Video Tutorial: Tagging a Rig

Teaches you how to set up your rigs so that you can re-target animations and apply motion capture data

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/noesis_xsi/taggingarig.html

Free Download 2008 CG Wallpapers Calendar

We live in a beautiful world of computer graphics where every day many artworks are made but only some of them stand out to be the best. Here you will find some cool and free CG wallpapers calendar for your desktop which are submitted by artists for artists in various sizes

Download: http://www.cgarena.com/archives/news/download_calendar2008.html

Creating Facemaps with Photoshop

Learn how to take a series of digital photos and edit them together to create facial maps for mapping in 3d

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/noesis_photoshop/index.html

Video Tutorial: Custom Toolbars and Shelves

Quickly learn how to use custom Toolbar and shelve function along with shortcuts for mastering Softimage XSI


http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/custom_toolbars.html

Making of Tiger Zoo

Used real life references from the Thailand Zoo to create this wonderful artwork in maya

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/tigerzoo/index.html

Making of Mini Taxi

This bitty vehicle used as a taxi in many countries because it is active and inexpensive and modeled this in max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/minitaxi/index.html

How to create Clouds in 3ds max?

In this tutorial you will learn to create a fly-through of a realistic cloud tunnel that renders relatively fast, using 3D Studio Max with no plugins or 3rd party renderers.

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/clouds/index.html

Free Animation Magazine - Dec07-Jan08 Issue

CGArena proudly announce the release of their free bi-monthly pdf magazine which is full of information and tutorials. Download your copy Now.

Dec07-Jan 08 Issue Articles

• Interview with Szabolcs Matefy
• Photoshop: Soap Bubbles
• After Effects: Procedural Designs
• 3ds Max: Making of Love Bicycle
• Maya: Making of Mafia
• Gallery - Showcase of latest 3D inspiring art

Link: http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/ezine/dec07_issue.html

Making of Varga - Must Read for CG Artists

Summarize the workflow I used for creation of characters with lots of images and some
print-screens directly from the applications used

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/maya/varga/index.html

Video Tutorial: Choosing an Interaction Model

Change shortcuts inside Softimage|XSI to Maya or 3DSMax for faster familiar feel while working in your projects

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/i3d/interaction_model.html

Intro and Animation with XSI 6 Mod Tool

This video tutorial introduces and teaches animation about the recently released Softimage XSI 6 Mod Tool

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/xsi/noesis_xsi/xsi6mod.html

Head Modeling in 3ds max

This tutorial will describe how modeled the character from a sketch using edge loop method in 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/headmodeling/index.html

Making of Italian Creek

Want to show you techniques and procedure used in the creation of Italian Creek in 3ds max

http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/italianCreek/index.html

Prime Focus acquires two US Animation Studios

Indian Production house acquire Post Logic Studios and Frantic Films for a total consideration of USD 43 million

http://www.cgarena.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35684