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Events
	Gnomon Workshop Events (3 Viewing) Gnomon Workshop 'Live' - Hollywood, California. June 14th & 15th	An Evening with Blur Studio:... by AlexAlvarez Yesterday 09:13 PM	13	108
	NVISION 2008	Introducing NVScene! by StephaneMarquet 10-13-2008 09:19 PM	1	21
	SIGGRAPH 2008 (2 Viewing) Evolve: 11th - 15th of August	Unofficial Cgtalk meetup in... by Artsboy Today 12:02 AM	82	1,165
	ADAPT 2008 montreal / canada: 22nd - 26th of September	Waz’s trip to Adapt 2008 by Incarnadine 10-05-2008 03:17 AM	8	107
Main Forums
	CG News (35 Viewing) What's the latest happenings in the CG industry? Check it out in this forum.	Star Trek Alternate Trailer by SovereignKnight Today 12:05 AM	15,747	252,684
	CG General Discussion (40 Viewing) General discussion related to computer graphics and the CG industry. No off topic threads please.	Good/the best piece of advice... by rusty2008 Yesterday 11:57 PM	37,258	542,269
	Meet the Artists (3 Viewing) Q&A Sessions Forum	Suggestions - Who do you want... by Elitha 11-24-2008 01:46 AM	32	4,105
CG Choice Award Gallery The best digital art awarded by the CGSociety
	CG Choice Gallery: 3D (42 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 3D stills	American Beauty, henrich... by grrinc Yesterday 08:06 PM	849	76,182
	CG Choice Gallery: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (27 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 2D images	fantasy, Loïc e338 Zimmermann... by MuqtarM Yesterday 04:14 PM	742	46,324
Showcase Gallery A general showcase of digital art from our community
	3D Stills (54 Viewing) Member showcase - 3D stills	Admiral Adama, Diego Romo (3D) by diegoron Yesterday 11:04 PM	25,331	257,321
	2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (26 Viewing) Member showcase - 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art	Ship interior, Thomas Pringle... by gerhardmozsi Yesterday 11:47 PM	25,042	197,533
	Finished Work: Animation (44 Viewing) Post and view finished animation work including short films, commercials and reels.	Animated Thanksgiving Movie by KOryH Yesterday 11:41 PM	7,115	71,293
CG Challenges For the official CGSociety Challenges and contests
	NVArt - Design Fusion (3 Viewing)	Care the eggs by LAV 11-30-2008 11:32 PM	1,830	6,302
	Steampunk; Myths and Legends - Video (9 Viewing)	Steampunk Myths and Legends... by monotoon Today 12:06 AM	242	2,403
	Steampunk; Myths and Legends - Image (33 Viewing)	Steampunk Myths and Legends... by BookMansBlues Yesterday 11:59 PM	1,303	11,729
	Past Challenges (Archives) (8 Viewing) Previous CG Challenges held on CGNetworks/CGTalk.	Uplift Universe - Video... by jgoldfin 11-24-2008 08:27 PM	18,491	517,802
Mini Challenges Community run events to help practice your skills
	Hardcore Modeling Challenge (16 Viewing)	TOPIC SUGGESTIONS by buryme Yesterday 10:57 PM	893	20,020
	Unofficial Rigging Challenge	Aug / Sept & Oct / Nov... by NURB 12-01-2008 08:31 PM	75	936
	CGTalk Daily Sketch Forum (3 Viewing) For daily sketch sessions	CgTalk Daily Sketch 1638 40mn... by daw Yesterday 08:54 PM	2,081	53,538
	FXWARS Forum (4 Viewing) For Monthly VFX Micro Challenges	HELP FOR FUTURE CHALLENGE: ... by PixelMagic Yesterday 11:37 PM	756	11,918
	Unofficial Game Art Challenge (1 Viewing) For unofficial Game Art mini-challenges	Pro And Con Games-Film Contest by ravneet06 10-15-2008 08:19 AM	1,266	20,087
	Speed Modelling Session Forum (1 Viewing) For mini-modelling sessions and challenges.	Speed modeling sessions -... by Senseicapi 11-26-2008 08:47 PM	39	2,527
	Animation Sessions Forum For animation sessions and mini-challenges	Weekly Animation Session 5 -... by TYGAR 11-06-2008 06:15 PM	289	4,544
	Lighting Challenges (8 Viewing) Lighting challenges sessions hosted by Jeremy Birn	Discussion: Ideas for Future... by kanooshka Yesterday 01:53 PM	85	7,642
	Dominance War III (2 Viewing)	DWIII - 3d - SAMARCBZ -... by pradhuman 11-13-2008 10:14 AM	848	16,902
Work in Progress and Critique Forums for artists seeking critique on current works in progress.
	WIP/Critique: 3D Stills (22 Viewing) Critique 3D works in progress.	Male face by Hauzer Yesterday 10:21 PM	31,978	371,487
	WIP/Critique: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (5 Viewing) Critique 2D works in progress.	monkey boy by kirpid Yesterday 11:46 PM	14,023	134,104
	WIP/Critique: Game Art Design (7 Viewing) Critique works in progress specific to game art including design, animation, modeling, texturing, level design and visual aspects of game development	Crit On / Game asset by Titojr Yesterday 10:55 PM	9,066	115,314
	WIP/Critique: Animation (3 Viewing) Critique work in progress animation including short films, character animation and visual effects sequences.	Stickman vs ONTOP logo by FreakyDude Yesterday 10:30 PM	3,545	25,031
	Collaborative team projects (3 Viewing) Interested in assembling a team of artists for non-paying projects? Then this is the place.	Steam Golem Prod. - Hero's... by Lordrych Yesterday 06:50 PM	1,924	31,441
General Techniques
	Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art (4 Viewing) Forum dedicated to the study of artistic anatomy and figurative drawing, painting, and 3D	Lex's Sketchbook Thread by Lexalotacus Yesterday 11:43 PM	1,526	75,325
	Modeling (5 Viewing) General discussion on 3D modeling.	Every inch in a loop by ArjunM Yesterday 07:09 PM	5,837	34,119
	Texturing and Surfacing (4 Viewing) General discussion on texturing, surfacing, materials and shaders.	Pixelated artifacts on glass by MOSS Yesterday 05:45 PM	4,799	27,699
	Character Rigging (1 Viewing) General discussion on 3D character rigging and skinning for animation.	Bone Based Facial Rig. by steveblake Yesterday 11:57 PM	3,122	18,876
	Art Techniques and Theories Forum (2 Viewing) Art techniques, tutorials, theories, art history, inspirations, influences, and legal issues relevant to artists	Terrain Perspective Techniques by Patrick360 Yesterday 06:08 PM	1,366	16,467
	Animation (1 Viewing) General discussion on computer animation.	can you copy and paste frames... by wasbubs Yesterday 11:42 PM	3,662	18,553
	Lighting and Shaders (3 Viewing) General discussion on lighting and shaders.	AO shader for turtle by Naphtali Yesterday 11:23 PM	3,315	20,093
	Digital Matte Painting (3 Viewing) Forum for digital matte creation and techniques	Wacom Intuos3 A4 on a... by space-sprayer Yesterday 11:57 PM	966	10,423
	Compositing and Editing (3 Viewing) General discussion on compositing and editing techniques.	Premutliply, or not to... by Aneks Yesterday 11:49 PM	2,779	14,943
CG Film-Making
	Screenwriting, Storyboarding and Concept Creation Discuss storytelling, scriptwriting, screenwriting, storyboarding and concepts in this forum.	Best 3D title for previz by biliousfrog 11-28-2008 01:49 PM	521	4,246
	Cinematography, Editing and Directing (2 Viewing) Discuss film direction and cinematography in this forum.	Crash the Superbowl! by qup 11-27-2008 11:15 PM	544	4,913
Application Specific (2D)
	Adobe Photoshop (5 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe Photoshop (www.adobe.com).	how to spin the canvas in cs4 by Cnecktor Yesterday 12:14 PM	4,752	29,991
	Corel Painter (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Corel Painter (www.corel.com).	Painter on Sale, New Version... by Miguimau 11-30-2008 06:21 PM	1,556	10,979
Application Specific (3D)
	Autodesk Maya (59 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk Maya (www.autodesk.com).	Crowd Sim by ruddiger52 Yesterday 11:54 PM	62,361	373,667
	Autodesk 3ds max (46 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk 3ds max (www.autodesk.com).	character dissolve using... by Muffin_Man Yesterday 11:56 PM	47,890	326,369
	Blender (9 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Blender (www.blender3d.org).	explain to me the benefits of... by sundialsvc4 Yesterday 10:14 PM	3,082	25,427
	Luxology Modo (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Luxology Modo modeling software (www.luxology.com).	Soft Selection in Modo, Modo? by MikeS369 Today 12:00 AM	1,676	15,023
	Maxon Cinema 4D (30 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Maxon Cinema 4D (www.maxon.net).	Peripetics by Zeitguised by tonare Today 12:00 AM	25,760	287,901
	NewTek Lightwave 3D (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of NewTek LightWave 3D (www.newtek.com).	Help Falling Dominoes...... by NicolasJordan Yesterday 09:36 PM	19,497	207,744
	SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (4 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (www.softimage.com).	Valve Character Rig in XSI... by PierreoftheFrench Yesterday 07:10 PM	9,155	67,259
Application Specific (3D Specialty)
	Autodesk MotionBuilder (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk MotionBuilder animation software (www.autodesk.com).	AMC data in Mobu2009 jittery by ETCHA-SKETCH 11-30-2008 11:32 AM	1,858	9,708
	Electric Image Animation System (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of EI Technology Group's Electric Image Animation System (www.eitechnologygroup.com).	Most challenging aspect of CG by richardjoly Yesterday 09:52 PM	968	13,604
	E-on Software Vue (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of E-on Software Vue natural 3D software (www.e-onsoftware.com).	painting ecosystem with one... by cgswami Yesterday 11:45 PM	1,593	11,281
	Pixologic ZBrush (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Pixologic ZBrush modeling software (www.pixologic.com).	overlapping UV's by Chiyou Yesterday 09:14 PM	2,624	15,103
	pmG messiah (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of pmG messiah:studio and messiah:animate software (www.projectmessiah.com).	Flicker Issues with Messiah by palpal 11-29-2008 07:59 PM	2,982	30,685
	Autodesk Mudbox (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk's Mudbox sculpting software (www.mudbox3d.com).	mudbox with black viewer... by spiderspy 12-01-2008 09:16 PM	350	2,083
Application Specific (Compositing)
	Adobe After Effects (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe After Effects (www.adobe.com).	AE render by Mylenium Yesterday 06:36 PM	3,552	20,054
	Apple Shake (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Apple Shake (www.apple.com).	dark lights in vray by marcean24 11-25-2008 11:57 AM	650	4,126
	Discreet Effects and Compositing Application specific discussion for users of Discreet Combustion, Inferno, Flame and Flint systems (www.discreet.com).	Combustion Error in V4 please... by vanviet 11-28-2008 03:22 AM	1,400	7,374
	Eyeon Software Digital Fusion Application specific discussion for users of Eyeon Software Digital Fusion (www.eyeonline.com).	27 Fusion Video Tuts by Apollo05 11-26-2008 09:12 PM	745	3,680
Development and Hardware
	Graphics Programming (3 Viewing) General forum for computer graphics programming and development. Topics include: C, C++, Cg, Renderman.	Artist-turn-programmer? by 705 Today 12:06 AM	1,478	9,911
	Technical and Hardware (8 Viewing) Discussion on computer hardware, operating systems and technical issues.	Test Scene Speed by Szos Yesterday 11:06 PM	15,932	134,205
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