50% off ALL Artlantis Media NOW through May 15!

Turning a standard 3D model into a photo-realistic rendering often depends on the quality and realistic features of the shaders and objects used to dress it up. Artlantis Media are themed collections of materials and objects available on CD-ROMs, designed to round-out Artlantis’s innovative product line and bring project renderings to life! Now through May 15, 2011, Artlantis is offering a unique opportunity to purchase Artlantis Media at 50% off the price, when choosing delivery by digital download instead of traditional shipping methods.

The Artlantis Media collection, optimized for Artlantis, offers a wide range of library elements, including:

• Shaders
• 3D Vegetation
• 3D Objects
• 2D Billboards
• 3D Vehicles
• 3D Animated People

Users should contact their local reseller to order the contents of one or more Artlantis Media CDs. Once the order has been placed, the contents of the CDs can be downloaded through a link appearing in their member area at www.artlantis.com.

Sustainability Now: FREE online conference and exhibition

Sustainability Now is a free-to-attend online conference and exhibition that you can attend from the comfort of your home or work computer. It will bring you up to date with everything green across the property, construction and architecture sectors.

Just like a live event, a virtual event has a full conference program, exhibitors and plenty of opportunities to network and exchange ideas. The best part: this can all be accessed from the comfort of your desk. You simply register for the event and log on from your computer when the event goes live. No travel, no fuss. Just a great opportunity to learn, network and debate.

Sign up today for the May 18-19 virtual conference and exhibition!

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Tutorial: Interior Cove Lighting in Artlantis

Our good friend Evan Troxel over at getmethod.com recently shared a fantastic new tutorial with us. In his latest Artlantis tutorial, he shows us how to work around the lack of a tube-type light in Artlantis by making a tube out of geometry and applying the Neon Light Shader to emit light from the object. Although he uses a SketchUp model, the set up would be the same for any modeling software you are using. You'll also learn how to make stained glass look like it's being backlit with the ambient slider in the material inspector to get the center ceiling effect seen on this image. Thanks, Evan, and keep these coming!