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3D Artist of the Month June 2015

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015 by Margarete Kitel

We are happy to announce that the 3D Artist of the Month competition is back on our facebook page!

The first Artist of the Month is Dimitar Gongalov with “Loft Office”, a great interior visualization.

He created this image in 3ds Max 2014 with V-Ray and did the final corrections with Photoshop. Dimitar Gongalov works a lot and likes to pay attention to detail, lightning etc. Creating a mood or presenting a feeling/emotion through his images is very important for him.

Dimitar says: “...I try to improve my skills each and every day, stay passionate ... if you lose that passion everything becomes mediocre.”

That passion came definitely through with that image. Great work!

We asked Dimitar to tell us more about his project: “This project is a team effort of my studio - Cholakov - Gongalov architects with great support from my studio managing partner arch. Victor Cholakov. “
“This image is a part of a set of product (catalog) visualizations to present a leading office furniture company its office tables. Our task is to create cool interiors that can present the company items in the best way possible. Images will be used instead of real photos for company printed catalogs and flyers. This particular image is made only for personal pleasure... “

Congratulations and thanks for this great work, Dimitar!

If you want to be our next winner in the upcoming month July, just visit our facebook page, upload one of your self-made 3D images and send us a personal message with your email address. We'll choose the best image and will contact the winner.

RebusArt featuring Sujoy Bera

Welcome to our latest RebusArt Feature, spotlighting Sujoy Bera, a talented 3D visualizer and interior designer from Kolkata, India. With a journey that began through video games and evolved into a passion for photorealistic interiors, Sujoy brings creativity and precision to every project. In this feature, we delve into his background, the inspiration behind his project “Home Office” visualization.

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Making the short movie "TWO WORLDS"

Monday, April 20th, 2014 by Rory Fellowes

An Interview with ANDY LEFTON, freelance 3D and VFX generalist

After completing his college degree early this century, Andy has accumulated a wide range of qualifications around his central focus on 3D and VFX. He has, as he puts it "experience as a creative director, CG supervisor and everything in between."

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RebusFarm 2.0 - Release

Monday, February 2nd, 2015 by Margarete Kitel

We are happy to announce our new Software RebusFarm 2.0. Many years of experience and close cooperation with our customers has helped us to advance our render service to meet the user needs.

The new automated render technology is designed to provide a seamless experience and to get you up and running in a matter of minutes. The monitoring of render jobs and the communication between the user workstation and RebusFarm is now in real-time!

RebusFarm 2.0 will work parallel with the prior manager for four weeks.  Please use the four weeks to change over.

It is not possible to use Rebus Manager and RebusDrop at the same time. If you want to use one of the programs please close the other one first.

Download RebusFarm 2.0 here.

The new system RebusFarm 2.0 consists of three components:

RebusDrop - enables the upload and download of the user data  

Farminizer - an advanced plugin for your 3D software that makes sending error-corrected renderjobs easy

ControlCenter - for monitoring your jobs using any browser on any device

 Features

• Easier and faster workflow 
• Faster upload and download
• Secure file transfers via sftp and added firewall compatibility 
• Easy access to your jobs from anywhere (ControlCenter)
• You can now edit your online jobs and export new jobs even if there are still projects downloading/uploading. No needs to wait until all of your projects are uploaded anymore (ControlCenter/Farminizer)
• All updates are done automatically in the background. No time-killing local software updates anymore
• Notifications about your render jobs in the system tray (RebusDrop)
• More flexible priority changes: the priorities (economy, business, premium) can now be changed before the job starts to render or while it‘s rendering (ControlCenter)
• Faster project export - while working on scenes the Farminizer already uploads relevant files in the background without impacting the user's workflow, so most of the files will already be uploaded when submitting the render job. (optional)

Take a look at how it works using 3ds Max as an example:

More tutorials how to use RebusFarm with other 3d applications click here.

Please note that we don't have tutorials for each software right now. We will upload the missing tutorials as soon as possible.

Thank you for your understanding.

X-Mas Special 2014

Friday, December 19th, 2014 by Margarete Kitel

Between December 20th and January 4th each render is only charged 50% of the Renderpoints it would usually use.

Don't miss out on that special offer and let your jobs render over the holidays!

VFX Breakdown - Movie ENTITY

Friday, November 28th, 2014 by Margarete Kitel

Check out the VFX Breakdown of ENTITY. The VFX was created by IMAGE IN WORK.

Earlier this year, we interviewed the 3D artist Laurent Fumeron about the creation process of ENTITY. In case you missed it, you should check it out here.

AXYZ Design Meets Chaos Group

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014 by Margarete Kitel

AXYZ design, announced the integration of their libraries within Chaos Group's V-Ray for SketchUp and Rhino. This release gives SketchUp and Rhino Users access to the Metropoly 3D Ready Posed Human Characters Catalogue and offers users the benefits of adding 3D characters to their renders.

Main benefits:

Forget post-production - Thanks to instant integration in the scene, retouching is not required, as interaction with the scene’s lighting is automatic.

Simulate photographic effects - Render motion blur and depth of field, even through transparent objects.

Render from any angle - New views can be rendered without the need to add people and match perspective in post-production.

Create stereoscopic images and immersive virtual spaces. Scenes including 3D characters can be exported to real time engines or used to render stereoscopic images.

Use simple materials - Besides realistic photographically derived textures, simple materials like plastic, metal and plaster, found in traditional architectural scale models can be used.

AXYZ design CEO, Diego Gadler says, ”Partnering with Chaos Group gives us the chance to move forward on our commitment to provide artists with the best 3D characters in the industry. We are excited about what this collaboration brings for the future, with a new and expanded user base.”

Chaos Group Product Manager, Corey Rubadue says, “Partnerships like this are invaluable for the V-Ray community. SketchUp and Rhino artists now have easy access to quality digital people and can focus more time on design and communicating their ideas.”

The Making of ''A Lens's Journey'' by Roy Ghaya

While playing 'The Hunter: Call of the Wild,' Roy Ghaya, a Lebanese 3D artist, found himself wandering through the captivating autumn season, surrounded by the vibrant tapestry of nature's colors and as the real autumn season arrived, he decided to take his creative endeavors to the next level bringing a new story to life. Enjoy the article!

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Animago Award & Conference 2014

Friday, October 10th, 2014 by Margarete Kitel

Meet us at animago AWARD & CONFERENCE in Berlin. The Exhibition will take place from October 16th to the 17th in the Metropolis Hall. For further information about the event go check out www.animago.com.

Visit us at our booth on the trade floor, and have fun spinning the wheel for a chance at a lot of great software prizes, Renderpoints and much more.

Check out the prizes here:

We are looking forward to meeting you!