Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Free Resources
Visit Gnomon's free 3D Artist Career Paths event
See Blizzard veterans explain how to break into the industry at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Thursday 27 August, or watch online.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
Download two free 3D characters from xoio-air
Get male and female 3D scanned characters in OBJ and MAX formats, both licensed for commercial use.
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Luxion launches KeyShot plugins for Maya, Cinema 4D
Free add-ons let users access the renderer directly from their software or export BIP files without KeyShot.
Saturday, August 15th, 2015
Watch Sculpting Human Anatomy - Clay to ZBrush
See a free three-hour session from Naughty Dog's Glauco Longhi at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday, or watch online.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Richard Rosenman ships Ultraflares
Neat new plugin adds over 200 customisable lens flares and light effects to Photoshop and Painter.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Features planned for VPaint 1.5
See a list of new features planned for version 1.5 of the open-source app that creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana
KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
Watch Designing The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Updated: See Marvel Studios artists discuss their work at this free event on Saturday 8 August - now also to be livestreamed online.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.1
GPU production renderer gets new noise filter to clean up renders, plus support for Maya's XGen and Bifrost.
Thursday, August 6th, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12 in beta
Free Lite edition now rebranded plain DaVinci Resolve; $995 Studio edition now adds Linux support.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
10 questions: Ori and the Blind Forest's Simon Kopp
The concept artist tells us about his work, designing believable game worlds, and his tips for other artists.
Monday, July 27th, 2015