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NEW FORUM FEATURES
Profile improvements, Gallery features...
NEWS
NEW FORUM FEATURES
written by element on 2008-05-13 15:46:42

We updated our community portal with some new features and improvements today.

Most of the changes are "Member specific changes" to give you more possibilities to get in network with other users.


If you find new Bugs, please feel free to post it in our Bug(fix) Thread/List Thread.


Minor changes under "read more"







New Member Profile Page


The member profile page has been completely redesigned from the ground up.

The new page presents information in a far cleaner and more logical manner, while dividing up information into manageable chunks using a tabbed interface.

Individual profile field categories can be displayed alone in blocks in the right column, in addition to appearing by default in the 'About Me' tab.



Inline Editing of Profile Field Values


The 'About Me' tab of each member's profile page has edit controls, allowing them to quickly change values without leaving their profile page.



Public Messaging


The Public Messaging System allowing users to communicate publicly via their profile pages.



Reciprocal Friendships Between Users


As part of our new social networking system, users can now request that people on their buddy list confirm their friendship, after which time a person's list of confirmed friends will be viewable to other users.


User Picture Galleries


CG-Cars users can now create albums and upload pictures to their account. The ability to view these albums and pictures can be limited by the user to just board staff and people on their buddy list if they want privacy.



User-Created Social Groups


To further social cohesion between users and to encourage people to make friends, CG-Cars now includes a facility to allow users to create their own social/interest groups.


Thread Tagging

A new way to facilitate searching and grouping of threads, it is now possible for users to add tags to threads they post or read. Tags can be added when creating a new thread, or to an existing thread by any user (with appropriate permissions).

Any users who then click on these tags will not only find all thread that have the same tag as the one clicked, but will also contribute to the building of a search tag cloud, which gives users a quick guide as to what has been searched for recently and most frequently.


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CHOICE GALLERY
FERRARI 312 B3
Next Choice Award for Jomar Machado.

A beautiful Studio Render of a Ferrari 312 B3.

Modeled with 3D Studio Max and rendered with MentalRay.

WORK IN PROGRESS
LAMBORGHINI REVENTON
JohnZi creates one of the first accurate and clean
Lamborghini Reventon Poly
Model.

Modeled with 3D Studio Max and rendered with Vray.

check it out...
CHOICE GALLERY
BMW 5ER
Choice Award for Kramin

 

(Vladimir Kramin). He modeled his BMW 5er with Studiotools and rendered it with vray.

Very close to the original image by bmw...

Take a look...

WORK IN PROGRESS
MERCEDES SLR
ORB is on the best way to get a fixed "FrontPage" contract.
very interesting to see his Mercedes SLR forming with Nurbs.

Modeling in rhino, rendering
with vray and 3D Studio Max.
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RESOURCES
TIRE REFERENCE THREAD
Old but always very usefull. The Tire Reference Thread by element.
Pictures of the following Brands are contained: Avon Tires, Goodrich Tires, Bridgestone, Continental, Dunlop Tires, Firestone, Fuzion, General Tire, Goodyear, Hoosier Racing Tire, Kumho Tires, Michelin, Pirelli, Sumitomo, Yokohama

by element - no specific Software

TUTORIAL
SHARE / SHOW YOUR STUDIO LIGHTING SETUP
Not a step by step tutorial, but a very instructive sticky thread with lots of information. CG Cars user share their Studio lighting setup. Be part of it and click "read more".

by community - no specific Software

TUTORIAL
PAINTING A TIRE TEXTURE AND SETTING UP A MATERIAL FOR MENTAL RAY IN 3D STUDIO MAX
Step by step Tutorial from TwoOneOne explaning how to create a nice looking Tire Material in 3D Studio Max and Mental Ray. For sure you can do this Tutorial in any other Software package.

by TwoOneOne - 3D Studio Max

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