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Best Sales Ever at TurboSquid
TurboSquid has reached a couple of impressive milestones this month: our best sales month ever and the publishing of the 200,000th model on the site. November 2010 sales were the highest of any month since the company was founded in 2000 — not bad for a month that includes a major U.S. holiday weekend (Thanksgiving) and considering that the national …
TurboSquid Sighting: Conan O’Brien Show
Last night on the Conan O’Brien show, we were treated to another 3D animation in his Creepy Taiwanese Animation series. This concept plays on the fact that in Taiwan, news audiences are frequently shown a reenactment of a story as a 3D animation. The Conan O’Brien show has taken it to a new level by creating similar animations of Conan-related …
3D Modeling Standards: Real-World Scale
With regard to scale, a digital 3D model is a funny thing. If the file says the building is 3 meters tall, the model renders the same as if it were 300 meters tall (unless the scene uses scale-sensitive lighting, but most scenes don’t). Scale becomes important only when you merge the 3D model into a scene, a very common …
3D Modeling Standards: Ngons
Our posts here on the best 3D modeling practices for different industries have garnered a lot of comments and opinions. One common theme is the question of quads (4-sided polygons) vs. ngons (polygons with more than 4 sides). We’ve heard from both customers and artists on this matter. Some customers tell us that they absolutely must have quads and triangles, …
Hi-Res 3D Model Preview Images
In a few weeks we’re going to start allowing larger preview images for 3D models. Currently, preview images at TurboSquid are displayed at 400×400. With the new feature, thumbnails at the new standard size of 600×600 will appear in the product preview. A new HD (high-definition) viewer will display higher-resolution images, with 1200×1200 as the HD standard. Below is the …