Concept artist Emmanuel Shiu on the art of After Earth
The Iron Man veteran talks us through his world and vehicle designs for M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi drama.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Free Resources
Steven Longay releases TreeSketch 3.0 for iPad
Cool free app lets users 'sketch' trees via simple gestures, then export textured 3D models to Dropbox.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.5
Better cost-reporting tools in the renderfarm manager turn your 'money faucet' into a responsive pipeline.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
Amazon launches free online storyboarding tool
Amazon Storyteller takes scripts in RTF format and generates simple 2D storyboards automatically.
Monday, June 10th, 2013
NFB releases free iPad animation app
Create shorts using digital versions of Norman McLaren's techniques - or watch 51 of his own films.
Saturday, June 8th, 2013
Milan Suk releases BulletSOP 2.0 for Houdini
New free tool creates ultra-complex rigid-body simulations in Houdini using the Bullet physics toolset.
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Polygonal Design releases Unfold3D Generation 8
UV unwrapping tool now handles million-triangle meshes and outputs multi-grid UVs for use in Mari.
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Animators' Toolkit for 3ds Max "creates cool stuff, faster"
$25 suite of scripts created by two VFX veterans boosts common rigging and animation tasks.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Allegorithmic releases B2M Lite for iOS and Android
Create texture maps on the move with this free version of Bitmap2Material for mobile devices.
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Download Ten24's free hi-res scan of a human skull
Available as a ZBrush 4R5 ZTL file or decimated OBJ, and licensed for use in commercial work.
Friday, May 31st, 2013
Joe Alter releases LipService 6.5 for Maya
Updated with new video: sculpting and rigging toolset gets muscle system similar to Weta's Tissue.
Friday, May 31st, 2013
Our pick of Siggraph 2013's emerging technologies
New research on show ranges from weird Kinect tricks to using your bathwater as a touchscreen interface.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Next Limit ships RealFlow 2013
Long-awaited update adds Alembic support, GPU-accelerated Hybrido 2 fluid solver, new Relationship Editor.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013