Hey guys! We have just finished the second season of our podcast. The third season is coming – we will do more interviews with CG artists and plan to talk with software developers as well. I encourage you to check the episodes from last year, especially the ones with our guests - Sayan Mondal and Erin Woodford. CG talks S02E06: Why and how to optimize your scenes? In this episode, Andrew, DJ, and Marco talk about how optimizing your 3d scene can save your sanity, what aspects of your project could be adding unnecessary render time what you can do to render your scenes faster on a render farm even without much technical rendering knowledge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiu6chE33MY&t=529s CG talks S02E07: A living with Blender - interview with Sayan Mondal In this episode we introduce an exclusive interview with Sayan Mondal - founder of blueinversion.com The interview includes Sayan's origin story and how he decided to pursue his own path as an artist and entrepreneur instead of continuing a regular education curriculum. What led him to dive deep into procedural shaders in Blender. We talk about constant learning and improvement as well as art and important inspirations and role models. The conversation develops into sharing thoughts about the modern CG industry, young and older CG artists, and their pros and cons. Along the way, we touch upon topics like A.I. Crypto Art, Inktober, November, and NPR rendering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cas3MTOCNYo&t=50s CG talks S02E09: Nodevember procedural magic with Erindale.xyz In this episode of CG Talks, Marco, DJ and Michal sit down with Erin Woodford of Erindale fame. Erin is an artist, designer and entrepreneur specializing in creating procedural objects and surfaces in Blender. We learn about his discovery of procedural design and the experience he's had on the journey so far. Erin also demystifies proceduralism and explains how despite the nuances in this workflow calling for a less intuitive or conventionally artistic mindset, it isn't something reserved for people with coding experience or mathematical thinkers. If you've been curious but apprehensive about learning proceduralism, this episode is for you. Procedural workflows are certainly key for the future of CG so if you want to jump on the bandwagon, it's about time (and lots of fun anyway)! This might just be the thing that motivates you into participating in next year's Nodevember! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snHH4_izLbg&t=2487s CG talks S02E11: What is shading and how to nail it? In this episode, DJ, Andrew and Marco talk about shading - what it means for 3d artists, and a few key considerations to take when working! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekn7Yl2-mMg&t=1079s I hope you will find them interesting.

Paper bottles, I have heard of. One of the coke ideas is a thin film of plastic inside the 'bottle' but not seen anything firm on the ideas.

Baz, it is ok, OUR BELOVED Su is capable of doing shadow study, and you have done a really cool design and presentation job. Thanks for sharing, BTW I guess it'd be better if you'd share it on the "gallery" section of the forum.

I don´t know about curved ones but if you go with Dell you should buy UltraSharp ones, They have a great color cover. That one has U in the model name. Glen´s is UltraSharp. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dell-u3818dw-curved-monitor,5282.html

I agree with you Ken. It looks like a mess that has to be cleaned up otherwise the USA election system will not have present or future credibility and if that becomes the case, I dread to think what will happen. I had actually listened to the Russel Ramsland (Co-Founder of the Allied Security Operations Group)interview by Simone Gao, Zooming In. 'Exclusive: Exam Indicates Georgia Tabulating Machine Sent Results to China' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsC5vIeoGw Russel Ramsland seems extremely knowledgeable and very credible.

As a spiritual person rather than being Muslim, Christian, etc, I sincerely salute you all the birth of the prophet of love and peace, holy Christ, and wish you the best for the season! Wish all and me the upcoming year to be full of hope and happiness!

Glad you got a result Steve, best to you and yours. Keep rockin' on mate.

Nice thing with Twinmotion is you can do all your modeling in sketchup then to Twinmotion. The most exciting thing is you can combine other 3D Format assets FBX , OBJ,RHINO etc within your scene. No more converting meshes!!!! Buy ready textured assets from 3rd party and Twinmotion will take care of it.

Thanks for your input Nlipovac Yes, VRAM Is 16GB I think that is a plus for rendering. My alternative choice is MSI WE75 RTX3000 32GB about $1800 cheaper, but I don’t have any idea about MSI. So far Razer is the best choice and similar to MacBook design. Thanks again.

Sadly it's on utube.

Hi guys! We've just finished the first season ofCG Talks - a podcast where three CG guys talk about CG. Here are the episodes. I hope you will find topics which are interesting to you. Season 2 is in progress and the technical quality is going to be better - we learn on the way. Stay tuned for more! If you prefer to listen to us on podcast platforms - https://garagefarm.net/podcast Here are links to the episodes : CG talks - ep. 5: Working with Corona, and we don’t mean the renderer In this very casual Podcast, Tom, DJ and Marco sit down and reflect on what’s in the air these days, how it affects the 3d industry, our personal lives and the world at large. https://youtu.be/-ow41GJuD4Q?list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88B CG talks - ep. 6: Assing around about assets and other things The future that awaits us after the pandemic, how assets are essential to an efficient 3d workflow. random musings and overall chill convos with DJ, Andrew and Marco. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ebJGa3vj34&list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88B&index=10 CG talks - ep.7: Kitbashing your real and unreal 3d future In this episode DJ Andrew and Marco talk about kitbashing and how it translates to 3d, the amazing developments of the unreal engine and a myriad of other things! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60lh1bLK6G0&list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88B&index= CG talks - ep.8: Digging deeper into deep fakes and below The rising power of ai in CG and a healthy dose of digression make up this episode. Listen in for Dj, Andrew and Marco’s thoughts on the implications of artificial intelligence in the entertainment and design industries, as well as in politics and the world at large! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM9TbDLrcB8&list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88B&index=8 CG talks - ep.9: GPU vs CPU final Lord Of The Ring style battle CPU or GPU? Traditional Rendering or realtime? Does one or the other act as the only choice stepping forward into the future? Find out as DJ, Andrew and Marco go over both processors, how they help us in our projects, and why the answer isn’t as black or white as some may think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9zAlHCjp0Y&list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88B&index=7 CG talks - ep.10: Smart technology, the future, and you From being schooled in a game of GO to busting out 15th-century portraiture, it seems the machines are besting us at every turn or is it simply a matter of perspective? Join Marco Andrew and DJ as they discuss the rise of computer intelligence and the stakes therein! https://youtu.be/XlOt2YVyJuA?list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88 B CG talks - ep.11: Photorealism and beyond In this episode, DJ, Andrew and Marco revisit the idea of Photorealism in CG - tracing the origin of the practice, distinguishing it from realism, discussing it’s value in the industry and its place in the practice of art! https://youtu.be/fTsdt8QTnlY?list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88 B CG talks - ep.12: Photorealism and beyond part 2 In this second part of the discussion on Photorealism, DJ Marco and Andrew go over some of the more grounded aspects of achieving photorealism in 3d rendering. What are the key elements to achieve photorealism in CGI ? Is there a secret recipe for good looking images? Guys discuss their experiences and give tips on how to use photography and cinematography based concepts in your daily 3d artist’s life. ]https://youtu.be/QCPxWguwP7w?list=PLILWDkTQTM88prMwtxQvdFL4GGu7LW88 B I hope you will enjoy.

Thanks again Frenchy, I found one of those online programs that made it very easy.

No it's true tutorials for learn this not so easy evident MS Physics! Some 26 chapters + some other ones very well done!

Hi, would you please describe more?

I guess some part of it has been because of tutor. But I agree, there would not be any synergy. There is a long long way for humans to be able to replace the physical first hand communication.

Yep, whole barrow load of blah blah blah there! I do get it though, they have to sell the sizzle and not the sausage but I stand by my earlier comment of "people design, computers are an aid".

According to the Podium EULA, the license is not transferable. @unknownuser said: Cadalog, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software in accordance with this Agreement.

I mean just WHO is holding a gun to these people's heads and MAKING them use these products? /sarcasm

Or more sinuous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt9SPoU6NHo or free if you are an old user https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KITv9zJJC8

Like the Ford example. Some things we hope to be "cheap", meaning inexpensive, but serviceable. Also a person can be cheap, meaning they won't spend money even at a reasonable cost. Some other uses are too derogatory to mention. But it also means something that is poor quality. This is my experience in the US anyway. A common warning: "Those aren't exactly cheap."is more about the cost than the quality.