Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1
New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Free Resources
Faceware Technologies ships Faceware Live 2.0
Markerless facial mocap system adds support for multiple characters, option to stream data live into Unity.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Side Effects releases Houdini Indie
Updated: new edition gives anyone making under $100K the full feature set of Houdini FX for $199/year.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Zoic Studios ships $10 iPad app for viewing virtual sets
ZEUS:Scout lets users build and navigate virtual environments and comp them into live video footage.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
WuKong brings Flame-style workflow to Nuke
Handy free set of Python scripts lets users connect nodes by dragging one over another, and much more.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
PTGui 10 gets GPU-based image stitching engine
Create panoramas up to 10x faster with New House Internet Services' popular image-stitching tool.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Check system performance with BlenchMark
Free Blender-based benchmarking tool tests both CPU and GPU and reports results to a central website.
Monday, July 28th, 2014
Download 165 new Xfrog 3D plant models for free
Get 36 plants, trees and shrubs in a range of common formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Friday, July 25th, 2014
e-on ships Ozone 2014
Updated: Atmosphere creation plugin adds physically accurate sunlight. Free PLE edition now available.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Download over 80 free 3ds Max, Maya & V-Ray materials
Updated: RenderBox Studio's free online library now includes two new sets of car paint materials.
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Watch the Siggraph 2014 animation festival winners
Not all of them can be shown online in full yet, but we've got extended clips and making-ofs for the others.
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
SGO ships Mamba FX 2.0
Check out this $320 node-based compositor for Windows, Linux and Mac from the makers of Mistika.
Friday, July 18th, 2014