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Learn how Cinema 4D and After Effects integrate. Through Cineware blending the Cinema 4D and After Effects workflows is simple. Easily access cameras, lights, nulls, and passes through this wonderful tool. Also learn the differences between Cinema 4D Lite and Studio and which is best for your project.

A professional 3D artist describes render farms and when you might need one. Render farms can improve the quality, efficiency, and scalability of projects, making them ideal for Cinema 4D motion graphics and animation.

Learn how to avoid common Blender render farm pitfalls such as incorrect compositor output nodes, enabled render regions, and more. Maximize your animation success with our expert tips!

Blender has grown to become one of the most popular softwares around for archviz. In this article, we look at what it has to offer, and why it’s a great choice for architects, artists, and designers.

3D render farms democratize animation and VFX, allowing independent artists & small studios to produce unique content without building a render farm. With cloud render services, animation & VFX production are becoming more feasible for all.

Learn how to move cameras in Blender like a cinematographer using Cinepack Addon. Create cinematic camera moves, advanced camera rigs, constraints & drivers. Make your 3D animations more engaging and impactful. Improve your skills with our guide.

Gobo lights, a lighting technique used in Theater and Film, can add visual interest and depth to a scene. Learn how Gobo lights can help you as a 3D artist!

Blender, the popular open-source 3D software, has seen impressive growth and success thanks to its dedicated user community. These passionate users contribute to the development and improvement of the software, ensuring its continued success. Join the community and help shape the future of Blender.

Being a 3D architecture visualizer can be great — a perfect mixture of creative and technical. But, it can also be challenging. In this article, I'll look at both sides: the perks and the pitfalls.

Learn how Cinema 4D, Redshift and GarageFarm come together to make your end-to-end 3D workflow fun, fast, and worry-free. Cinema 4D offers innovative tools while Redshift provides you with high-quality renders and the ability to tailor your speed and performance to fit your needs.

While Cinema 4D can do wonders on its own, many amazing works owe their success to the amazing C4D plugins in the market. Find out more about some of the most popular and performing Cinema 4D plugins!

AI for CG artists is a two-edged sword, but it sure is helpful in conceptualizing designs! In this article, we'll go over an exciting new addon to help you generate some Blender render ideas!

Rendering can be expensive. Whether you're used to investing in your own rendering hardware or buying render credits for your favorite render farm, the appeal of free render farms can be irresistible.

Are you interested in the world of 3D rendering? Then it’s time to learn 3ds Max. It won’t be easy, but you’ll be glad you did. 3ds Max is the most versatile of the 3D software options; no matter where a 3D file starts and no matter where it ends, 3ds Max is by far the best for importing, editing, and exporting.

Beginner, intermediate or an advanced user, when it comes of creativity we all keep learning new tips and tricks to express our art. Never stop learning!

Is Maya for you? Is Maya easy to learn? Is Maya the best 3D software? Learn what Autodesk Maya can do and whether it’s the 3D software for you.

From feature films, to games and archviz, 3ds Max is one of the top 3D packages around. In this article, we highlight four of the best 3ds Max renderers for artists and studios using 3ds Max.

The 3D animation process varies depending on what you specialize in, but the fundamental principles remain the same. If you're interested in trying your hand at different types of animation, read on!

What makes Cinema 4D one of the most versatile and flexible software solutions on the market, which creative industries decided to adopt, how they used its potential, and much more.

While 3ds Max modeling features are the most robust, as a whole, Max is more limited than other tools. However, with a few plugins, it becomes the most powerful for creating photo-realistic scenes.

In today’s industry, how can a 3D artist succeed? here is a complete 2025 roadmap to becoming a successful 3D artist, from skills to portfolio and career tips.

Learn and compare the pros and cons of some alternatives to Cinema 4D – Blender, Houdini, and 3ds Max.

3D Artist Mel goes over his experience testing GarageFarm.NET and other farms as he prepares for a 3D animation project. We're happy to report that he ended up rendering with us!

GPU rendering has quickly become a staple of Maya workflows. But, as is the question with most tried-and-true methods, is GPU rendering worth the cost and effort?

Texturing in Cinema 4D shares a lot in common with other 3D software, and is just as important as part of the 3D artist's pipeline. Read on to learn some tips on C4D texturing.

How to optimize your 3ds Max files to bring render times down significantly, without sacrificing quality. In this article, we’ll break down tips for the project setup, render settings, a few tips on materials (briefly), and more.

Will AI image generation be the death of Art as a time-honored human practice and a means of livelihood? Read on to hear a 3D artist's take on the impending CG Artpocalypse.

The latest Maya software updates are packed with long-awaited features and exciting additions to boot! Read on to learn what's in store in Maya 2023 and 2023.1!

If you use Cinema 4D and Blender, or collaborate with other artists and studios, Alembic can be your best friend. Learn to use Alembic to apply C4D's Jiggle Deformer on an animated pig from Blender!

In this article we go over a list of some of our favourite new features and improvements in Blender 3.2. Some well known, and some less talked about but equally important!

In this article, we take a look at how to use Light Groups on a scene rendered on our Blender render farm. You'll be able to access the files and follow along to learn about this game-changing feature

Learn about the differences between Cinema 4D and Blender to find out which software is for you.

Prerendered game footage is a controversial topic for gamers and creators alike, but with the advantages it can provide, the approach is difficult to ignore in modern game development.

Lighting a 3D scene can be time-consuming and a very high stakes part of 3D CGI creation. Blender 3.2's Light Groups will help us in that regard! Read on to learn about this long-awaited feature!

Rigify Animbox can quickly generate quadruped movement for your Blender animation. Read on to learn about how Marco used it to create a walking horse for a shot in no time.

Parenting is an essential concept in 3d animation and CG filmmaking. Learn how it can be used to solve production problems in creating character animations in Blender or similar software!

Learn what NFT is, how it began, and how it can help 3d artists earn from their digital art.

Improve your archviz workflow in 3ds Max with 10 simple but essential tips for setting up your 3ds Max Workspace, courtesy of CG BBQ's Andrew.

Corona 7 was released with some pretty interesting features, but the developers are not slacking off in 2022. Corona 8 is already planned for release and includes five great new features.

As NFTs gain traction in the art scene, it's a valuable skill to know how to develop single images into larger NFT collections. This guide will walk you through developing a project capable of generating thousands of individual artworks.

Learn about the differences and intersections between pre-rendering (also called offline rendering) and real-time rendering.

Victor is a digital artist, whom we have had the pleasure of conversing and collaborating with on multiple occasions, and has sat down with us to discuss the new digital frontier of NFT art.

Today, we’ll be taking a look at the most useful tips to know for switching to Quixel Mixer coming from Substance Painter.

Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse has been hailed as one of the best animated movies of all time. A big reason as to why it was so successful was because of its comic-inspired look, paying homage to the printing process used back during the golden age of comic books.

Know all about Ghz hour, OctaneBench points and other jargon that surround pricing of render farm services.

Plugins are a great way to quicken your Archviz workflow without sacrificing quality. In this article, you'll find 12 of the best plugins for architectural work in 3ds Max.

V-Ray offers a lot of versatility when it comes to dealing with problematic buckets. In this article, we'll explore different ways to eliminate or minimize the unwanted effects of a hanging bucket.

Lighting is integral to creating a successful image with any degree of faithfulness to real life. In this post, we'll share what it really is and what it can do for us as 3d artists.

Blender has grown to become a reliable and powerful 3d modeling tool. This article provides an overview of the different types of modeling workflows available to newbie Blender artists.

In this article, Amiel continues to develop his procedural X-Box in Substance Designer and sets up the resulting textures in Blender for the final render.

Would you believe that this X-Box Series X was made almost entirely in Substance Designer? Read on to find out how Proceduralism and Substance can replace vertex pushing in cases like this!

Learn what a render farm is and its benefits for 3d artists and studios. Find out when you'd need a farm and its true cost.

Meet Vaughan Ling, more known as Heavypoly, a 3D artist-slash-app creator who has worked on Oscar-winning movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, critically-acclaimed Love, Death & Robots, and Tron: Uprising.

Auto Rig Pro for Blender is a rigging tool with features that bring more control to Mocap Data. Learn how to leverage both Mixamo, Blende's NLA, and Auto Rig Pro to add more nuance to your animation.

Motion Capture is becoming more accessible to the home user, and Deepmotion takes the workflow to a whole new level. Here's a short introduction to Deepmotion and how it might be used with Blender!

In this breakdown of CG Talks, DJ, Andrew, and Marco sit down with Blender Node wizard Erindale to discuss the future of proceduralism and its impact on the 3d workflow.

Making a 3d animation can is always a huge task. Here are 5 tips that can come in handy on your next Blender project!

In this post, we’ll be taking a look at Substance Painter’s Auto UVs feature and find out the answer to the age-old question: Can we finally skip UV unwrapping?

In this article, we'll be taking a look at why creating Smart Materials inside Substance Designer can help you make more flexible materials for your material library.

In this breakdown/ tutorial Marco goes over a workflow for combining fur textures with actual fur simulation to achieve a fox that can be used for animation.

In this article, we take advantage of some downtime to geek out over our recently acquired GPU nodes and new GPU server types to compare GPU and CPU rendering across our services.

In this article, we go over Marco's method for blending and adjusting multiple Mixamo animation clips in Blender's NLA Editor.

In this article we breakdown Amiel's 5 incredibly useful Substance Painter tips for working faster and achieving more detail in your work.

Veteran Architectural Visualizer Joni Mercado shares his thoughts on the principles of Composition.

Light plays a key role in our perception of the world, to say nothing about art, and by understanding it, we become all the better as CG artists. Read on and let Joni be your guide!

With colors, we can set moods, tones, and themes. Color is the charismatic brother of Light, and both interact as one in this regard. From a psychological point of view, you can use a determined color to energize or to cool down a particular scene.

An overview of the often-overlooked craft of creating a story within an image, particularly for Architectural Visualization

The tech industry is constantly evolving. Learn how switching to ACES can not only help and improve your art but also future-proof your workflow for the next generation.

10 years of ups and downs recounted by our CEO, Tomek S, and General Manager Michal O. Here's the story of GarageFarm.NET's first ten years .

A decade of perseverance, determination, and learning. Here's the story of GarageFarm.NET's ten years as told by our Director of Operations, Lucas B!

Seeing a 3d project to its completion is a daunting task. Render Farms and other online services can save time and ensure deadlines are met. Learn what online resources are available to 3d artists.

10 years of struggle, learning and moving forward - read on to learn about GarageFarm.NET's humble beginnings, and how the rendering service grew to become what it is today.

Learn about the different types of displacement mapping and how to use displacement effectively in 3ds Max and V-Ray care of Michal Mos!

Displacement techniques are used in CG both aesthetically, and to drive realism in renders. This article covers the different forms of displacement, and how they can be configured for optimal rendering.

The main milestone in the rapid advancements of 3d rendering is the development of ray tracing. Read on to learn about how ray tracing paved the way for the astounding renders we see today.

Here is a list of all the updates that we added in May to our plug-ins for 3ds Max, LightWave, Cinema4D, Rhinoceros3D, Modo, and Terragen as well as new features in our Web Manager and renderBeamer.

Leveraging powerful GPUs is never a bad way to go when working in 3d. Here are 5 situations where having a good GPU really pays, plus a little bit of good news at the end!

Here's a bit of good news for 3d artists in need of some serious GPU rendering power - We finally support GPU rendering over at GarageFarm.NET! Read on to learn more!

Here's a rundown of the latest updates we've made to kick off 2020 at GarageFarm.NET.

Having trouble landing decent jobs? Yeah. We sat down with Fabio Palvelli for strategies, answers, and some hard truths.

Last year has been busy for us, and we're happy to share some key updates from 2019. We're looking forward to serving you better this 2020!

The world of Archviz is on the brink of some serious change. Elo disseminates some thoughts expressed in our first podcast and adds his own insight into today's rapidly changing industry.

Hardware is a key consideration for 3d artists, but buying the best of every component of your future workstation is rarely feasible. This article describes the role hardware plays in your 3d needs.

Building your own render farm and outsourcing to third-party services both have their pros and cons. This article sheds some light on the two and which may be the best choice for you.

Creating with 3d has its perks. The control you have over your scenes is unparalleled by any other medium.

Read our thoughts on Medusa’s hair from the Inhumans clip and why it is not an accurate representation of the physical properties of real hair.

Our friends at 3dbee.it have just announced the arrival of the bees-knees in 3d assets and asset management.

Our distributed rendering solution for high-resolution stills is now available for Blender! learn more in this article.

A while back we published an article called The Future of 3d Modeling, where we had a look at the present and future applications of 3d visualization and design among different industries.

Learn about what Blender and its community have in store for Architectural Visualizers today, and how it might just be the best way for newcomers to transition into the 3d design business.

Our 3ds Max Optimization guide shows some geometry management tips to achieve faster and more stable rendering. For beginner and intermediate users.

Freelancing is a trade that will not hesitate to eat you alive if you’re not careful. So, we’re here to help you overcome the obstacles of it.

We will go deeper into testing techniques which are a very important step of an online farm’s workflow.

An online render farm is an ideal solution for freelancers and studios who need access to more rendering power on demand.

Last year saw many highlights, from some upgrades to our infrastructure to a long overdue get together for a big part of our team.

This is the uncomfortable truth of the seemingly evergreen Archviz business, but it doesn’t mean you need to be a relentless CG mutant to thrive.

There has never been a better time to learn 3d animation, and what better tool for it than the free and powerful Blender 3d? Read on to learn how to use Blender for your creative needs!

Winter is coming, and we’re prepared! Here’s a list of new features we added to our plugins for the months of August to October 2018.

We’re excited to announce the latest iteration of our renderBeamer plugin for Cinema 4d, which now facilitates the uploading of scenes with multiple cameras.

We’ve integrated LightWave 2018 to our LightWave support! It features major overhauls, expanded feature sets, and a new physically based rendering system.