AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by a third
Cost of a licence of the GPU-accelerated renderer for Maya and 3ds Max down to €599 ($820).
Monday, May 19th, 2014
How to spot a bad HDRI
Updated with new video: Hyperfocal Design's Jay Weston explains how to spot and fix duff HDR image files.
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Pro Hands
Motion-capture hand and finger movements in real-time with an $80 Leap Motion sensor.
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Sneak peak: viscous fluids in RealFlow 2014
Updated: watch Next Limit's complete FMX presentation, showing all the new features of RF 2014.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Shotgun announces first ever Pipeline Awards
New awards for tools devs to recognise unsung heroes who make VFX movies and games possible.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Craft Animations releases Craft CameraFx
New MotionBuilder plugin lets users pilot realistic virtual camera moves with a mouse or Xbox controller.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Autodesk ships FBX Review for Mac and iOS devices
Free asset-review tool comes to Macs and iPads on top of Windows; adds support for geometry caches.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Make waves with splines in Bezier Attractor for Max
Clovis Gay's upcoming MAXScript plugin lets users animate splashes and vortices using simple curves.
Monday, May 12th, 2014
Videos: set up Pixar-style rigging in Max and Maya
Harry Houghton's tutorials show how to create animation controls similar to Pixar's Presto software.
Monday, May 12th, 2014
Gnomon ships new Gavriil Klimov concept art training
Design Techniques for 3D Concept Art sets out cutting-edge workflow in 3ds Max, Keyshot and Photoshop.
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 2.2 for 3ds Max
Fluid simulation system gets internal self-illumination, simulation morphing controls, PRT and OpenVDB support.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Autodesk shakes up effects and finishing tools line-up
Updated: Smoke 2015 now shipping on a pay-as-you-go-only basis. Flame 2015 family also available.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Blender Institute scales back Project Gooseberry
Proposed animated feature scaled down to a pilot for now, despite nearly $400,000 in crowdfunding.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014