We are pleased to announce today that we have officially launched the new Allegorithmic Substance library on TurboSquid. These procedural shaders, which are currently usable within the Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya 2011 Advantage Pack subscriptions, offer an easy way to create robust textures for 3D objects. You can search for these new Substances on the Substance landing page to …
Site Upgrades Oct 2010
Some site upgrades went online this week, focusing on improving the customer download experience. We expect a couple of cosmetic tweaks, but this wraps up a large set of improvements to this section like inline downloads and multi-file zip downloads. Simplification of Product Folders for Purchases & Downloads Users really only wanted the main product files, and customers only wanted …
3D Modeling Standards: Folklore or Fact?
There was a time not too long ago when hardly anyone knew what a 3D model was. Then Toy Story came out in 1995, and it got a little easier to explain to my mother what I do for a living. Fast-forward to the release of Avatar this year, and suddenly everyone is interested in this 3D stuff. All the …
A Look Back at TurboSquid Websites
Development was busy this summer, making lots of upgrades to the website to improve publishing, downloads, search, dashboard and reports, etc. Just seeing all those improvements made some of the long-timers around TurboSquid start thinking back to the early days, when the website wasn’t even a website. Remember this homepage from August 2000? When the company started in 2000, we …
TurboSquid Models Featured on South Park
Two models from TurboSquid will appear in tonight’s new episode of the TV show South Park! The episode, “Poor and Stupid,” features models by Diamond artist QLEE and Ruby artist LMiStudios. Check your local listings for air times. If you miss it, you’ll be able to see it later at the South Park video website.
Soldiers to the Summit
CGArchitect and 3DATS, a publisher of 3ds Max architectural books, are raising money to help a group of 12 disabled war veterans travel to the Himalayas and climb one of two summits. Any 3DATS product you buy on the CGArchitect site before October 13 will be 50% off, and all proceeds will go to Soldiers to the Summit. The eight …