Chaos Group ships V-Ray 1.7 for Softimage
Free update adds support for image sequences and more ICE features, like vertex colours and weight maps.
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
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e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Mixamo to update Fuse
Updated: Character-creation tool to get option to edit meshes directly, not just by combining body parts.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
e-on software ships The Plant Factory 2014.5
Free update extends import/export options for vegetation-creation tool, and relaxes its contentious EULA.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Download this free Max rig for ultra-stretchy characters
Character TD Ahmed Shalaby's biped rig creates awesome stylised animation. Worth it just for the video.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 4.2
Updated: sizeable new update to engine to add new IK solver and camera animation system.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Expert advice: weapon designer Paul Ozzimo
The creator of Star Trek's Phasers and Men in Black's De-Atomizer discusses the art of gun design.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Craft Animations releases Craft CameraFx
New MotionBuilder plugin lets users pilot realistic virtual camera moves with a mouse or Xbox controller.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Autodesk ships FBX Review for Mac and iOS devices
Free asset-review tool comes to Macs and iPads on top of Windows; adds support for geometry caches.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Gnomon ships new Gavriil Klimov concept art training
Design Techniques for 3D Concept Art sets out cutting-edge workflow in 3ds Max, Keyshot and Photoshop.
Friday, May 9th, 2014
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 2.2 for 3ds Max
Fluid simulation system gets internal self-illumination, simulation morphing controls, PRT and OpenVDB support.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Autodesk shakes up effects and finishing tools line-up
Updated: Smoke 2015 now shipping on a pay-as-you-go-only basis. Flame 2015 family also available.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Create 3D scenes by talking about them with Text-to-3D
Free cloud-based service generates simple storyboard-type images from users' plain-English instructions.
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014