Circlify is now free and uncompiled for all to poke at: http://mentalfish.com/uploads/lscripts/MFCirclify.zip

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11341761&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Hmmm… seems like the plan for a spaceship a day will have to become something different for now. Perhaps a line of jQuery a day with a side dish of a space ship a month will keep the doctor away. Where is my 36 hour day cycle I ordered?

Here is the first doodle of my series of space ship jam sessions. 37 minutes. I think it is a fighter of sorts.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14374354&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0

Would a space ship a day keep the doctor away? Considering doing a ship doodle each day, a one hour session of LightWave speed modeling.

Here is a doodle that took a day to finish:

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14350233&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0

This is a free LScript for LightWave to remove keyframes, so I call it Keyfragger. Peow peow! Its pretty much the evil twin of the Motion Baker script which has been renamed Keystove, just to stay in character.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14276932&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0

Download LScript

The Gnomon Workshop has released a training DVD by Aristomenis (Meni) Tsirbas on how to do good camera work in Layout. Based on the preview video it looks quite nice.

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/887/Camera-Fundamentals-for-Layout

Rob Powers is showing off LightWave 10, speedy OpenGL and Viewport Preview Render.

http://www.youtube.com/v/JhJauu_vB2A&hl=en_US&fs=1

The Foundry has just released NukeX v6.1 with a preview build of the 64-bit version for Mac. The GUI has gotten an overhaul as well and it is lookin’ sharp.

http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2010/07/30/113/nuke-61-and-nukex-61-released/

NewTek has announced LightWave 10 at SIGGRAPH and I like what I see and hear. The message is clear, the aesthetics are in place. Good job NewTek!

Check out the nice brochure: http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/images/lw10/LightWave1010.pdf

Just in time for SIGGRAPH, we are happy to announce that Polygon Islands v2.0 is out and available for purchase. Alexandre Labedade ( aka Alexx ) have created a new version of this tool, and it has so many improvements it became a 2.0 release.

It is faster and got more features than the first version:

• Added taper and bend tool
• User definable deformation center (“pivot”)
• Preview of single islands when deforming
• Creation of morphs based on current deformation
• Creation of weight maps

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13562923&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

Available now: http://mentalfish.com/store/polygon-islands/