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Events
	Gnomon Workshop Events Gnomon Workshop 'Live' - Hollywood, California. June 14th & 15th	Digital Sculpting Workshop... by ryankingslien 09-03-2008 11:38 PM	6	55
	NVISION 2008	Introducing NVScene! by sjxf 09-01-2008 03:21 AM	1	17
	SIGGRAPH 2008 (1 Viewing) Evolve: 11th - 15th of August	Siggraph Asia 2008 in... by lifeofillusion Today 05:18 PM	77	1,005
	ADAPT 2008 (4 Viewing) montreal / canada: 22nd - 26th of September	15% Discount on ADAPT... by Waz 09-05-2008 07:17 PM	5	81
Main Forums
	CG News (51 Viewing) What's the latest happenings in the CG industry? Check it out in this forum.	New Nike Commercials ...! by tomaya Today 05:47 PM	15,344	247,769
	CG General Discussion (46 Viewing) General discussion related to computer graphics and the CG industry. No off topic threads please.	Help me:ANimation mentor... by elfenomeno Today 05:48 PM	36,631	532,700
	Meet the Artists (2 Viewing) Q&A Sessions Forum	Suggestions - Who do you want... by cameroncardner 09-02-2008 08:12 PM	32	4,099
CG Choice Award Gallery The best digital art awarded by the CGSociety
	CG Choice Gallery: 3D (143 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 3D stills	Reaching Out, Soenke Maeter... by martinlo Today 04:11 PM	838	74,842
	CG Choice Gallery: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (37 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 2D images	Dirty Work, Pavel Mikhailenko... by liwei Today 10:33 AM	725	45,329
Showcase Gallery A general showcase of digital art from our community
	3D Stills (99 Viewing) Member showcase - 3D stills	Harley Custom, Eric Rinanda... by derex Today 05:38 PM	23,979	245,867
	2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (50 Viewing) Member showcase - 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art	The Joker, Mike Thompson (2D) by MikeTArtworks Today 05:46 PM	23,839	189,236
	Finished Work: Animation (18 Viewing) Post and view finished animation work including short films, commercials and reels.	short film by BocaJuniors Today 05:22 PM	6,686	67,553
CG Challenges For the official CGSociety Challenges and contests
	Uplift Universe - Image Alien Relations : Image Category : 17 March - May 12	Uplift Universe - Image... by calisto 09-05-2008 03:30 PM	1,163	16,387
	Uplift Universe - Video Alien Relations : Video Category : 17 March - June 9	Uplift Universe - Video... by jimmy4d 08-12-2008 05:46 PM	238	3,145
	NVArt - Design Fusion (5 Viewing)	ACME by SIDcg 09-02-2008 03:44 PM	1,830	6,284
	Past Challenges (Archives) (18 Viewing) Previous CG Challenges held on CGNetworks/CGTalk.	Strange Behavior (Animation)... by eskandari 08-23-2008 09:43 PM	17,093	494,521
Mini Challenges Community run events to help practice your skills
	Hardcore Modeling Challenge (8 Viewing)	HMC#16 Queen from Aliens by StevenEgan Today 05:49 PM	828	17,587
	Unofficial Rigging Challenge	Aug / Sept & Oct / Nov... by TimForbes Today 12:32 AM	72	803
	CGTalk Daily Sketch Forum (3 Viewing) For daily sketch sessions	CgTalk Daily Sketch 1549 20mn... by flixsus Today 05:22 PM	1,958	52,222
	FXWARS Forum (4 Viewing) For Monthly VFX Micro Challenges	FXWARS Tornado VOTE! by RobertoOrtiz Today 03:43 PM	711	11,004
	Unofficial Game Art Challenge (1 Viewing) For unofficial Game Art mini-challenges	Challenges: Post Your Feedback by jsrsolution 09-01-2008 09:52 AM	1,264	20,085
	Speed Modelling Session Forum For mini-modelling sessions and challenges.	The speed modelling thread! by Jeepster 08-17-2008 05:02 AM	39	2,519
	Animation Sessions Forum (1 Viewing) For animation sessions and mini-challenges	Weekly Animation Session 5 -... by SheepFactory Yesterday 01:33 AM	289	4,499
	Lighting Challenges (3 Viewing) Lighting challenges sessions hosted by Jeremy Birn	Lighting Challenge #16: The... by jeremybirn Today 05:24 PM	82	6,911
	Dominance War III (3 Viewing)	DWIII - 3d - SAMARCBZ -... by farazmobin 09-01-2008 09:41 AM	848	16,901
Work in Progress and Critique Forums for artists seeking critique on current works in progress.
	WIP/Critique: 3D Stills (33 Viewing) Critique 3D works in progress.	(((cartoon-robot))) by STANER Today 05:35 PM	31,276	362,972
	WIP/Critique: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (7 Viewing) Critique 2D works in progress.	loving by persona001 Today 05:40 PM	13,738	130,263
	WIP/Critique: Game Art Design (16 Viewing) Critique works in progress specific to game art including design, animation, modeling, texturing, level design and visual aspects of game development	Competition #15- Rahulkul by rahulkul2003 Today 05:49 PM	8,910	113,320
	WIP/Critique: Animation Critique work in progress animation including short films, character animation and visual effects sequences.	Les Beacoup Pollé - Short... by carandia Yesterday 10:17 PM	3,379	23,996
	Collaborative team projects (5 Viewing) Interested in assembling a team of artists for non-paying projects? Then this is the place.	Recruiting for the Pax Project by MaxRea Today 04:37 PM	1,909	31,096
General Techniques
	Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art (9 Viewing) Forum dedicated to the study of artistic anatomy and figurative drawing, painting, and 3D	Anatomy Thread of razz - 2D/3D by selphoo Today 05:14 PM	1,478	72,600
	Modeling (12 Viewing) General discussion on 3D modeling.	Curving the corner of a Box? by Duhast Today 05:20 PM	5,632	32,981
	Texturing and Surfacing (12 Viewing) General discussion on texturing, surfacing, materials and shaders.	Surface under shave too dark by madart Today 06:38 AM	4,659	27,010
	Character Rigging (7 Viewing) General discussion on 3D character rigging and skinning for animation.	Needed: a VERY cartoony rig by Machka Yesterday 08:15 PM	2,969	17,887
	Art Techniques and Theories Forum (3 Viewing) Art techniques, tutorials, theories, art history, inspirations, influences, and legal issues relevant to artists	adobe illustrator by livtf Today 03:51 PM	1,334	16,295
	Animation (2 Viewing) General discussion on computer animation.	Help: Book Animation by AlexCreutz Today 04:55 PM	3,542	18,032
	Lighting and Shaders (8 Viewing) General discussion on lighting and shaders.	Maya God's Light Rendering ? by Bigpet Today 10:08 AM	3,201	19,507
	Digital Matte Painting (4 Viewing) Forum for digital matte creation and techniques	early 19th century london... by everlite Today 01:30 PM	909	9,846
	Compositing and Editing (3 Viewing) General discussion on compositing and editing techniques.	realistic car compositing by thundering1 Today 01:55 PM	2,714	14,587
CG Film-Making
	Screenwriting, Storyboarding and Concept Creation (3 Viewing) Discuss storytelling, scriptwriting, screenwriting, storyboarding and concepts in this forum.	Story Board Sites by PENCIL-SLINGER Today 01:27 AM	509	4,181
	Cinematography, Editing and Directing (3 Viewing) Discuss film direction and cinematography in this forum.	Redrock micro Mattebox arrived by gkmotu Today 04:09 PM	531	4,844
Application Specific (2D)
	Adobe Photoshop (5 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe Photoshop (www.adobe.com).	How to change window colors? by mandana Today 09:14 AM	4,654	29,352
	Corel Painter (4 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Corel Painter (www.corel.com).	Painter will not open on my... by Zarukishimen 09-05-2008 12:32 PM	1,520	10,696
Application Specific (3D)
	Autodesk Maya (80 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk Maya (www.autodesk.com).	Urgent: Artist needed! by wandoubaby Today 05:49 PM	60,293	360,691
	Autodesk 3ds max (56 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk 3ds max (www.autodesk.com).	a question about gamma... by Emil3d Today 05:46 PM	46,414	315,709
	Blender (8 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Blender (www.blender3d.org).	Modeling with Beziers by lumpycow Today 06:17 AM	2,956	24,337
	Luxology Modo (4 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Luxology Modo modeling software (www.luxology.com).	Newbie question:: How do I... by rcampos 09-05-2008 03:40 PM	1,627	14,719
	Maxon Cinema 4D (54 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Maxon Cinema 4D (www.maxon.net).	Constrain pole vector to... by ThePriest Today 05:26 PM	24,997	280,575
	NewTek Lightwave 3D (22 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of NewTek LightWave 3D (www.newtek.com).	how di I Rename UV ??? by cyphyr Today 04:41 PM	19,355	206,637
	SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (14 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (www.softimage.com).	Questions about modeling in... by tc Today 11:42 AM	8,972	66,088
Application Specific (3D Specialty)
	Autodesk MotionBuilder (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk MotionBuilder animation software (www.autodesk.com).	Did ya know...[Motionbuilder... by SeanC 09-04-2008 09:10 PM	1,814	9,467
	Electric Image Animation System (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of EI Technology Group's Electric Image Animation System (www.eitechnologygroup.com).	Congrats to Scott Novasic by worx3d 09-04-2008 06:21 PM	905	12,584
	E-on Software Vue (4 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of E-on Software Vue natural 3D software (www.e-onsoftware.com).	Invisible Material!!?? by bruno021 Today 05:05 PM	1,528	10,798
	Pixologic ZBrush (5 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Pixologic ZBrush modeling software (www.pixologic.com).	Which folder to put new... by kelasa 09-05-2008 07:55 PM	2,528	14,658
	pmG messiah (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of pmG messiah:studio and messiah:animate software (www.projectmessiah.com).	Motion Dump Process by ilollar 09-05-2008 11:38 PM	2,961	30,503
	Autodesk Mudbox (4 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk's Mudbox sculpting software (www.mudbox3d.com).	Mudbox 2009 or BodyPaint and... by oglu Today 03:46 PM	292	1,734
Application Specific (Compositing)
	Adobe After Effects (6 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe After Effects (www.adobe.com).	video audio out of sync by penthoy Yesterday 08:21 PM	3,442	19,445
	Apple Shake Application specific discussion for users of Apple Shake (www.apple.com).	Shake iadd help!! by Kai01W Yesterday 11:06 PM	640	4,048
	Discreet Effects and Compositing (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Discreet Combustion, Inferno, Flame and Flint systems (www.discreet.com).	How to use a Velocity Pass by Ahnab 09-05-2008 05:48 AM	1,385	7,289
	Eyeon Software Digital Fusion (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Eyeon Software Digital Fusion (www.eyeonline.com).	Selling Fusion 5.1 (full... by robinson 09-05-2008 04:12 PM	735	3,628
Development and Hardware
	Graphics Programming (4 Viewing) General forum for computer graphics programming and development. Topics include: C, C++, Cg, Renderman.	Point Cloud Manipulation by tmr232 Yesterday 08:50 PM	1,448	9,694
	Technical and Hardware (10 Viewing) Discussion on computer hardware, operating systems and technical issues.	16 or 32 core workstation,... by BOXXLABS Today 03:19 PM	15,691	132,470
CGTalk Support Forums
	ESSENCE Support Support for Essence DVDs and Downloads	ESSENCE Support Forum by fernando749845 05-16-2008 04:26 PM	5	86
	CGTalk Support Forum (1 Viewing) This forum is for specific questions or issues regarding the use of CGTalk.	Thread for testing posts by CunningArtificer 09-05-2008 12:30 AM	2,330	11,446
	CGPortfolio Support Forum (1 Viewing) For support enquiries on the CGPortfolio.	Personal Info Not Displaying... by xenomorph-designs Today 04:24 PM	715	2,963
	CGWiki Support Forum For support enquiries on the CGWiki.	Illegal Wiki pages? by Geta-Ve 06-21-2008 06:44 AM	41	362
	Suggestions (1 Viewing) Place your suggestions for improvements to the site in this forum.	Houdini Forum? by DecWest Yesterday 08:02 AM	518	2,725
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