December 18, 2013
Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options. Read More »
December 18, 2013
GoBOXX 2725 is "likely more powerful than the desktop workstation you're currently using", says firm. Read More »
December 18, 2013
Updated: GPU render engine gets speed boosts, instancing and SSS; also physical sky and Z-clipping. Read More »
December 17, 2013
Check out eight minutes of beautiful Houdini effects breakdowns from the epic Russian war movie. Read More »
December 17, 2013
User-created C4D port to join 3ds Max and Maya as an official edition of the particle renderer. Read More »
December 16, 2013
Hyperfocal Design's Jay Weston explains how to spot duff HDR files - and two simple tricks to fix them. Read More »
December 16, 2013
Disney veteran Frederic Durand's Light and Shadow shows that good lighting is about more than just lights. Read More »
December 13, 2013
The matte painter on Oblivion and Thor: The Dark World faces our barrage of tech and career questions. Read More »
December 13, 2013 | 2 comments
Maya fur plugin adds procedural feather geometry, new grooming tools, support for OpenSubdiv. Read More »
December 13, 2013
Free unbiased renderer gets streamlined new GUI, new material editor and advanced colour picker. Read More »
December 13, 2013 | 1 comment
Maya crowd simulator adds support for compound bone systems, more advanced actor interactions. Read More »
December 11, 2013
Our summary of the tech specs cuts through some of the confusion about the new $149 modding tool. Read More »
December 11, 2013
Updated with more details: Download a free licence of the VFX renderer used by Prime Focus on Total Recall. Read More »
December 10, 2013
New procedural art tool from the creator of Flame Painter generates arresting swirls, glows and light trails. Read More »
December 10, 2013
Update adds V-Ray RT GPU, plus bonus add-on with 200 readymade material and lighting set-ups. Read More »
December 10, 2013
Updated: New GPU-accelerated tool generates games texture maps from photographic source images. Read More »
December 9, 2013
The versatile technical director discusses the key skills for today's TDs, and his tips for young FX artists. Read More »
December 9, 2013
See how Epic Games set up the fluid and particle effects for its UE4 Infiltrator tech demo. Read More »
December 9, 2013
New Maya version of the 3ds Max plugin for caching animated geometry speeds up work in mixed pipelines. Read More »
December 9, 2013 | 2 comments
Maya crowd-simulation system adds support for any non-humanoid character, new flocking behaviour. Read More »
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