I wanted to give a quick summary of where we are in development. My Files: Publisher and Download system redesign: We’ve spent a lot of time this year improving the new My Files section. Uploads processing and stability improved. Customers’ experience with downloading was streamlined, and they got new features like zip downloads. Publishing received many tweaks, upgrades and bug …
Autodesk Looking for 3D Stars
A quick heads-up to all the 3D stars out there: Autodesk’s UK-based Are You a 3D Star? contest is coming to a close in a few days. Be sure to check it out, and submit your online portfolio to win a high-end ATI card! Entries are submitted via link on the contest blog. Winners will be judged on a number …
Sitni Sati & cebas Collaboration
I’m happy to report that two of our plug-in development partners, Sitni Sati (the makers of FumeFX, AfterBurn, DreamScape and others) and cebas VISUAL TECHNOLOGIES (the makers of finalRender, finalToon, thinkingParticles and many others) have announced the first of several joint development efforts designed to take their wildly popular FumeFX and finalRender technologies and create far deeper interaction and abilities …
What is a banana? and other important questions
TurboSquid beefed up its support system a few years ago, installing a 24/7 Live Chat system and offering free file conversions. These days, our Member Services department gets a variety of queries each day, from site usage questions (“How do I download my purchase?”) to conversion requests (“Can you convert this model to OBJ format?”). Live Chat is an ideal …
TurboSquid Congratulates Psychic Cephalopod
Here at TurboSquid, we wanted to give a shout-out to our fellow mollusk, Paul the Psychic Octopus. Paul, who lives in an aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany, correctly predicted the winner of Germany’s seven World Cup matches, as well as the Spain-Netherlands final. That’s as many games as Paul has legs! And how, exactly, were these predictions made? Before each match, …
Today’s site upgrades
The site was upgraded today to improve the Publisher and fix a number of small bugs. We’ve run through all the requests from those who were still using the old Publisher. After six months of fixes, upgrades, new features, and multiple contacts to all interested parties, we’ve removed the links to the old Download area, Product Manager, and Upload pages. …