Videos: see new features in V-Ray 2.0 for Maya
Check out GPU accleration, the new car paint shader and Ptex workflow in the new version of the renderer, released today.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Book review: d'artiste: Character Design
After eight years of publishing, is Ballistic still able to offer fresh material for artists with its ninth d'artiste release?
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Golaem to release new high-end crowd simulator
Golaem Crowd aims to provide simpler alternative to Massive for complex visual effects shots.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Create a short for Taptu and win a VFX internship
Produce a piece featuring the app developer's slogan and win a four-week placement at Prime Focus.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Beta test Carbon Scatter for Maya or Cinema 4D
e-on software calls for volunteers to test upcoming ports of its new instancing plug-in.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
modo gets new Bullet physics rigid body plug-in
New recoil plug-in adds hard-body dynamics to app's gradually expanding animation toolkit.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Okino ships Inventor 2012-ready file conversion apps
Export your Inventor 2012 files to Max, Maya, Softimage, Cinema 4D or LightWave for rendering.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Free update adds 64-bit support to Terragen
Version 2.3 also adds new colour picker, option to render simple animations created in other apps.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Pixologic announces features of ZBrush 4R2
Free update to add new 'LightCap' toolset to match ZBrush models into HDR backplates automatically.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Crytek to release free CryEngine 3 SDK
UDK-style development kit for the state-of-the-art game engine available online in August.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Maxon reports record earnings for 2010
Cites simplified Cinema 4D product portfolio and annual subscriptions as recipes for success.
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Eye candy: Elastic's Game of Thrones titles
Transatlantic directorial trio turns in genre-mashing two-minute intro for hit HBO fantasy series.
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Eye candy: ColourBleed
Cool, chromatic trailer for a new $15,000 HD short, with effects by a gaggle of VFX industry veterans.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011