Modo News

A creative rig by Andy Probst that uses hair to produce light streaks. Watch a sample video on Vimeo and find out more on Andy Probst's website.

The Foundry has released the Sketchfab kit for Modo, which enables Modo users to upload files from Modo to their Sketchfab account. The kit can be downloaded from the Registered Content Page of any registered Modo user's account. An existing Sketchfab account is required, or to create one at Sketchfab's website. For more information about Sketchfab, head over to Sketchfab's website.

A video tutorial by Richard Yot on optimizing rendering in Modo and how to eliminate noise, and keep your render times down. More on Vimeo.

The Foundry has released Creating a Character in Modo, a course by Warner McGee that will take you through all the steps necessary to create 3D characters in Modo, from concept art all the way down to final rendering and post work in 2D applications. Topics covered also include modeling, texturing, and posing. More information can be found here.

Will other major 3D developers change their licensing policies and phase out permanent licenses, too? The changes in software licensing policies recently announced by Autodesk seems to have left many people wondering. In order to inform readers we took the effort to find out what other companies are planning for the future. Read the article.

A tutorial by Ben Douglas on YouTube.

Ronen Bekerman has posted an interview with Trond Greve Andersen and Mats Andersen, founders of Norwegian Architectural Visualisation studio MIR. You can watch the full interview on ronenbekerman.com as well as a write up of the first day of the State of Art Academy Day 5 event at which the interview was filmed.

3D Garage has released their Modo 801 Courseware. Conducted by Dan Ablan, this courseware takes you through Modo 801 from the ground up. Topics covered include Modeling, Surfacing, Lighting, Animation, Rigging, Rendering, and 3rd-Party tools. It may be purchased directly from their website.