Making of P-40 Warhawk Pacific War

Artist Rodrigo Lloret from Spain will explain about own short movie from concept to compositing

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/pacificwar/

Calculate GI and Sunlight

In this 3ds max video tutorial watch how to calculate the GI and achieve realistic results through vray, brazil and mental ray

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/givraymray/

Indian Studio creates a Dhoom!

Tata Elxsi give 40+ minutes of VFX (in a 147 minute feature) includes pre-visualization of all the action sequences, high-level compositing, 3D Virtual 'Set' creation, 3D character animation, CG model building and some of the most complex wire and rig removal ever.

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/dhoom2.html

New 3D Challenge: Winter

CGArena started new 3d challenge themed Winter sponsored by Hyperfocal Design, Craft Animations, Duber Studio, The Best 3D, Daz 3D, Vertus, AmbientLight and RPManager. You can win prizes more than $5100

http://forum.cgarena.com/viewtopic.php?t=1506

November Issue of CGArena Magazine Released

CGArena proudly announce the release of 10th issue of their free monthly magazine in PDF for CG community

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/nov06_issue.html

Garden Winners Announced

Winners of 3D challenge themed Garden are announced and winners get more than $3200 worth of prizes

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/gardenwinners.html

Tutorial: Particle Planting in 3ds Max

Plant 44000 stadium chairs with 4 different materials through particle flow and maxscript

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/particleplanting/

Vote for Best 3d Garden Image

Cast your vote in this WIP challenge for best three garden images from the final selected six images

http://forum.cgarena.com/viewtopic.php?t=1477

Making of Pandora in Photoshop

Marta explain the workflow and share some thoughts on painting several elements of this artwork in photoshop

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/pandora/

Review: Hollywood Camera Work

Camera Training Disk for those who want to improve their camera blocking and staging skills

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/reviews/hcw.html

New Commercials Added

Watch out some new commercials from companies playstation, johnnie walker, kymco, GMC added on cgarena

http://www.cgarena.com/videos/commercials/index.html

Understanding IES Lights in 3ds Max

Understand the exact working of IES lights in 3ds Max through simple and small tutorial

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/ieslights/

Making of Dragon Player in a PDF

Read the complete making of a short film from concept to initilization in a free downloadable version

http://cgarena.com/files/download/download.php?id=dragonSlayer.zip

Making of the Urban Environment in 3ds Max

Read the small making of the very detailed scene created by Stefan Morrell in 3ds Max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/urbanenv/

Interview with Patrick Conaty

Interview with an artist which just graduated from Vancouver Film School and looking for employment

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/interviews/patrick/index.html

Autodesk invites you to spend time

Play to win with Autodesk game development pipelines. Autodesk invites you to spend time with game industry Pro

http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/ea_highmoon.html