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How to Set Up a 3d Design Studio Using Only Free Software
June 5th, 2010 | 
Author: 3D Graphics creations are often perceived as requiring costly software. Well, this is not always the case because the internet is really a place loaded with free goodies waiting to be utilized. With the relevant skill, a designer or artist can produce works (using these free tools) that are comparable to what professional tools can do.
I will show you how to start a professional 3D graphic design studio using only free software. To produce credible 3D graphics, the tools must be able to perform the various functions namely:
1. Modelling
2. Rendering
3. Animation
4. Image editing
5. Texture creation
Well, we need to substitute commercial tools with their free and or open source equivalents.
The following is a reference to the various free 3D and graphics related resources that can be downloaded from the net.
For 3D modelling, rendering and animation there are at least 2 excellent free alternatives. They are Blender 3D and Truespace 3.2. You can get Blender 3D from www.blender3d.com. Truespace 3.2 can be downloaded from www.caligari.com which is the homepage of Truespace’s maker.
For purely dedicated 3D modeling, Wing3D is an easy to use yet very powerful tool. You can get this 3D modeling software from www.wings3d.com. What you need to do, is to model your stuffs on this software and then export then to either Blender3D or Truespace. File formats such as 3D Studio (3DS) , Wavefront (OBJ) and VRML (WRL) are all supported by Wings3D and can be used for exporting 3D models (created in Wings3D) to other 3D programs such as Blender3D and Truespace.
For image editing and texture creation, Gimp is a most excellent tool. This is a very powerful image editing tool. It supports layers like most professional image editors. Its many filters are excellent for creating textures and image maps for 3D models. Gimp can be downloaded from www.gimp.org.
Less well-known than Gimp but very delightful to use is Pixia. This is a Japanese software. Fortunately there is an English version. This tool is excellent for painting and is thus useful for creating image maps for 3D models. Pixia can be downloaded from http://park18.wakwak.com/~pixia/.
Well, these are the free equivalents that can perform the work of commercial tools. Commercial software may be more convenient and easier to use, nevertheless these free tools can get the job done too. So, if you are on a tight budget, this may be the route to go.
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List Building Techniques, 7 Free Hints
If you ever have wanted to know if it was possible to build a powerful email list using free methods then you should read this article on free list building tips.
Seven Free List Building Tips
(1) Create a blog
Go to Blogger.com and create a free blog account. Now post about 5-10 short (250-300 word) “news they can use” how-to articles or check lists or helpful tips. At the bottom of each post include a link to the email list “squeeze page” on your main website.
(2) Post Comments
Go to Technorati.com and search for your keyword or by using the”Blogs” resource button. This should bring up a list blogs that you can start watching. Pick 2-3 to watch and track. Now over the next 30 days, write comments (with a weblink to your website) to posts that you like or dislike.
Don’t do lame stuff like, “This sucks!” or “Great job!” and expect anyone to click on your weblink. Take a minute or two to add some well thought out opinions before you write. People will click on links to learn more about people who understand and think like themselves.
(3) Forum Posts
Find a forum or discussion board of people who are within your niche market. Now lurk for a few days and learn more how the forum is run and how the admins/moderators operate. Now when you if a post that is related to your keyword or email list purpose then you can make a comment. If you have more free information on your website, you may or may not be able to make a weblink to it, depending on policy
(4) Signature Lines
If the forum forbids direct weblinks, then you should modify your forum account to include a weblink to your list squeeze page or your home page at the least. Also add a weblink your email accounts, all pointing back to your squeeze page.
(5) Write Articles
Most article directories will take how-to pieces as low as 400 words. So trot out your thinking cap and write down a 5-7 helpful tips, warning signs, “best ways to”, etc. Complete with a paragraph or two per each tip, warning sign. Post in directories like EzineArticles, ISnare or Idea Marketers, etc. In your resource box include a weblink to your email squeeze page.
(6) Create Videos
It’s fairly simple to create some decent looking videos using free presentation, audio recording and screen capture software. By using Open Office (Impress is PowerPoint knockoff), Cam Studio (a Free Screen Recording Software app) and Audacity (a Free Audio Editor and Recorder program) along with just a little bit of skill, you can produce a video that you can upload to You Tube. Always include your weblink in the starting and ending credits!
(7) Create Pod casts
Use Audacity (a Free Audio Editor and Recorder program) and cheap microphone (from the electronics store) to record 5-10 minute mini “talk radio shows”. You can include background music or flashy sounds effects, but you must always include good information and mention at least 2 times the URL or web address of your squeeze page.
Some of these free list building techniques, granted may take some time to learn or implement but you can easily over time increase your subscriber base using these free list building tips.
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5 Fun Free Software Sites
Copyright (c) 2008 Jim Edwards
I started writing this column way back in 1998 and one thing rates as true today as it did ten years ago: people love free stuff online. Free software tops the list of free things they love. People particularly love free software that solves annoying little problems, offers some fun, or saves them time and effort.
If you own a PC, the following free software will help you save time, enjoy a little fun, and protect yourself and your computer too.
** EULAlyzer **
Log on to www.javacoolsoftware.com and download the “EULAlyzer” software that helps you spot troublesome language in those “End User License Agreements.” You know, the software installation agreements we should all read, but normally we just click “Agree” and keep right on installing the software.
However, blindly agreeing to those EULAs means you could potentially consent to all sorts of unpleasant things, including your desktop getting assaulted by advertising “spyware” and worse. EULAlyzer helps you by analyzing virtually any EULA for trouble.
As they say on their site, “If you aren’t reading the license agreements, you have no idea what you could be agreeing to.”
** Want To Make A Movie? **
Ok, this software resides online instead of running on your PC. But that actually works out better because you only need a web browser to access it.
Log on to www.jumpcut.com and you can create your own cool videos to share on YouTube and other sites. No, it won’t make you into a Spielberg, but it can help you get a basic video done with text overlays and more without complicated software.
A must-look website for the online video newbie.
** Fast Photo Changes **
Did you ever need to resize a digital photo or just crop it?
Did you ever need to take a huge 8 mega-pixel photo and resample it to make it work as an email attachment?
Well log on to www.irfanview.com and install the “IrfanView” software that makes these two tasks easy as 1-2-3!
Though the software takes a bare-bones approach to look and feel, it does exactly what you need to resize and resample photos and images on the fly.
** Online Flash Games **
Everybody loves video games! Ok, well, maybe not everybody, but did you know that online gaming by adults represents the fastest growing segment of the game industry?
If you love to play games online (but hate to pay for them), then log on to www.Kongregate.com. This website boasts thousands of flash games you can play right in your web browser.
Sure, some of them are a complete waste of time, but, isn’t that what playing online games is all about? I guarantee you’ll find at least one game to enjoy on this ever-expanding site. (I admit I got hooked on “Desktop Tower Defense.”)
** Free Anti-Virus **
Log on to http://free.grisoft.com and download the free anti-virus protection. It doesn’t come with any tech support, but it sure beats running your computer without any protection.
I like AVG anti-virus products because they don’t seem to bog down your system the way Norton does and, in this case, you can’t beat the price.
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Free Targeted Traffic Guaranteed – Software Program Delivers
Would you be interested in finding a software program system that provides lists of thousands of double opt-in prospects, state of the art software, operated from your desk top, which allows you to present your ads daily at the click of a button.
Traffic
- The No.1 thing you must have to be successful online.
- It doesn’t matter what you sell you simply must have traffic. Getting Targeted Traffic, not just any old traffic, is the key to success. You may have the best gizmo in the world, the best website money can buy, but if you don’t have traffic you don’t make sales.
There are many ways to get traffic to your website.
- There is Pay per Click through Google and other similar sites.
- You can buy traffic
- You can pursue free traffic methods.
- There is social networking, Blogs, traffic exchanges and an endless list of similar systems available.
All of these can be successful to some extent if you are an expert in these fields. However, you will find problems along the way with most systems requiring lots of time and money.
- If you have been trying to find a successful method of attracting traffic to your site you will know the frustrations involved.
- Like most people you will have wasted time and money on useless products.
- You know all about the money being in the List. But how do you get a list if you can’t even get visitors to your site.
Problem solved. You no longer need to use these costly time consuming and uncertain marketing methods. .
Thankfully with modern technology you can now benefit from software that can take away the guess work and the time consuming effort required to pursue any of these methods.
- You are now able to have your own Click of a Button software program that will provide you with selected double opt-in leads and allow you to email your ads to them daily.
- The software used to deliver this program is state of the art that allows you to perform the total operation from your desk.
Yes, a software program such as this does exist and can be a magical boost to all of your online marketing programs.
I have studied internet marketing for several years and seen the endless problems faced by the online marketer, the constant and costly search for a way to get traffic to their site.
As a way to get connected with a large number of prospective buyers I consider this to be the best method of reaching selected Targeted traffic I have seen.
If you are serious about internet marketing it will certainly be in your interests to thoroughly check out the contents and benefits included in this program.
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