Get Miguel Angel Santiago's free noise library for Mari
DT3D Mari Procedural Library adds nine new procedural types to the app, with scope to author new ones.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
nEyeMaker for Maya creates ultra-customisable eyeballs
Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Autodesk releases Autodesk Remote
Free tool for users on subscription contracts lets you drive any Autodesk product from a remote computer.
Sunday, October 27th, 2013
The Blender Foundation responds to UI criticisms
Post on the Blender development blog points out difficulties of UI redesign, proposes working group.
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Autodesk lifts geometry export cap from Maya LT
If you're exporting to Unity, at least. For FBX files, the new Extension release ups the limit to 65,000 polys.
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Video: how Epic created the FX in the UE4 Infiltrator demo
New making-of video explores the new particle tools in Unreal Engine 4, including dynamic particle lighting.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
Eye candy: Framestore's The Day of the Doctor trailer
Creative Flame work crams 50 years of Doctor Who history - and all 11 Doctors - in a single one-minute spot.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Videos: Nvidia's multi-physics, volumetrics and GI tools
Check out impressive demos of the developer's new FLEX, Flame Works and GI Works real-time technologies.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
QuadSpinner releases Helios SkyBuilder for Vue
Dax Pandhi's ambitious Vue add-on enables users to create ultra-detailed skies for visual effects work.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Eye candy: Platige Image's Ryse: Son of Rome cinematic
Teaser for Crytek's Xbox One title combines simulation with stylised art direction to strikingly grim effect.
Monday, October 21st, 2013
NextLimit adds OpenVDB support to RealFlow
Free update adds support for the DreamWorks-developed volumetric file format, over 70 new graph nodes.
Friday, October 18th, 2013
Video: use mocap data to drive 2D animation
See IKinema's free WebAnimate browser-based retargeting tool in use to create not 3D, but toon animation.
Friday, October 18th, 2013
Video: what Blender's interface should look like
Watch Blender Guru's Andrew Price analyse the software's 'broken' UI, then comment on his own proposals.
Thursday, October 17th, 2013