Pixologic, the makers of ZBrush, announced a free upgrade for all registered Windows users.
Go HERE to check out their impressive summary of new features.
I highly recommend watching the video to see some “in-game action”. It’s mouthwatering, and another one to go on my wishlist!

VrayC4D.com presents their second plants volume: HQ Plants vol. 2
150+ realistic 3d models of different evergreen trees in C4D format. All trees have materials for Advanced Render and VRAYforC4D.

They also included a lib4d with all materials for AR and Vray and an AutoPROXY Setup for PC and Mac. So now you’re content browser should look something like this:

In this video they give us a quick walkthrough on how it all works. It’s a little hard to understand, but you get the idea :)

The whole pack is downloadable here and costs a mere €140. A very reasonable price for quality plants like these. And as always, you can download FREE models from their Plants Section.

Restyled living room of my brother and his gf. -_-

• Enhanced stability
• Improved dialog and manager layouts
• Redraw and display fixes
• Memory leak fixes

Additional fixes and features can be found in the following areas:

Updater and Installer, Interface, OpenGL, Collada, FBX, Modeling, Materials, 3D Painting, Projection Man, XRefs, HAIR, Animation, MOCCA, MoGraph, Renderer, Cineman, Picture Viewer, After Effects, Combustion, Motion and others. A list with specific informations regarding all fixed issues can be found here.

This is a free update for all owners of CINEMA 4D R11.5xx and can be downloaded with the Online Updater from within the software or from the download section of the MAXON website.

In addition to growing Renderosity’s assets, the move will also allow those who sold digital content through Vanishing Point’s website, to become active vendors within the Renderosity Marketplace.

“Renderosity’s acquisition of the Vanishing Point library is a win-win”, said John Hoagland, owner of Vanishing Point. “Vanishing Point as a brand can continue focusing on content creation exclusively for Renderosity, while Renderosity benefits from a library of quality assets into their RPublishing line”.

Renderosity provides resources for graphic artists and animators that use the following software products: 3DS MAX, Adobe Photoshop, Bryce, Carrara, Cinema 4D, Deep Paint3D, iClone, LightWave, Maya, Poser, SOFTIMAGE XSI, Vue, Z Brush, and many others. Renderosity has been providing a wealth of free services and events to support and encourage creative minds to advance their skills since 1998.

For more information, please visit www.renderosity.com and click the Vanishing Point article in the Site Announcements section. To get the latest 3D Models and more Digital Content visit the Renderosity Marketplace.

PART 1 – PART 2

DeviantART and Wacom are proud to present the second Intuos4 “Bring Your Vision To Life” contest! The response to the first “Bring Your Vision to Life” contest and the quality of the entries were amazing, and Wacom is very glad to be back to challenge the community for a second round.
While the first contest tackled “Good vs. Evil”, the theme this time is “Dreams”.

First prize

• A Wacom Intuos4 large tablet
• A copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4
• A copy of Corel Painter 11
• $1,000 American Express gift card
• A deviantART Artist’s Bag
• A devWEAR shirt of your choice (depending on availability)
• 1 year Premium Membership to deviantART

Second prize

• A Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet
• A copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4
• $750 American Express gift card
• A deviantART Artist’s Bag
• A devWEAR shirt of your choice (depending on availability)
• 1 year Premium Membership to deviantART

Third prize

• A Wacom Intuos4 medium tablet
• $500 American Express gift card
• A deviantART Artist’s Bag
• A devWEAR shirt of your choice (depending on availability)
• 1 year Premium Membership to deviantART

There is also a special Community Choice winner based on the entry with the highest number of favorite’s! Contest begins on November 10, ‘09 and ends on December 8, ‘09.
For rules and how to participate, please go to http://news.deviantart.com/article/99494/.

E-on Software, developer of software for creation, animation, rendering, and integration of natural 3-D environments, has released Vue 8 Pioneer for FREE!

Vue 8 Pioneer is a real product. It’s not a trial version and you won’t get any watermarks on your renders (although you do get a logo).Unlike the Personal Learning Edition, the product can be upgraded to higher end versions of Vue, and you can exchange scenes with other Vue users.

Overall, new features include: 3-D terrain sculpting, localized infinite and procedural terrain sculpting, scene context sculpting, new stratified terrain fractals, new directional displacement engine for textures, third-generation spectral atmospheric technology, direct re-posing of rigged meshes, a new shader-based OpenGL preview engine, and deeper xStream immersive integration including support for Maya 2010, Cinema4D R11.5, Softimage 2010, and V-Ray for Maya.

Vue 8 Pioneer Limitations

• Pictures carry a logo (preview)
• You cannot import 3D models
• Vue 8 Pioneer is for home use only
• Vue 8 Pioneer is provided “as is”, without any technical support

Vue 8 Pioneer is currently available in English only. German, French and Japanese versions will follow. The download is approximately 450 MB and includes 32 and 64-bit Windows versions and Universal Mac builds. You will have to create a Cornucopia3D account (if you don’t already have one) to use the product.