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Autodesk Softimage 2010 SP1 Now Available

Haven't seen any official announcement but it is here and has about 70 bug fixes for 2010 http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=14050201&linkID=12544121

Author James Brad Barnette Date 10/23/2009 (12:01 am) Comment 13 comments

Softimage Mod-Tool 7.5 released

You can get the latest Softimage Mod Tool, built on Softimage 7.5. Use all of the great modeling and animation tools in Softimage 7.5 for making you game content. The only feature that is missing from Mod-Tool 7.5 is the Unfold3D add-on but there are other options for this

Author James Brad Barnette Date 04/20/2009 (2:18 pm) Comment 11 comments

Free training resources for Softimage and Mod Tool

Ok well if you are already a Softimage user then most likely you already know of most of these resources. But with the Softimage Exporter being released and the Collada support going in to a public beta phase. I would like to share with you guys a list of training resources for what is in my opinion the best 3D application for character animation and games asset creation on the market today.

Author James Brad Barnette Date 03/23/2009 (2:51 pm) Comment 20 comments

GG Eaten by wormhole Transported 24 hours in to the future.

GG Eaten by wormhole Transported 24 hours in to the future. This just in Garage Games has been eaten by a giant wormhole. Though still in communication with us seem to have been pulled 24hrs into the future.

Author James Brad Barnette Date 01/17/2009 (2:59 am) Comment 12 comments

Actually, I think that the community is unified...

Actually, I think that the community is unified. I think that disconnect here is the between GG and the community

Author James Brad Barnette Date 01/15/2009 (5:13 pm) Comment 20 comments

Just so ya know.. the latest in moving targets

As you may or may not know Valve software posts the results of their hardware survey from steam clients every 6 months and the latest release has been posted. These numbers are important to the res...

Author James Brad Barnette Date 12/15/2008 (7:58 pm) Comment 7 comments

NEW CrazyBump release This is a must have for all TGEA users

A lot of you artist may know about this I have used it for a while but the latest release has some really great features for creating complete textures sets from a single photo. go check out the ...

Author James Brad Barnette Date 03/27/2008 (5:44 pm) Comment 4 comments

Must have for Blender, Zbrush, or texture artist.

I'm not one for pedaling things but I had to let people know about this. As you blender and ZBrush guys know Digital Sculpting is the way of the future for Video games. It allows our characters to hav...

Author James Brad Barnette Date 08/15/2007 (12:56 am) Comment 9 comments