We're here to help breathe new life into your diigital art this month. With exclusive cover art from the brilliant young artist Charlie Bowater leading the way, this issue is about strengthening the skills you have and learning a new set of them, to make you the best artist you can be in the new year.

Renditioner Pro enables you to easily produce stunning photorealistic renderings of your Google SketchUp models. Renditioner Pro is the advanced version of Renditioner with more powerful capabilities, and print quality results. Launch directly from SketchUp and your model is automatically loaded. Then simply setup the model for rendering with intuitive drag and drop, lighting, material, camera and environment controls. Professional rendering controls such as Progressive and Sub Image rendering allow you to quickly test and visualize many different rendering scene variations of your design. Multi threaded rendering will speed the regeneration time as fast as your system can go.

[MULTI] Lumion3D SP1

Lumion3D SP1 | 1.65 GB

[MULTI] Lumion3D SP1

Lumion3D SP1 | 1.65 GB

Lumion is a real-time 3D visualization tool for making movies and still shots of architecture, planning and design. It is also possible to give live demonstrations.

In the first installment of his new Photoshop Extended One-on-One series, Deke McClelland covers the basic techniques for working with 3D in Photoshop, showing how to create textured type and drawing objects that can be manipulated in 3D space. The course covers creating 3D type with Repousse; moving, scaling, and rotating objects along the X, Y, and Z axes; applying materials to create believable textures; adding realism with lighting, shadows, and contrast; and more. Exercise files are included with the course.

KeyShot is a means of interactive visualization of 3D scenes and models. How to declare themselves the developers are - a digital camera for 3D models, as a result you get in real time. Taking into account that uses global illumination and materials based on real physical parameters, the resulting images are photographic quality. The program can work as a standalone application or as a supplement (plugin), with the following formats: OBJ, Autodesk Alias Maya, FBX, 3DS, Rhinoceros Plugin, SketchUp, SolidWorks, Pro ENGINEER Plugin, ALIAS, JT.

3DPaintBrush is an exciting 3D software that provides near photo-realistic rendering quality for your 3D assets, in real time. With an intuitive user interface and a rich toolset, you can start producing creative images and animations within seconds, with no learning curve and zero programming skills.

KeyShot is a means of interactive visualization of 3D scenes and models. How to declare themselves the developers are - a digital camera for 3D models, as a result you get in real time. Taking into account that uses global illumination and materials based on real physical parameters, the resulting images are photographic quality. The program can work as a standalone application or as a supplement (plugin), with the following formats: OBJ, Autodesk Alias Maya, FBX, 3DS, Rhinoceros Plugin, SketchUp, SolidWorks, Pro ENGINEER Plugin, ALIAS, JT.