Thursday is the last day of the exhibition. It’s time to take some final meetings and make a last sweep through the exhibition and Job Fair to see what’s up. I met some of our friends from CGSociety for lunch where we talked about some interesting collaborations for the upcoming year, including the possibility of offering CheckMate classes as part …
July Stats – CheckMate Wins Again
Every month, we continue to be dazzled by the previous month’s CheckMate sales. In July, CheckMate models made up 2.68% of 3D models, but accounted for 17.8% of sales. CheckMate still needs a lot more models in several categories: Cars People Airplanes Boats If you haven’t submitted models to CheckMate yet, now’s the time. Get in before the catalog gets …
Medal-Worthy Models: Just in Time for the Olympic Games
The kickoff to the 2012 Olympic games in London are nearly upon us. As this becomes a trending conversation globally, it felt like the perfect time to showcase models that would surely be medal-worthy (if only there was an Olympic event for 3D modeling). With so much talk about the host city, we’ve added a few images that are sure …
CheckMate Specification Updates
We’ve just updated the CheckMate Pro and Lite Specifications to clarify a few points, and added an important point to both specs. New Pro and Lite Requirements We’ve long had a requirement for CheckMate Pro that all texture paths be stripped out of the 3D model file. We’ve now added the same requirement to CheckMate Lite: 2.1.4 No texture paths …
Artist Spotlight: Tora2097
After we made an open call for models for the TurboSquid home page, we were thrilled by the range of renders received. It would have been easy to get swept up by detailed vehicles, lifelike characters, and even ferocious animals submitted for the top spot, but the leather swivel chair from artist Tora2097 won us over with its relaxing yet …
Webinar: Converting 3D Models
Offering exchange file formats (OBJ, FBX, etc.) with your models is one way to boost your sales, but how do you export decent files that will satisfy customers? Come to our free webinar and find out how! Although TurboSquid has offered free file format conversions for several years, many customers want to download an exchange format immediately. Offering an exchange …