January 22, 2014
The Making of 'Totem' sets out how the magazine illustration was created in ZBrush, Maya and SpeedTree. Read More »
January 6, 2014
Nifty free tool, pitched as the 'ZBrush of particle animation', adds support for point cloud data in PLY format. Read More »
January 2, 2014
Access hours of training videos and session handouts for free, particularly if you're a Max or Maya user. Read More »
December 28, 2013
Watch 45 minutes of free video training on creating custom pipeline tools for 3ds Max and FumeFX. Read More »
December 28, 2013 | 2 comments
Try NewTek's innovative new tool for sculpting animation caches by hand. Works with most 3D packages. Read More »
December 24, 2013
Jesus Rodriguez Nieto's work-in-progress tech aims to automate skinning, secondary deformation. Read More »
December 23, 2013 | 2 comments
Updated: Development partner Otoy makes streaming and OctaneCloud technology available free forever. Read More »
December 18, 2013
Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options. 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 | 2 comments
Maya fur plugin adds procedural feather geometry, new grooming tools, support for OpenSubdiv. Read More »
December 13, 2013 | 1 comment
Maya crowd simulator adds support for compound bone systems, more advanced actor interactions. 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
New Maya version of the 3ds Max plugin for caching animated geometry speeds up work in mixed pipelines. Read More »
December 5, 2013
Latest extension suddenly makes the 'lite' version of Maya for games artists a much more powerful proposition. Read More »
December 2, 2013
Control deformations and particles with this CUDA-based tool to scatter and manipulate points on a mesh. Read More »
November 29, 2013 | 1 comment
Turn any model into an editable, relightable cloud in real time with this Maya plugin. AE version to come. Read More »
November 29, 2013 | 1 comment
Updated: Browse stock content directly inside Maya via former MPC TD's new cloud-based marketplace. Read More »
November 26, 2013
Update to the GPU-based renderer adds progressive rendering. Modo and Softimage editions mooted. Read More »
November 22, 2013 | 1 comment
Watch the Pixar TD's entire 2008 training DVD on his website, along with downloadable project files. Read More »
November 20, 2013
Maya version of the renderer gets improved relighting workflow, geometric area lights, better SSS. Read More »
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