Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2014
See the best real-time 3D models uploaded to the website this month: from Salarians to Sherman tanks.
Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Unity 4.6 ships
Create UIs with in-world interactions with the engine's much-anticipated new interface creation system.
Thursday, November 27th, 2014
OLM Digital releases Color Key and Distance Gradation
Free After Effects plugins speed up keying and creation of glow effects, particularly for 2D animation work.
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
ButterflyNetRender 5.15 ships
Updated: Versatile network render controller gets new render wizards, supports OS X as well as Windows.
Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
Gnomon to host free Making of Sunset Overdrive event
Hang out in Hollywood with key Insomniac art staff at a free two-hour session on Thursday 4 December.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
NewTek ships LightWave 2015: price cut to $995
New Bullet constraints, new Match Perspective tool, new version numbering - and new lower price.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Gnomon releases Making Frankenstein's Monster
Recreate the creature in Mudbox and Maya with Treyarch character artist Peter Zoppi's full five-hour guide.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2014
Videos: Pixologic unveils ZBrush 4R7
Updated: new high-speed demo shows the ZModeler poly modelling toolset and the KeyShot bridge.
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
Download Viz-People's HDRi v1 collection for free
Get ten 12,000px x 5,800px spherical HDRs taken at different times of day, each with its own tonemapped PNG.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Alexandra Institute releases Elementacular 1.2
Turn any model into an relightable cloud and render it as a 32-bit HDR with this neat Maya plugin.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Pixar ships RenderMan 19
Featuring the new RIS raytracing architecture and costing just $495. Free version now due early 2015.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Download five free 4K light probes in EXR format
Check out Illuminated Tools' new set of free hi-res HDRIs. All are licensed for commercial use.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
My time at Gnomon: DC Collectibles' James Marsano
The man behind DC Comics' iconic collectibles explains how Gnomon helped him to a career in CG.
Friday, November 21st, 2014