When you’re creating a 3D model to sell at TurboSquid, you give the topology and textures a great deal of thought, making the model as clean and professional as you can. With these important things to think about, you might not be considering exactly how the customer is going to experience the model in his/her workflow. We’ve already discussed naming …
cebas Ships finalRender 3.5 and 3.5SE for 3ds Max
The folks at cebas Visual Technology, Inc. have been keeping very busy and last month they released a major upgrade to their flagship finalRender rendering engine for 3ds Max, and launched the 3.5 and 3.5 SE versions of these impressive tools. “We have brought this new release of our industry leading tool finalRender to market much faster than usual,” said …
Turntable and Preview Upgrades
After the last major release, we’ve been tweaking some of the features based on user feedback. This week saw a bundle of upgrades go out, so now is a good time to give a summary of what’s been improved. Turntables We’ve seen a lot of artists taking advantage of turntables on their products and giving us useful suggestions for improvement. …
Wireframe Turntables: Do You Need Them?
Lately we’ve been kicking around modeling and presentation standards through customer and artist surveys, on our forums, in our Knowledge Base, and even internally at TurboSquid. One debate still raging is about the wireframe turntable, a 360-degree view of a 3D model in wireframe mode. You can see examples in the product previews for these 3D models. One of our …
TurboSquid Boat in Monsters
The Indie film Monsters, released in October 2010, was a triumph of a single man’s vision. The film was written, directed, and edited by Gareth Edwards, who did extensive post production on his live footage to create a post-apocalytpic world. In an interview with fxguide, Edwards talks about how he used a model from TurboSquid to create one of his …
Best Practices: Floating Signature Images
Now that we have a new off-white background on the Search page, you have an opportunity to really make your product stand out. With a Signature Image rendered against a RGB 247,247,247 background, your thumbnails will appear to “float” on the page. Of course, the floating trick works only if the image shows the entire model, and neither the model …