Gnomon ships Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot
See the modern matte painting workflow from end to end in Game of Thrones veteran Igor Staritsin's seven-hour video.
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
YafaRay gets new lease of life as YafaRay-E 1.0
New 'experimental' release adds new tools and fixes old bugs in the pioneering open-source raytracer.
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
Björn Sonnenschein creates Natronizer for Blender
Handy free live link plugin lets users composite Blender video projects in Natron, not the native compositor.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
Hans Godard ships Skinning Converter for Maya
Naughty Dog TD's nifty plugin turns any animated mesh into a bone based rig - even Alembic caches and cloth sims.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Rokoko Electronics unveils Salto full-body mocap suit
Danish startup promises lightweight inertial capture suit for just $700. A further $150 gets you gloves on top.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Download DGDM's free Maya SLiB | Browser plugin
Updated: Handy add-on offers a simple way to browse shaders. New Pro edition lets you export them, too.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Sneak peek: Lumion 6
See footage rendered in the next version of the real-time visualisation software, but no feature list just yet.
Friday, October 16th, 2015
Pixar launches RenderMan for Houdini
New bridge plugin ships out of the box with Houdini 15, and supports RenderMan's advanced features.
Friday, October 16th, 2015
Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0
Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Autodesk acquires iDraw, rebrands it as Graphic
Indeeo's GPU-accelerated vector drawing tool rebranded Graphic 3.0 and pressure sensitivity added.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Miguel Winfield releases MG-Picker Studio 1.5
Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Raylight Games releases XrayUnwrap 2.0 for 3ds Max
Inexpensive one-click UV unwrapping tool gets new options for selecting and organising UVs and handling seams.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Master 3D Creature Design with Gnomon's new video
Turn a simple sketch into a fully rendered 3D concept with ILM artist Luis Carrasco's ZBrush, KeyShot and Photoshop tutorial.
Monday, October 12th, 2015