e-on software releases LumenRT 3 Review
Easy-to-use SketchUp visualisation tool gets animated plants, advanced materials, 10x boost in speed.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
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PipelineFX releases Qube! MobileView monitoring app
Free tool enables users to view renderfarms remotely or retry dropped frames.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
DreamWorks open sources the OpenVDB file format
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Side Effects cuts price of Houdini Master to $4,495
Software also renamed Houdini FX, given updated fluid and fire sims, new integrated 'smart asset' store.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
IKinema unveils LiveAction virtual production system
Stream mocap data into Maya and preview the results on a virtual set, complete with real-time shadows.
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Thinkbox Software announces Draft
New plugin for the Deadline render manager automates creation of contact sheets and QuickTimes.
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Motion Tools 1.0: do motion graphics in Softimage
Gustavo Boehs' free collection of ICE-based tools automates common motion graphics tasks.
Monday, July 30th, 2012
Rich Diamant ships Diamant Modeling Tools for Maya
Updated: Blizzard star's retopology and brush-based modelling plugin now out of alpha and ready to buy.
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Verold Studio Widget puts ZBrush models into blogs
Embed high-poly sculpts in blogs and forum posts, thanks to the folk behind ZBrush's QRemesher tools.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R4
Major free update adds retopology tools, new Insert Multi Mesh system, (almost) unlimited undos. Very cool.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Thinkbox Software announces Deadline 6.0
Popular renderfarm management solution to get support for cloud render services, new standard GUI.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Dell rolls out powerful new mobile workstations
Precision M4700 and M6700 offer new Ivy Bridge CPUs - and more CUDA cores than your desktop.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Frozen Flame cuts price of MindTex to just $15
You wait years for an affordable map creation tool aimed at indie game artists, then two come along at once.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012