Hello, this is Philip Staiger from TheBest3d.com - yes, that guy with the funny German accent you may have met at the San Diego conference last year :-)
A lot has happened since last year. A new version (v2) of Curvy 3D has been announced and is coming soon. If you like to dabble with 3D creations for use in Photoshop 3D layers, or if you like to sculpt 3D objects from a 2D illustrator's mindset and work flow, you may want to take a look at Curvy 3D. Visit www.thebest3d.com for more details on Curvy 3D.
If you like to learn some programing, scripting with LUA is a great skill to learn. If you have kids, especially boys, you may have heard that Lua scripting is used in World of Warcraft - see wowprogramming.com - Well, the same programming, or rather scripting, language is also the basis for making filters in Dogwaffle, the Gimp, Artweaver and Pixarra Twistedbrush. See www.gluas.org for more info.
Then there's the iPad - did you get one yet? Or are you waiting to see the HP Slate? If you have an iPad you may want to look into creating 3D models - fully textured - such as 3D avatars for use in Second Life. Archipelis Designer for iPad is about to be released, see previews at www.thebest3d.com/archipelis/ipad - there's also a version for iPhone, but it's a little simpler, no image based textures there: www.thebest3d.com/archipelis/iphone - still, who would have thought you could make 3D design happen on iPhone? Of course, the real serious users will want the iPad version, or MacOS and Windows versions and check tutorials at www.thebest3d.com/archipelis/tutorials
Finally, let's talk about Digital Painting with Project Dogwaffle - PD Pro sale for members of the SWCC - regardless of whether you attended the show last year. From now through June 1st, 2010, get a 30% discount if you order with this discount coupon: SWCC2009
Use the code in the order form under BMTmicro when you select the desired product at www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/sales/#BMT
The discount applies only to the download edition, not applicable to the boxed edition. The discount can be applied to new licenses as well as to upgrades from v2 to v3 or from v3 to v4: PD Pro 3, PD Pro 4 (Project Dogwaffle Professional), or Dogwaffle 2.
Have fun with our digital art creation and exploration tools, be safe online and we hope to see you again soon!
