Eye candy: the world's best student CG art
Six Gnomon graduates won prizes at this year's CG Student Awards. See all of their winning work here.
Friday, June 6th, 2014
The Foundry ships Ocula 4
'Complete overhaul' of Nuke stereo toolkit streamlines workflow and adds support for GPU acceleration.
Friday, June 6th, 2014
Expert advice: X-Men concept star Maciej Kuciara
The creator of Days of Future Past's deadly Sentinels reveals his key tools and workflow secrets.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Leap Motion controller to track individual joint motion
Free update to $80 gesture controller will deliver more precise mocap data to indie hand-tracking systems.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Eye candy: Miarmy's cool VFX crowds reel
See some amazing shots created in the Maya crowd-simulation system from studios all over the world.
Thursday, June 5th, 2014
Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 3
3ds Max and Maya shattering and destruction tool gets new preview mode, extra controls, speed boost.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Thinkbox Software releases Stoke MX 2.0 for 3ds Max
Increasingly versatile simulation tool now incorporates firm's $595 Genome geometry modifier.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2014
Esri ships CityEngine 2014.0
Powerful procedural city-generation tool gets new plugins integrating it with Maya and Unity.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
RandomControl ships Arion for 3ds Max 2.70
Big update to unbiased renderer boosts speed, ups maximum render size, adds new relighting workflow.
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Luxion ships KeyShot 5
Intuitive renderer with growing following among concept artists adds instancing, Sun & Sky system.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Crytek releases CryEngine on Steam for $9.90/month
Cutting-edge game engine now available to any dev for under a tenner - and no cut of the profits.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Pixar to make RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Unrestricted free version due this summer. Price of commercial version cut to just $495, effective now.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Download a free 8K HDRI of Pixar's campus
Light your scenes with a 32-bit HDR of Pixar's Emeryville HQ - complete with its giant model of Luxo Jr.
Thursday, May 29th, 2014