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 »
November 20, 2013
Free experimental versions of the plugins let other apps import Houdini Digital Assets in editable form. Read More »
November 14, 2013
Learn from 14 of the world's leading games and VFX artists in the online classes, from 16-31 December. Read More »
November 14, 2013
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games. Read More »
November 7, 2013 | 22 comments
Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests. Read More »
October 28, 2013
Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat. Read More »
October 16, 2013
Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig. Read More »
October 1, 2013 | 6 comments
Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time. Read More »
September 26, 2013
Low-cost production-tracking system gets extensive overhaul, better compatibility with Nuke and Hiero. Read More »
September 17, 2013
Updated with new video: Watch the Naughty Dog artist's guide to using Otoy's GPU-accelerated engine. Read More »
September 15, 2013
Updated: GPU-accelerated renderer gets physically based GI, multi-GPU support, new 3ds Max edition. Read More »
September 12, 2013 | 1 comment
Updated: See Fabric Engine's VFX renderer power a custom per-pixel camera projection tool inside Max. Read More »
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