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280 free automotive Substrate materials for UE 5.7
Epic’s new Automotive Substrate Materials pack on Fab bundles over 280 vehicle-focused Substrate materials plus templates, setup assets, and calibrated maps, targeting consistent results across Lumen and the Path Tracer in Unreal Engine 5.7.3 and later.
Flight of fancy | Retro article
Review: In DP 06 : 2014, the second instalment of Planes rotated its way into the inbound flight path. Disneytoon Studios increased the budget for software licences and personnel at the time - but does the film come close to Disney-Slash-Pixar major productions such as Frozen or Brave?
This car specialist is releasing a free asset pack!
Lots of colourful cars: colour shaders for Corona-Renderer 8 and 3ds Max 2019, now available for download!
Cars of the Future | Wettbewerb
In this competition for 3D designers, organised by Hum3D, you can envision the car of the future. Many valuable software licences await the winners!
Interview: Adam Myhill on Unity, Cinemachine and Real-Time Cinematography
Unity’s Adam Myhill discusses Cinemachine, Timeline, procedural cameras, HDRP and the engine’s expanding role in real-time cinematography.
More Than 50 Unreal Fest Online Sessions Available
Epic Games made over 50 Unreal Fest Online 2020 videos available across games, architecture, automotive, film, television, broadcast and cross-industry topics.
Hum3D Opens Car Render Challenge 2020
Hum3D’s 2020 Car Render Challenge invited artists to build and render real or fictional vehicles in any 3D package.
Free Download: 4K Water-Droplet Texture
3D artist Daniel Mozbäuchel used the quiet winter days to create a full-CG Porsche in a rainy environment. The 4K rain texture used in it may be downloaded free of charge.
Collection of Automotive Materials
Epic's Automotive Material Pack contains 75 material instances from its McLaren 570S configurator demo for the Unreal Engine.
animago Still Gallery: Cars & More
Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. Here are the best means of transport in CG visualisation.
Ink Automotive Reel
Ink from London specialises in automotive visualisations. Here is the studio’s current automotive showreel.
Automotive Showreel from Autodesk
In its Automotive Reel, Autodesk shows its latest tool functions for the industry.
Autodesk 2014 Automotive Showreel
In this showreel, Autodesk presents its latest solutions for automotive design, visualisation, simulation and visual asset management.
CGI Workshop 2011
The past year was extraordinarily eventful in every respect. Enormous advances have been made in 3D software and hardware. With these new tools it is finally possible to design photographically, intuitively and creatively and. There are no longer any limits to the imagination. The workshop is aimed at photographers, agencies and end customers with a focus on automotive and product. Lecturers: • Thorsten Jasper Weese - recom • Michel de Vries - Studio Dernbach • Frank Rutzen - Kontraste Werbefotografie • Steffen Schrägle • Peter Dudek - Dudek Digitale Fotografie • Alexander Grasse - PI-VR • Matthias Langner - photo4d
Pipeline Workflow with Cinema 4D
Berlin visualisation specialist Effekt-Etage built a Cinema 4D pipeline to produce 500 renderings for the BMW Group’s new MINI website launch in five months.
Getting into Blender
Anyone who wants to try the open-source animation package “Blender” and is also interested in automotive modelling can find a tutorial we dug out of the depths of the internet, from starting the software through to the step before texturing.
Open Forum 2010
Open Forum 2010, held from June 21 to 23 in Stuttgart, brings two outstanding specialist conferences on automotive software and software quality together under one roof. At “Automotive Safety & Security 2010” and “International SPICE Days 2010,” participating experts at Stuttgart's Haus der Wirtschaft will discuss the latest ideas and concrete software-development solutions, focusing on reliability, safety and process quality.
Entering the new financial year with momentum
CGI specialist Mackevision returns to a growth trajectory in 2010
TVT Creative Media with Exclusive Automotive Report on n-tv
For five years, TVT Creative Media's television production team accompanied the development of the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo and documented the extensive effort behind a new production model.
lucie_p Produces TV Commercial for Garmin
Renowned Munich automotive film-production company lucie_p produced a TV commercial for the Garmin nüvi on behalf of Munich advertising agency Macron, which was responsible for the overall account.
Realtime Technology AG (RTT AG) on Expansion Course
RTT AG's revenue rose by 39 percent in the first half of 2008.
RTT Introduces New Software Versions
High-end visualization industry standards RTT DeltaGen 8.0 and RTT PictureBook 4.0 offer functionality for a new dimension in the design process.
MACKEVISION Creates Visual Content for New Mercedes-Benz Web Configurator
For the launch of its new web configurator in the German market in April 2008, presenting current vehicle models and equipment variants, Mercedes-Benz relied on Stuttgart-based 3D specialist MACKEVISION to produce the imagery.
International Corporate Film Award: von Quadt & Company Wins Two Silver Victorias
Munich agency von Quadt & Company won two awards at the 23rd International Corporate Film Festival, together with production company Shot One.
Dosch Design Launches New Products
In April 2008, Dosch Design expands its product range with several attractive new additions. The company responds to the market's varied needs and once again offers a variety of new representations to support users in their work.
Chrysler Uses Bunkspeed Software to Turn CAD Data into Photorealistic Images
Chrysler describes Bunkspeed’s 3D rendering applications as a decisive element in the automaker’s new approach to producing marketing imagery.
IMAGINA: Opticore workflow on video
At IMAGINA, Autodesk showed a workflow using Opticore software, which they bought last year. We captured some highlights of the realtime visualisation software for the automotive field on video.
IMAGINA: Tour with the video camera
Our DP team has returned from IMAGINA in Monaco and brought back a video featuring a tour of the exhibition.
Photos from IMAGINA 2008
IMAGINA in Monaco has ended. As a souvenir, we have put a few photos from the event on the web.
RTT Builds BMW Welt 3D Configurator
RTT's BMW Welt configurator presents 17 vehicles and 300,000 combinations in real time on an 8.8-megapixel projection wall.
Internet Auto Award 2007: The winners
There is reason to celebrate in Ingolstadt: At the Internet Auto Award 2007, Audi prevailed in no fewer than six of nine vehicle categories.
Used-car buyers rely on StolenCars24
StolenCars24 is developing into an important information tool both for buyers of used cars and for theft victims. Europe’s first database for stolen vehicles already recorded around 1,500 research queries in September, only three months after launch. In addition, the database grows by about 100 vehicles each month.
RTT Powers Lamborghini 3D Configurator
RTT POS and DeltaGen power a photorealistic Lamborghini configurator scheduled for installation at 104 dealerships worldwide.
PanoMotion Pro Covers DTM in 360 Degrees
PanoMotion Pro supplies steerable live 360-degree views from the pit lane during the 2007 DTM season finale at Hockenheim.
Photorealistic product visualization in the automotive sector
Andrea Gunschera from RTT AG devotes herself to this future topic on November 8.
Mackevision and Galerie der Medien Merge
Mackevision and Galerie der Medien combine CGI, 2D/3D visualisation, VFX and post-production operations under the Mackevision name.
Mackevision Wins Gold and Silver OttoCars
Mackevision receives AutoVision awards for Mercedes-Benz CL-Class and Bionic Car films combining live action, CAD-derived CGI and virtual sets.
SIGGRAPH 2007: Meeting place of the scene. DIGITAL PRODUCTION talks with Armin Pohl of Mackevision
During SIGGRAPH, San Diego is the meeting place for the worldwide DCC scene for around five days. DIGITAL PRODUCTION met with Andreas Pohl, Managing Director of Mackevision Medien Design. In the video interview, he reports on visualization projects, tools and the community.
THQ brings Smudo into the game
THQ Entertainment GmbH announces the collaboration with the well-known hip-hop artist and racing driver Smudo.
Golden Square Handles Postproduction on Mazda’s Commercial “Desert Treasure”
Desert Treasure is the second part of the worldwide product launch of the new Mazda MX-5. The agency responsible is JWT Düsseldorf.
C.3 Production House Chooses eQ for High-End Productions in HD
The production house C.3 has chosen a fully equipped Quantel eQ FX system for editing, effects processing, color correction and deliverables. The multi-resolution system is the centerpiece of the high-end HD production process of the Frankfurt service company.
“Verified in Germany” Becomes a Quality Mark for German Software
Software errors cause economic damage of well over 100 billion euros annually in Europe. Because requirements are often misjudged during software development and the existing technology for troubleshooting is very laborious, manufacturers today spend 70-80 percent of their work on removing software errors.
Autodesk Acquires Opticore Assets
Autodesk has agreed to acquire parts of Opticore, a Design Communication subsidiary developing interactive 3D visualisation software.
8th RTT Conference in Berlin: Dream Cars in Real Time
Outlook on new program versions from the Munich visualization specialist