Online Learning Resources

This page lists some of the better 3D sites on the web. You'll find links to sites featuring Softimage resources, to Softimage user sites featuring tips, tutorials, and graphics, and to sites for Game Developers.

If you know of any sites related to the world of 3D that should be part of our list, please e-mail us the relevant information.

3D Industry

• CG Society - Great portal focusing on all things CG.
• Inside Computer Graphics - Online magazine dedicated to CG
• Register - Biting the hand that feeds IT

Sites Featuring Softimage Resources

• XSI Base - The largest online community of XSI Users.
• XSI Database - Free XSI materials, plug-ins, scripts, and more.
• ShareCG - 3D community site where users can showcase work and find tutorials, plug-ins, texture, materials, and myriad other resources.
• 3D Buzz - XSI forums, learning tools, and more.

• 3D Quakers - XSI Training materials available for purchase online.
• Korean XSI User Group site - The official community for XSI artists in Korea.
• 3D Valley.com - Resources for Softimage users, including tutorials, models and forums.
• Evermotion - Plenty of great tutorials for XSI.
• Forum3D.pl - Discussion forum for XSI artists in Poland.
• 3D Tutorial.com - Excellent source of tutorials for XSI.
• CG Talk - Has a great forum for XSI Users moderated by Ed Harriss.
• Highend3D - Featuring an XSI Forum moderated by Ed Harriss.
• XSI User Groups -a list of user groups from XSI Base.
• MindThink.de - A whole slew of free tools for XSI.
• Softimage.ru - XSI Community in Russia.
• Sumatra.it - XSI community in Italy.
• XSIforum.de- XSI community in Germany.
• XSIForum.com - A Spanish forum for XSI Users.
• Inframez.com  - Plenty of tutorials for using Real Time Shaders in XSI.
• 3DLinks.com - A very informative site for all things 3D, includes lots of tools and news.
• XSI Files A resource site created by Craig Simmons to keep track of XSI news, information and resources.
• China XSI  - a portal with news and resources for XSI users in China.
• Digital Producer - CG news portal.
• 3D Cafe
• 3D Ark
• 3D Up  - a massive site for resources and models.
• XSI Arabia - a Softimage Community in the Middle East.

Softimage Users' Sites - Tips, Tutorials, Graphics and More!

• Miquel Campos - Great video tutorials for XSI in Spanish.
• Reinhard Claus - Reinhard's portfolio, including XSI resources such as the RCTools plugin.
• Marcelo Ricardo Ortiz - Wonderful XSI artist from Brazil.
• Raffael Dickreuter - Raffael's site with XSI tutorials and scripts.
• Graham Clark - Graham's personal web site with plenty of XSI stuff.
• Alonso Varela - Very cool Spanish site with lots of resources for XSI.
• Victor Luckysov - Victor's 3D portfolio.
• David Rowntree - An awesome New Shader programming tutorial, more to come.
• Andy Hayes - Some very cool resources for XSI.
• Bernard Lebel - A wonderful site full of artwork and XSI resources.
• Jordi Bares - Jordi's new and improved site!
• Marco Iozzi - An Italian 3D artist and animator.
• Kim Aldis - This long-time Softimage artist has a new web site with XSI tutorials.
• Oz Adi - Softimage character animator.
• 3D Elements - A site showcasing the SOFTIMAGE|3D work of David Groenendijk.
• Roger Rosa - A new site dedicated to XSI out of France.
• Ed Harriss - An old Pro.
• Jean-Marc Ariu - Talented XSI artist from France.
• Michele Sandroni - Technical Artist, Tool Developer, 3D Character Animator
• Andy Nicholas - Technical artist and programmer based in the south of England
• Christoph Schinko - Character Animator, XSI Trainer, and Independent Filmmaker

Gaming News and Reviews

• GameSpy
• FilePlanet
• Game Spot
• Game Daily - Industry news
• Penny-Arcade - Games-aware cartoon

Game Development

• Gamasutra - Game development information, community
• GameDev - Game development information