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
Free Resources
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
Teach your kids modelling with Blox 3D
Free iOS, Android and Windows app lets 4-to-8-year-olds create simple block-based 3D models.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Blender to get GPU-based OpenSubdiv support
Video: GPU-enabled implementation of Pixar's subdivision surface libraries coming in Blender 2.72.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Download 10 free furniture models from Dimensiva
Get models of chairs, tables and lights in MAX, 3DS, OBJ and FBX format, licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2014
Act-3D unveils Lumion 4.5
Real-time architectural rendering tool gets improved shadows; options to merge elements between scenes.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014