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VIDEO – 3DVIA 3D Models and Photoshop CS3 Extended

Ben Harper, web design guru and owner of Templamatic, posted a great video screencast on how to import the free 3D model content found on 3DVIA.com into Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended.    Since it references 3DVIA, I thought I would pass it along and see what you think.

 
In short, Photoshop Extended allows graphic designers to incorporate [...]

Not all 3D Content is Created Equal

Hey guys and gals,
We have a wide variety of content on the site now, and I wanted to go through and detail what these models that we are all making could be used for. This is so in the near future we can start sections dedicated to each discipline. 3D Models are used in 3 [...]

Living La Vida Virtusphere – Great 3D Virtual Reality Video

Here is a little bit of 3D eye candy for a Friday afternoon that I am sending out to all of the VR fans of the world. This is a 3D walk-through of a building using a “Virtusphere” and our very own 3DVIA Virtools technology. The video is part of the V+R Challenge [...]

Introducing the Latest 3DVIA Shape with Advanced Texture Skewing

We recently released an updated version of 3DVIA Shape that has already hit the blogoshpere.  The key feature of this release is designed to speed up and simplify your modeling workflow – Advanced Texture Skewing.  This enhancement provides the ability to automatically correct the perspective of an image to fit the shape of your model [...]

If it’s Modeled in Vegas, Does it Stay in Vegas? The New Live Maps

A new release of the Live Maps service is now public and the centerpiece is a much improved “Version 2″ view of several top cities including Las Vegas.  The version 2 update features cities with many more modeled buildings, higher resolution textures, and rendered trees!  Other cities with a version 2 spruce up include Dallas, [...]

Start with the best – Remix the rest

Remixing is one of the most powerful Shape tools in 3DVIA. When a 3dxml model created in Shape catches your eye, you can use it as a starting point for your own versions and also as a valuable learning tool. A great case in point is the CocaCola truck meticulously modeled by Rguyen.

Just a few [...]

10,000 Registered Users! Keep it Going!

To some sites, 10,000 users may not seem like a big milestone. However, considering that we we’re at just over 6,000 users only a few weeks ago, we are pretty happy with the achievement.  Welcome to all of our new 3D content enthusiasts!
We also passed 2,000 public 3D models at the same time (there [...]

3D Mashup Tool Mixes Your Pictures with 3D Models, Introducing 3Dcollage

Here is an application of our 3D technology that we have had almost too much fun putting together.  Welcome 3Dcollage, our new picture application for Facebook that will let you overlay 3D models from 3DVIA.com on your favorite pictures to create new “3D mashups”.  These new mashups can be published to your profile or, even [...]