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<div>'''Links to other 3D graphics sites and resources.'''<br />
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==== Basic 3D Graphics Discussion====<br />
*[http://www.cgdigg.com CGDigg] - Digg, for CG (Computer Graphics) related information, vote on your favourite story or submit info you've found.<br />
*[http://www.cgsociety.org CGsociety] - Full service digital art portal. The site includes a forum and wiki, artists portfolios etc.<br />
*[http://www.3dtotal.com/ 3dTotal, Graphics Portal] - Full service, UK based, 3d art portal. Network includes forum, store, gallery etc.<br />
*[http://boards.polycount.net/index.php Polycount, Videogame Art Resource and Community] - Basic 3d modeling forum.<br />
*[http://www.highend3d.com Highend 3D] - News and forum focused on Maya, 3dsmax, Renderman, ZBrush, Shake and XSI. <br />
*[http://www.tdt3d.com/ The Dream Team 3d] - French Graphics portal and forum with some English content<br />
*[http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/forums/ Subdivision Modeling] - Basic forum focused on Subdivided Modeling<br />
*[http://www.nurbsandpolys.com/forums/index.php Nurbs and Polys] - Basic forum focused on Nurbs and Polygonal Modeling<br />
*[http://cghub.com/ CG Hub] Social network, portal and forum for 2D and 3D CG Art and Entertainment<br />
*[http://www.vfxcast.com/ VfCast] - video forum displaying 3D content<br />
*[http://spinquad.com/ Spin Quad 3D] - modeling and animation forum<br />
*[http://www.cgland.com/ CG Land] - key Korean portal. Most content in Korean<br />
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====Reference Image Sites====<br />
*[http://fineart.sk/ Fineart.sk] - Free Human anatomy reference images<br />
*[http://www.the-blueprints.com/ The Blue Prints.com] - lost of hard surface images for trucks, planes, motorcycles etc.<br />
*[http://www.3d.sk/ 3d.sk] - paid but royalty free human anatomy reference images<br />
*[http://www.3dreference.org/?mod=&title=blog 3D Reference] - Site that links out to other with reference images, objects, etc. <br />
*[http://www.characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=photosets Character Designs] - Free photo sets of models in various poses<br />
*[http://www.motorcities.com/ Motor Cities] - Images of nearly every car ever produced.<br />
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====3D Wikis====<br />
*[http://wiki.cgsociety.org/index.php/Main_Page CG Talk Wiki] - content about studios, games, software packages etc.<br />
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro#Beginner_Tutorials Blender on WikiBooks] - 3D Modeling tutorials that cover various topics for beginning and advanced users. <br />
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====Sculpture and Drawing====<br />
*[http://www.conceptart.org/forums/ Conceptart.org] - 2D Drawing Portal and Forum<br />
*[http://www.eatpoo.com/forum/index.php eatpoo forum] - Informal 2D Drawing Forum<br />
*[http://www.tsofa.com/forum.php The Society of Figurative Arts] - Forum focused on more classical art<br />
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====Models and Textures====<br />
*[http://www.cgtextures.com/ CG Textures] - Loads of free textures for everything from building to animals<br />
*[http://www.tdt3d.com/textures.php TDT3D Seamless Textures] - Free texture files for those with free TDT3D membership.<br />
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====Application Specific Forums====<br />
*[http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/index.php Zbrush Central] - Displacement Painting<br />
*[http://area.autodesk.com/index.php/forums/ Area Autodesk Forums] - Official forum for Autodesk products <br />
*[http://www.3d-brush.com/forum/index.php 3D Coat Forum] - Displacement Painting<br />
*[http://setuptab.com/index.php?action=forum Setup Tab - Messiah Forum] for Users of Messiah Rendering Software<br />
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====Tutorial Websites====<br />
*[http://nevercenter.com/videos/ Nevercenter Tutorials] - Official tutorial site for Silo<br />
*[http://www.guerrillacg.org/index.php/home/ Guerrilla CG] - Warehouse of high quality CG training videos. Appears to be down currently.<br />
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====Computer Animation Studios====<br />
*[http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~van/cangraphics.html 3D computer graphics in Canada]<br />
*[http://disneyanimation.com/ Disney Animation Studio] <br />
*[http://www.pixar.com/ Pixar]<br />
*[http://www.imageworks.com/ Sony Imageworks]<br />
*[http://www.wetafx.co.nz/ Weta Digital]<br />
*[http://www.ilm.com/ ILM]<br />
*[http://www.digitaldomain.com/ Digital Domain]<br />
*[http://www.rhythm.com/ Rhythm and Hues]<br />
*[http://www.moving-picture.com/ MPC]<br />
*[http://www.orphanageanimation.com/ Orphanage]<br />
*[http://www.hatchstudios.net/#index.cfm Hatch Studios (Uses Silo)]<br />
*[http://www.the-mill.com/ The Mill (Uses Silo)]<br />
*[http://www.dreamworks.com/ Dreamworks]<br />
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====Free Renderers====<br />
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*[http://www.aqsis.org Aqsis Renderer] - Open source [https://renderman.pixar.com RenderMan]-compliant 3D rendering solution, available for Windows, Linux, MacOS X and others (cross-platform).<br />
*[http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla Indigo Renderer] - Freeware physically-based unbiased render engine.<br />
*[http://kerkythea.net Kearkythea] - Freeware physically-based unbiased render engine with an interface! Supports photon mapping, MLT, additional render methods and accepts OBJ files (rotate 90 degrees around X-axis before export).<br />
*[http://www.3d-rekonstruktionen.de/bricksntiles/ Bricks'n'Tiles] - Free program for generating realistic brick and tile surfaces in renderers. Commercial use requires purchase.<br />
*[http://www.caligari.com/Products/trueSpace/tS75/Brochure/Intro.asp trueSpace7] - Free modeler and renderer that includes tutorials.<br />
*[http://www.yafray.org/ Yafray] - Open Source Renderer<br />
*[http://www.geghardfilms.com/panal/ Panal] - Program distributes renders over various computers <br />
*[http://sunflow.sourceforge.net/ Sunflow] - Open Source free renderer, specifically for photo realism<br />
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====Other Sites of Interest====<br />
*[http://www.gomotionmag.com/ Gomotion Animation Magazine]<br />
*[http://www.glc-player.net/index.php GLC player] - free viewer for 3D model obj files.<br />
*[http://www.3d02.com/main/home_01.asp 3d02.com 3D model store] - answer freelance requests for modeling or buy 3D models created by other artists.<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_computer_graphics_software#Major_packages Wikipedia Article on 3D modeling packages] - discusses various software packages.<br />
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