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Events
	SIGGRAPH 2008 (2 Viewing) Evolve: 11th - 15th of August	Siggraph too comercial? by fenandis Yesterday 03:57 PM	21	217
	ADAPT 2008 montreal / canada: 22nd - 26th of September	Schedule? by Intrinsia 05-07-2008 02:00 PM	3	27
Main Forums
	CG News (49 Viewing) What's the latest happenings in the CG industry? Check it out in this forum.	The Incredible Hulk - Trailer... by ndog Today 04:09 AM	14,718	238,102
	CG General Discussion (74 Viewing) General discussion related to computer graphics and the CG industry. No off topic threads please.	Wall-E for real! by RockinAkin Today 04:09 AM	35,576	516,390
	Meet the Artists (2 Viewing) Q&A Sessions Forum	Ben Snow :: Meet the Artist by dmoreno Yesterday 11:07 PM	31	3,983
CG Choice Award Gallery The best digital art awarded by the CGSociety
	CG Choice Gallery: 3D (68 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 3D stills	"Priceless Friends", Y.Soner... by mgborhan Yesterday 03:02 PM	826	72,716
	CG Choice Gallery: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (32 Viewing) The best of CGSociety - 2D images	First Lesson, Kerem Beyit (2D) by Bloodibiyor Yesterday 12:18 PM	710	44,206
Showcase Gallery A general showcase of digital art from our community
	3D Stills (55 Viewing) Member showcase - 3D stills	In the dark, Emanuel Dasilva... by JackZhang Today 04:04 AM	22,319	230,804
	2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (29 Viewing) Member showcase - 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art	ethereal smile in dying... by naresh Today 04:19 AM	22,108	178,000
	Finished Work: Animation (17 Viewing) Post and view finished animation work including short films, commercials and reels.	Rigging / Scripting Reel 2008... by dbsmith Today 04:35 AM	6,112	62,324
CG Challenges For the official CGSociety Challenges and contests
	Uplift Universe - Image (11 Viewing) Alien Relations : Image Category : 17 March - May 12	Uplift Universe - Image... by KOryH Today 04:34 AM	1,138	15,685
	Uplift Universe - Video (1 Viewing) Alien Relations : Video Category : 17 March - June 9	Uplift Universe - Video... by melkao Today 04:10 AM	230	1,925
	NVArt - Design Fusion (3 Viewing)	dont graffiti by TimB0 Yesterday 06:15 PM	1,446	4,659
	Past Challenges (Archives) (23 Viewing) Previous CG Challenges held on CGNetworks/CGTalk.	Strange Behavior... by RaresH 04-25-2008 07:32 PM	17,093	493,453
Mini Challenges Community run events to help practice your skills
	Hardcore Modeling Challenge (3 Viewing)	HMC #14 - Dalek (chrisbeaver) by Dudebot13 Today 03:17 AM	691	13,811
	Unofficial Rigging Challenge (4 Viewing)	May June rigging challenge is... by Buexe Yesterday 05:53 PM	59	661
	CGTalk Daily Sketch Forum (10 Viewing) For daily sketch sessions	CgTalk Daily Sketch 1434 60... by jpiette Today 03:28 AM	1,809	50,251
	FXWARS Forum (1 Viewing) For Monthly VFX Micro Challenges	FX WARS: Invasion: Ragupasta:... by D-3 Today 12:28 AM	653	10,136
	Unofficial Game Art Challenge (2 Viewing) For unofficial Game Art mini-challenges	3D weapons by CodeVeroby 03-20-2008 12:52 PM	1,262	19,565
	Speed Modelling Session Forum For mini-modelling sessions and challenges.	The speed modelling thread! by Diegio 05-12-2008 10:11 PM	39	2,507
	Animation Sessions Forum (1 Viewing) For animation sessions and mini-challenges	Animators needed in making a... by bubai 05-05-2008 05:26 PM	281	4,352
	Lighting Challenges (1 Viewing) Lighting challenges sessions hosted by Jeremy Birn	On-Going Challenges (Post... by frimoose 05-13-2008 05:49 PM	79	6,263
	Dominance War III (5 Viewing)	DWIII - 2D - OKMER - Uuka by Blachart67 Yesterday 09:06 PM	847	16,776
Work in Progress and Critique Forums for artists seeking critique on current works in progress.
	WIP/Critique: 3D Stills (49 Viewing) Critique 3D works in progress.	3d Environment for my friends... by CATOCurtisC Today 04:16 AM	30,228	350,893
	WIP/Critique: 2D, Illustrations and Concept Art (14 Viewing) Critique 2D works in progress.	New WIP Character - Crits... by arielmedel Today 04:30 AM	13,359	125,746
	WIP/Critique: Game Art Design (10 Viewing) Critique works in progress specific to game art including design, animation, modeling, texturing, level design and visual aspects of game development	Work Dump! (Warning Image... by carlg Today 03:12 AM	8,700	110,117
	WIP/Critique: Animation (3 Viewing) Critique work in progress animation including short films, character animation and visual effects sequences.	Tuck Jump Animation by tron_thomas Today 02:44 AM	3,175	22,720
	Collaborative team projects Interested in assembling a team of artists for non-paying projects? Then this is the place.	Fetch \| Cg Short. by Della Today 02:31 AM	1,884	30,731
General Techniques
	Artistic Anatomy and Figurative Art (14 Viewing) Forum dedicated to the study of artistic anatomy and figurative drawing, painting, and 3D	Sketchbook Thread of Spirit... by SpiritDreamer Today 04:15 AM	1,372	68,580
	Modeling (13 Viewing) General discussion on 3D modeling.	Problem with image planes by nitinpereira Today 02:17 AM	5,325	31,439
	Texturing and Surfacing (12 Viewing) General discussion on texturing, surfacing, materials and shaders.	Material Problem, 3d Studio... by Nobunage Yesterday 08:37 PM	4,466	26,166
	Character Rigging (7 Viewing) General discussion on 3D character rigging and skinning for animation.	JORGE RIG v1.0 by Leanndro Today 04:09 AM	2,777	16,674
	Art Techniques and Theories Forum (3 Viewing) Art techniques, tutorials, theories, art history, inspirations, influences, and legal issues relevant to artists	painting water in Photoshop by ceruleanvii Yesterday 04:43 PM	1,298	16,052
	Animation (4 Viewing) General discussion on computer animation.	Seinfeld animation by SantoAnderson Yesterday 06:49 PM	3,377	17,236
	Lighting and Shaders (5 Viewing) General discussion on lighting and shaders.	Lights? Lots of small or few... by JazzyAnimator Yesterday 07:29 PM	3,059	18,613
	Digital Matte Painting (2 Viewing) Forum for digital matte creation and techniques	_proconpictures: shapes by dgdjb 05-13-2008 04:20 AM	820	9,111
	Compositing and Editing (1 Viewing) General discussion on compositing and editing techniques.	Boujou Camera Solves Problem by Shletten Today 12:27 AM	2,632	14,108
CG Film-Making
	Screenwriting, Storyboarding and Concept Creation (1 Viewing) Discuss storytelling, scriptwriting, screenwriting, storyboarding and concepts in this forum.	An online picture book by big-dub Yesterday 12:34 PM	485	4,022
	Cinematography, Editing and Directing (3 Viewing) Discuss film direction and cinematography in this forum.	What is it that makes student... by hakanpersson 05-05-2008 05:34 PM	511	4,692
Application Specific (2D)
	Adobe Photoshop (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe Photoshop (www.adobe.com).	Is it just me? by TheNeverman Yesterday 09:30 PM	4,504	28,525
	Corel Painter (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Corel Painter (www.corel.com).	Problem painting textures for... by cadmonkey33 Today 12:47 AM	1,460	10,217
Application Specific (3D)
	Autodesk Maya (73 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk Maya (www.autodesk.com).	New Maya FX tutorials by Wonderer Today 03:56 AM	57,635	343,609
	Autodesk 3ds max (49 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk 3ds max (www.autodesk.com).	STL Export from Max? by anewhobby Today 03:11 AM	44,122	299,417
	Blender (5 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Blender (www.blender3d.org).	souldestroyer's dmeoreel by LetterRip Today 01:36 AM	2,773	22,692
	Luxology Modo (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Luxology Modo modeling software (www.luxology.com).	Deleted polys leave behind... by rsquires Today 04:35 AM	1,579	14,484
	Maxon Cinema 4D (28 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Maxon Cinema 4D (www.maxon.net).	Sketch/Toon question .. by Per-Anders Today 03:51 AM	24,061	270,393
	NewTek Lightwave 3D (18 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of NewTek LightWave 3D (www.newtek.com).	Large Scene Files by jonmalexander Yesterday 11:18 PM	19,204	205,397
	SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (9 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of SOFTIMAGE\|XSI (www.softimage.com).	Fast Subsurface Scatter -... by joshone Yesterday 09:16 PM	8,680	63,750
Application Specific (3D Specialty)
	Autodesk MotionBuilder (6 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk MotionBuilder animation software (www.autodesk.com).	Transfer character face to... by bclark Yesterday 08:52 PM	1,729	9,066
	Electric Image Animation System (9 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of EI Technology Group's Electric Image Animation System (www.eitechnologygroup.com).	Old-EIM. how to! by jimjam Today 03:13 AM	772	10,472
	E-on Software Vue (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of E-on Software Vue natural 3D software (www.e-onsoftware.com).	Vue 6 Animations by Solomon Yesterday 10:30 PM	1,431	10,166
	Nevercenter Silo Application specific discussion for users of Nevercenter's Silo modeling software (www.nevercenter.com)	Post your Silo WIPs here! by Grohu 05-10-2008 12:43 AM	192	2,217
	Pixologic ZBrush (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Pixologic ZBrush modeling software (www.pixologic.com).	Zapplink 3 - Photoshop CS3... by aurick Yesterday 10:13 PM	2,404	13,800
	pmG messiah (5 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of pmG messiah:studio and messiah:animate software (www.projectmessiah.com).	Issue: Lightwave plugin &... by borisgoreta2000 Yesterday 09:52 PM	2,905	29,923
	Rhinoceros (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Rhinoceros NURBS modeling software (www.rhino3d.com)	Making a deformed steel... by frd Yesterday 07:57 PM	452	4,267
	Autodesk Mudbox Application specific discussion for users of Autodesk's Mudbox sculpting software (www.mudbox3d.com).	Exporting Displacement Map... by vfx Yesterday 11:46 PM	258	1,530
	Wings 3D (3 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Wings 3D modeling software (www.wings3d.com).	Just a few links you may find... by MTuttle 05-10-2008 05:57 AM	1,357	10,919
Application Specific (Compositing)
	Adobe After Effects (6 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Adobe After Effects (www.adobe.com).	Expanding Outlines by meatpuppet Yesterday 09:30 PM	3,262	18,444
	Apple Shake (1 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Apple Shake (www.apple.com).	stupid "to be or not to... by beaker 05-07-2008 04:49 AM	626	3,943
	Discreet Effects and Compositing (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Discreet Combustion, Inferno, Flame and Flint systems (www.discreet.com).	flame 8 and .exr files by beaker 05-02-2008 07:21 AM	1,370	7,221
	Eyeon Software Digital Fusion (2 Viewing) Application specific discussion for users of Eyeon Software Digital Fusion (www.eyeonline.com).	Sound? by KAMAKAZZI Yesterday 10:24 PM	722	3,551
Development and Hardware
	Graphics Programming (1 Viewing) General forum for computer graphics programming and development. Topics include: C, C++, Cg, Renderman.	New Curve Coordinate System by debonaire 05-10-2008 02:43 PM	1,413	9,412
	Technical and Hardware (13 Viewing) Discussion on computer hardware, operating systems and technical issues.	Monitor and Notebook -... by Signal2Noise Today 03:24 AM	15,285	129,555
CGTalk Support Forums
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	CGTalk Support Forum This forum is for specific questions or issues regarding the use of CGTalk.	"Artists looking for... by fx81 Today 03:59 AM	2,247	11,026
	CGPortfolio Support Forum (7 Viewing) For support enquiries on the CGPortfolio.	About Portfolio videos in 4:3... by jussing Yesterday 07:37 AM	633	2,561
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	Suggestions Place your suggestions for improvements to the site in this forum.	About WIP 3d stills forum by erilaz 05-09-2008 02:17 AM	495	2,372
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