Fabric Engine unveils Flora for Maya and Softimage
Powerful vegetation generator built with the newly repriced Creation platform plays nicely in any pipeline.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4.1
New Live link to 3ds Max lets users design custom image-based light rigs and see results in V-Ray RT.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Video tutorials: using Panel Loops in ZBrush 4R5
Watch Michael Pavlovich sculpt complex hard-surface models in Pixologic's new free online training.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 2.2
Maya crowd-simulation tool adds support for Arnold renderer, new automatic texture-variation system.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
One to bookmark: LayerPaint
Find free tutorials and galleries on 3DTotal's new sister site for things Photoshop and Painter-related.
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Autodesk updates meshmixer08
Updated: Free modelling tool gets neat new option to show if models will stand up when 3D printed.
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Videos: real-time hair in Luminous Studio
Watch hair being rendered in Square Enix's next-gen game engine - including a rather odd demo of a beard.
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Mixamo releases Mecanim Animation Store plugin
New Unity add-on lets developers access Mixamo's motion library from directly within the software.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.5
Low-cost crowd-simulation system for Max, Maya and Cinema 4D gets SSS material, overlay motion clips.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
How Gnomon is reinventing online training
Gnomon's new live online courses make its legendary VFX tuition available anywhere in the world.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Watch the classes from Autodesk University 2012
Lots of free tutorials for 3ds Max and Maya, but only a couple for Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage.
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Video Copilot releases Element 3D 1.5
Free update to the plugin adds support for rendering 3D animations in real time inside After Effects.
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Artixels releases Escher 1.0 for Nuke
New collection of shaders and tools creates 3D effects faster through ingenious 2D-style workflows.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013