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		<title>A new Store, new Products, Sale Items!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve changed the online store system I use to be a much better product search, descriptions and checkout process.  I&#8217;ve also started adding some new content to the store.  A number of stock photos are available for incredibly low pricing.  Also, check the 3D objects for some new content and browse the new store.  I&#8217;d love to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Render management Software &#8211; SquidNet</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/09/render-management-software-squidnet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 04:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having recently built Ethereal Render (which is a free community based rendered) I&#8217;ve seen and had many requests for other common features in a render management application.  While Ethereal Render may offer some general rendering for modo users in a non-secure online distribution it by no means does anything close to what commercial render managers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modo Tip: Optimize Animation Renders for Previews</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of time working back and forth with clients to review animations.  Many of these 3D animations are minutes long so the thousands of frames can take an enormous time to render without a powerful render farm.  In modo, I typically have all my texturing and rendering quality cranked up to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tutorial &#8211; recoil Dynamics Plugin &#8211; Bullet Time Effect</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/05/tutorial-recoil-dynamics-plugin-bullet-time-effect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/05/tutorial-recoil-dynamics-plugin-bullet-time-effect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 00:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tutorial is for the plugin recoil available now for Modo 501. It is a free tutorial and you can download the free 3D scene for modo at the bottom of the tutorial.  Recoil is a new rigid body dynamics plugin and I must say, a fantastic one that is well integrated into modo and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethereal Render &#8211; Community Render Farm RELEASED!</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/01/ethereal-render-community-render-farm-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our new Ethereal Render product is ready for public use.  Ethereal Render is a community based render farm that works across the internet to enable many machines to render the same scenes for modo at one time, greatly increasing the speed you can render at, since many machines are distributed frames for an animation render. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modo Script &#8211; Render All Cameras in One Scene File</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/01/modo-script-render-all-cameras-in-one-scene-file/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/01/modo-script-render-all-cameras-in-one-scene-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 07:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[modo camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modo rendering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modo script]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multiple cameras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rendering]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Modo has the ability to key frame just about every single parameter under its hood as a channel.  Except cameras for creating multiple angle renders and scenes.  Sometimes a single scene with a full set and animation requires multiple camera views to be rendered out for later editing the views of your choosing.  With my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethereal Render &#8211; Free Online Community Render Engine for Modo</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/01/ethereal-render-free-online-community-render-engine-for-modo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2011/01/ethereal-render-free-online-community-render-engine-for-modo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m happy to finally start mentioning a new product here at Ethereal 3D.  Its called Ethereal Render and is a community based distributed render engine for modo.  I started plans for it about a year ago and while learning more about C# and database programming, I&#8217;ve written, rewritten and added more and more to Ethereal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modo Tips &#8211; Item List and Visibility Usage</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/05/modo-tips-item-list-and-visibility-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/05/modo-tips-item-list-and-visibility-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 15:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are a number of not so common tips and concepts for modo&#8216;s item list and item selection modes that this short tutorial outlines.  For more tutorials, please check out our training section in our shop. Collapse and Fold When you have a lot of items in your itemlist, you will typically have a large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Additional Objects in the Online Shop</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/02/additional-objects-in-the-online-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3d objects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[naso tang]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[shark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are now a couple of new underwater objects in the online store here at Ethereal 3D. There is an object of a Black Tip Reef Shark and another of a Naso Tang Marine Fish.]]></description>
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		<title>New Products and Online Shop</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/01/new-products-and-online-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/01/new-products-and-online-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3D trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[3D Object &#8211; Mountain Unicycle I wanted to outline a few new items in our product list here at Ethereal 3D and a few other changes to the site.  I continue to add to the 3D objects that are available and this month I&#8217;ve added a detailed mountain unicycle to the list.  Unicycles are often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating an animated scene: Amusement Ride Park</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2010/01/creating-an-animated-scene-amusement-ride-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best things I enjoy as a 3D artist is the time I take to explore new software and create my own ideas, not the usual graphics requested by a client with their own ideas and restrictions. This amusement park scene is one of those examples where I was exploring some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create a City Scene with Replicated Free 3D Buildings</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/11/create-a-city-scene-with-replicated-free-3d-buildings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/11/create-a-city-scene-with-replicated-free-3d-buildings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[free objects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tutorials shows how to use a number of simple building mesh objects in modo 401 and use replicators to distribute them into a large city scene with many buildings for variety.  This technique works great for backgrounds and city environments for various types of animations and is all available for free using online buildings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bake Textures and Simplify a Model from 3D Google Warehouse</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/11/bake-textures-and-simplify-a-model-from-3d-google-warehouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/11/bake-textures-and-simplify-a-model-from-3d-google-warehouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bake textures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free online objects]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This tutorials shows some steps to convert a model from the online Google 3D warehouse into a simple single mesh single texture object.  This can be very useful for creating filler content that is not the center of attention but easily good enough for stand in content and backgrounds to 3D scenes.  I&#8217;ll be taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modeling a Wooden Canoe</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/09/modeling-a-wooden-canoe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/09/modeling-a-wooden-canoe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A tutorial showing the steps to produce a standard wooden canoe.]]></description>
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		<title>New Online Store!</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/new-online-store/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/new-online-store/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3d models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downloadable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free 3D models]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new online store is now available here at Ethereal 3D.  Many of our products are now available in the store with more being added and many more to come in the future.  Everything is available for immediate download and purchasing and the content from the store can be downloaded as soon as it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Architectural House Plan Layout</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/simple-rigging-in-modo-401/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/simple-rigging-in-modo-401/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[modo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architectural House Plan Layout This articles was created from my postings on a community forum and was not created as a complete step by step tutorial. It does however, show various stages of progression with some brief outlines as to how it was created in modo. These images and steps should help demonstration one method [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modelling a Puzzle</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/modelling-a-puzzle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/modelling-a-puzzle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Puzzle Art This tutorial outlines how to create the model of the objects shown here. This tutorial is intended not for the absolute beginner with modo, but for someone who is at least familiar with all common 3D terms and the modo interface. The steps here should be easy to follow for most users of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3D Object &#8211; Patio Swing</title>
		<link>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/3dobject-patioswing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ethereal3d.com/2009/08/3dobject-patioswing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike King</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products Portfolio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patio Swing now available in the online store.  This is detailed model with rigging setup in modo 401 with a controller for the swing speed.  The rig has a subtle morph map that bends the frame due to the weight of the swing as well.]]></description>
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