NEWS OF THE WEEK FOR December 19, 2015

splash image: Holly Christmas by pixeluna

Renderosity News

Gallery of the week is SteamPunk Genre. This week's gallery is the SteamPunk genre. Closely aligned with the steampunk science fiction genre, this style/genre is quite popular at Renderosity both with artists and vendors.
Save 60% on Smith-Micro's Poser Pro 11. Sale runs through December 31st. Now is your chance to get this professional 3D figure design and animation application for a very low price.
December Prime Member Coupon This coupon is good through 11:59pm (cst) on December 31st 2016. Coupon is 22% OFF and is good on sale items. Minimum Purchase of $5 on the order. Not good on prime items, software or some shippable items. Not all vendors participate in coupons. Look for green coupon indicator on product pages please. Coupon Code: PRIMEDEC2016P22B5.
Filter Forge 6.0 Released! The final version of Filter Forge 6.0 is now available! It features full 64-bit support for improved rendering speed and stability, introduces the ability to rearrange filter presets on the Presets tab, and updates over 30 components. It also includes support for the latest host applications and OS versions. Learn more about Filter Forge 6 and grab the new version on the download page.

Unusual Christmas Gifts

Interview with Phil Rood, "That Illustrator Guy". Interviewed by Michael Haase, Renderosity Magazine staff writer.
Staff Recommendations: Unusual Christmas Gifts for 2016. Ricky, Nick and Michael recommend Xmas gifts for the "hard to please".
Bill Plympton to Teach Animation Course. Famed animator, Bill Plympton, is starting a course in animation in early January, 2017. Check out our announcement at Renderosity Magazine.
Maxon to become Renderosity Magazine's first Core Partners Pro member. Our Core Partner Pro membership is a full-court press of reviews, articles, interviews and news about Maxon and their fabulous 3D application, Cinema 4D. This will run for the entire year of 2017. We can't wait!