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DAZ Studio Pro, Bryce and Hexagon free

For a limited period, DAZ 3D is offering DAZ Studio Pro, Bryce and Hexagon  for free.
Hexagon is a fantastic and easy to use 3D modelling program. It is based on polygon and uses sub-division modelling.
Bryce is a cool landscape generation program. It is a low cost Vue alternative. Bryce is one of the earliest landscape generation […]

Yafaray Blender 2.6 book

Yafaray is a powerful yet free 3D photorealistic rendering software. It’s integration with Blender 2.5 and 2.6 is excellent. Together with Blender, Yafaray can produce stunning images. It is one of the few open source ray tracing renderers that sports global illumination and an comprehensive settings of features.
However, up-to-date documentation for it is sparse.
So far […]

DAZ Studio free for limited period

DAZ Studio 4 is free for a limited time period. After which, it may revert back to the original prize of $49.90.
What is DAZ Studio? It is an easy to use character modification and posing 3D software from DAZ3D. DAZ Studio 4 has a new model that can be edited to create both male and […]

GPU rendering the future?

As we all know, 3D software programs uses the CPU to do calculation for rendering. However, there is a new emerging trend. There are now more 3D rendering programs taking the GPU as a way for generating the rendering.
This can result in much faster rendering time. Even the open source community is jumping on the […]

Learning 3D modeling and animation

Learn 3D modeling and animation can be quite expensive. This is not only in terms of time, but in terms of cost as well. This is because high end 3D software costs thousand of dollars. Unless, you opt for open source solution. The most powerful open source solution for 3D graphic is Blender 3D. Although […]