The 3D Studio Reaches 270,000 3D Models (Read more...)

 

Mesa, AZ—July 6, 2009: The3dStudio.com, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of over 1000 DeEspona 3D models to their web site, bringing the total of free and priced resources to more than 270,000.

The3dStudio.com web site offers 3D models, textures, tutorials, plugins, gallery art, stock images, and software. Expert custom work and free file conversion are available.

President Matt Anderson says, “We are pleased to welcome Mr. de Espona to The3dStudio.com family of artists and to be able to provide these excellent models to our customers. The DeEspona collection has long been a favorite in the 3D world.”

The3dStudio.com is one of the oldest and largest 3D resource sites, committed to continuing to add to their resource collection and improve and upgrade their web site with new features and enhancements at every opportunity.

There is no cost to become a member or to sell resources at http://www.the3dstudio.com and there are numerous benefits.

The company pays artists one of the highest royalty rates in the industry.

They strive to provide the best customer service possible, with fast personal answers via email seven days a week.

New ZBrush Plugins For 3D Printing: Optimization, And VRML Export (Read more...)

ZBrush recently launched new plugins that are good for 3D printing with services like Shapeways: one for optimization of meshes, and the other to export in formats suitable for 3D printing.

Modeled with Zbrush. Photo by jamsven.de

You can get the new plugins here. Decimation Master optimizes the 3D mesh without removing the details, and 3D Print Explorer is to add STL and VRML file format export to ZBrush.

First you optimize your mesh and then export it SLT or VRML (again, VRML is not dead), and upload it to Shapeways to print it in 3D.

To read more about this, read this post on the Shapeways blog.

Koinup Contest: Win Up To L$9000 For Second Life Photos Of Water (Read more...)

Quoted from the Koinup source:

Orange Island, the Museum of Second Life Photography and Koinup are pleased to announce a new summer photo competition: the H2O Contest.

The themes are ‘Water‘ and ‘H2O‘and photographs can show any Second Life sim.

From Thursday 2nd July to Friday 10th July at midnight, you can upload up to five entries.

A panel of five judges will choose the 18 best entries, which will be displayed from the 14th of July at both the Museum of SL Photography and the Orange Island Photo Gallery.

The panel will then select three photos among the 18 finalists.

The winners will be announced on Orange Island on Friday, 31st July, at 10am SLT.

The winners will get Linden Dollars prizes and a chance to exhibit their work at the MoSLP and the Photo Gallery during the whole of August.

As a bonus, the overall winner will be invited to talk about his work at a photo session during the summer.

1st prize: L$9000 and 9 photographs in the exhibition

2nd prize: L$6000 and 6 photographs in the exhibition

3rd prize: L$3000 and 3 photographs in the exhibition

The exhibition will be officially opened with live music at the Museum at a date to be announced.

Join the Koinup, Orange Island or Museum of SL Photography groups to be notified of these events.

So it's simple, go to your favorite SL sim, and take up to 5 stunning screenshots of something that has water, and win a fortune in Linden Dollars!!!

http://www.koinup.com/group/h2o-contest/

Marcaria Network: Unified Trademark And Domain Registration (Read more...)

The first steps that you should take when starting your business activity is to register your trademark and your online presence so it is not taken by anyone else.

This is a vital step in which you may get lost without guidance. This is where Marcaria.com Network comes to the rescue, providing you of all the services that you need.

With ease and quickly, you can get registered your trademarks Europe, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania, all them are covered by Marcaria.

They have many years of experience with private and public institutions and businesses, and can help you to protect your trademark and register  your domain names.

The best of all, you can manage both things, the trademarks and domains, from the dashboard of your account in Marcaria.

When dealing with trademark registration Europe can be very slow and add extra difficulties to the process. Leaving this in the experienced hands of this company, and doing it from your office without having to stand in line for hours, is something that you'll value for sure.

The company has a big number of expert Intellectual Property Attorneys in all the supported countries, that can give you the best advice in the process.

Previous to the registration of your trademark and domains, you can purchase a study in which these Attorneys will analyze your specific case. You can also get certificates of your trademark registry.

The website is extremely easy to use, and prices are not hidden at all. You get lots of info on every aspect of the registration possibilities. You can even check the list of Attorneys that they have and read their resumes in pdf.

They give you protection of your trademark both locally and worldwide. More than 180 countries are supported for all the services that Marcaria offers. No one knows more about European Union Trademarks, and all other countries' trademarks.

Life On Line: Michael Jackson, Fashion and More (Read more...)

The new episode of Life On Line is out.

"We remember Michael Jackson on the latest Life On Line, out now. Fashion expert Scarlett Niven previews a new virtual world dedicated to fashion, Frenzoo.com. Corporate reputation expert Alex Harris explains what companies – larger and small – can do to improve their standing with the community. And Shakti Cianci introduces Tasmanian reggae band Bomba. "
-Steve Cropper, Life On Line CEO

As you know, Life On Line partnered with us. So if you look in our sidebar, you'll find the Life On Line latest episode. When a new episode is launched, it will be automatically updated and you'll be able to watch it here in your favorite 3D site, Hiperia3D News.