Earlier this month TurboSquid released CheckMate, the industry’s first quality standard for 3D models. CheckMate Certification allows you to submit your highest quality models for review by TurboSquid’s dedicated inspection team. CheckMate models carry a certification badge visible to customers in searches and product previews. The program has been met with a fantastic reception in the few weeks since we released CheckMate, …
How to Publish CheckMate 3D Models
We’ve just published a video showing you how to publish your 3D model and submit it for CheckMate certification. We invite you to watch and then submit your models. Early results on CheckMate sales have been pretty astounding, so now’s the time to get in on it!
CheckMate Webinar for Artists
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 …