 2011 Exhibition
While at SIGGRAPH it’s always a delight to visit the exhibition portion of the conference. Today, Jonathan Lloyd and I traversed the show floor looking to find out about new and exciting developments in the 3D industry. The chance to reconnect with colleagues is an added bonus, not to mention the visual feast that awaits all attendees. We visited several …
Move over, OBJ. Alembic 1.0 is here!
SIGGRAPH 2011 is an exciting place to be this year. One of most interesting things, for us, is seeing the collaborative efforts and the resulting technology advances that come from them. One such announcement, Alembic 1.0, demonstrated to us just that. TurboSquid was fortunate enough to be invited to the official release of this new technology. So what is …
Talking About Standards at Siggraph 2011
Jonathan Lloyd and I just finished giving a talk on 3D Modeling Standards as part of the official presentation program at Siggraph 2011 in Vancouver, Canada. Attendees got a whirlwind tour through TurboSquid’s two-year adventure in developing, testing, refining, and finally releasing 3D modeling standards as part of CheckMate Certification. The best part of the presentation, for us, was seeing …
Introducing CheckMate Certification
I have an exciting announcement for our entire 3D community. After two years of development, TurboSquid has released its CheckMate Certification program for 3D models. CheckMate Certification allows artists to submit their highest quality models for review and inspection by TurboSquid staff. Models that pass the standard are marked with a badge so you can easily search for and spot …