moma for Mari: render Mari scenes in Modo's renderer
Jacobo Barreiro updates his two-way bridge between Modo and Maya to support The Foundry's paint package.
Monday, July 29th, 2013
Free Resources
e-on software releases Vue 11.5 PLE
Learning edition of the environment tool gives access the full feature set of Vue 11.5 Infinite and xStream.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Navié releases Effex 2.0 for Cinema 4D
Plugin expands into full 'modular VFX framework', including particles, fluids and volumetric modelling.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Autodesk ships FBX Review
Free DirectX 11-based viewer lets games artists review assets in a range of standard 3D file formats.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Foundry and Pixar announce 'strategic collaboration'
Immediate result: copies of Katana now come with a free licence of RenderMan Pro Server.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Dynamixyz announces Performer 7
Up-and-coming markerless facial mocap system gets new background solving and scripting options.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
BadKing releases free ZBrush Mega Monster Brush Pack
Download over 150 heads and body parts in native ZBrush format, and build your own monsters from them.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Cl3ver creates interactive 3D presentations in the cloud
Upload 3D assets, add interactions, and share the results using nothing more than a standard web browser.
Friday, July 12th, 2013
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine
API turns Houdini into "world’s most powerful plugin" for other DCC apps. Sign up to test the Maya and Unity plugins now.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Wayne Robson releases three handy free MAXScripts
Wayne's Morph Switcher, Morph Renamer and Nitrous Tools fix common 3ds Max workflow niggles.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Mainframe North releases Mash 2.1 for Maya
Updated: Versatile set of tools for motion graphics in Maya get new Flight node for flocking and swarming effects.
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
Mir Vadim ships RayFire 1.62 for 3ds Max
And the demos of the destruction plugin's new voxelisation and clustering tools are pure eye candy.
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
One to bookmark: Syncronia
Browse hundreds of free models of real furniture, fixtures and fittings on this architectural resources site.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013