10 key tips for lighting and look development
Improve the realism of your work with these expert tips from Sony Pictures Imageworks' Cosku Turhan
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Free Resources
Digital Frontier ships free 3ds Max Alembic importer
Import files in the new industry-standard interchange format into 3ds Max, complete with animation.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Thinkbox Software launches free video-editing app
Use Cinelab to perform basic video editing operations on your tablet - but you'll need Windows 8 to do so.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Hollywood Camera Work releases Shot Designer app
Create animated blocking diagrams and shot lists with Per Holmes' handy new iOS and Android app.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Get Mash: 12 free motion graphics nodes for Maya
Try Mainframe North's excellent readymade tools for creating common motion design behaviours.
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
JefeCorp makes JefeCheck free to download
Is this production-ready playback and shot review software the best VFX tool you've never heard of?
Friday, October 19th, 2012
Viz-People releases six free spherical skies
Download six hi-res 360-degree sky images, licensed for use in your commercial CG work.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Coolorus releases colour wheel for Adobe tools
Put a Painter-style colour wheel inside Flash or Photoshop with this inexpensive little add-on.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
Get Genesis figures into Poser with DSON Importer
Export DAZ Studio 4's next-gen figures to Poser with this (temporarily) free new plugin.
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
Get Insert MeshMaster and MatCap Baker for ZBrush
Speed up brush and MatCap creation with these free plugins created by Ubisoft's Joseph Drust.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
Model on Android with Scalisoft's Spacedraw
New app lets you create, texture and light simple hard-surface models on your Android tablet or smartphone.
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Atangeo ships polygon Cruncher plugin for Unity
New games mesh-decimation tool generates LODs preserving your normals and texture co-ordinates.
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Brillstudio releases ShaderMonger 2.0 for Maya
Free shader-management tool now offers automated download and installation from its online library.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012