Wacom announces Cintiq 22HD and 24HD touch
New top-of-the-range pen displays offer much improved screen quality, but be prepared to get a bank loan.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Watch Evolution: two minutes of Softimage particle magic
It's officially a demo for Mootzoid's emFlock2 version 2.3 flocking tool, but it's also beautiful eye candy.
Monday, July 9th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: Stadium UK
Passion Pictures' spot for the London 2012 Olympics captures the magic of the Games without the PR hype.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Ten killer tips for living to see your 40th birthday
Infusion Studios' Samuel Conlogue posts a neat list of ways for CG folk to achieve A Life Less Sedentary.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: the Architectural 3D Awards 2012 nominees
Updated: Lots for non-architects, too, from a homage to 2001 to Jonathan Gales' winning short, Megalomania.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
ArtVPS adds cloud rendering to Shaderlight 2.2
Send jobs to the cloud directly from within SketchUp with the plugin's new one-click online rendering system.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Refractive Software releases OctaneRender for Maya
New plugin embeds the GPU-accelerated physically based renderer directly within Maya.
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 1.5
Crowd simulator now shows your actors directly within the Maya render window, rather than baking geometry.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Ladybug
See Chilean studio Leyenda's calling card to the cinematics market, done in just seven weeks of part-time work.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
GPU review: Quadro 5000 vs GeForce GTX 580
Pro card or games card? The NYC 3ds Max user group sets out to settle which is better for 3D work.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
EU court rules: it's okay to resell downloaded software
Good news if you've got copies of Maya, Photoshop et al gathering dust at the back of your hard drive.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
Watch three hours of 'ICE porn' from Psyop
See footage of sessions from the studio's recent workshop, hosted by the stars of the Softimage world.
Monday, July 2nd, 2012