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impressive images from terragen, a standalone tool capable of rendering photorealistic results for landscape visualisation. interesting tool for creating base matte material.

if you’re into creating or optimizing hdri images, take a peek at hdr shop. it’s now avalaible in a version 2.0 which delivers lots of new features. keep in mind that version 1.0 is free for academic and research …

3d creative is "a monthly magazine for all 3d artists, professional or beginner". the magazine can be purchased through paypal and each issue is fully packed with tutorials, reviews, interviews etc. recommended reading.

just found rendercore while surfing around during a hires rendering session. rendercore "provides a high speed remote rendering service designed exclusively for the computer graphic artist. our mission is to deliver quality service on time and on budget for …

check out this little website as a good reference if you’re planning to create some nebula galaxies or some outer space scenes.

the new photoshop (cs) is finally (!) capable to read 16bit targa alpha channels correctly, so you don’t have to render an 8-bit grayscale channel separately anymore. what a relief. i just found this not at pete draper’s website: …

the rendercube is according to the manufacturer a true ‘renderfarm in a box’. quite interesting as i couldn’t find any comparable product on the market, but it’s still damn expensive.