CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.3
Update to Maya/mental ray toolkit adds new colour bleed SSS shader, support for SprayTrace renderer.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Free Resources
Act-3D ships Lumion Pro
New high-end edition of the real-time visualisation tool ups output resolution, adds new export options.
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
FMX 2012: In search of virtual production
At Europe's premier CG show, the buzz is all about virtual production. CG Channel went to investigate.
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Wayne Robson to ship two cool free Mudbox tools
Mudbox star to release import/export toolkit MudWalkerX and intelligent polygon-reduction tool ReDucto.
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
One to try: appleseed
It may be yet another open source physically based renderer - but it's being written specifically with production in mind.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Gnomon releases two-hour Pixar lighting masterclass
New DVD sees Pixar Lighting TD Jeremy Vickery reveal the principles behind Efficient Cinematic Lighting.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Luxology releases trial versions of modo 601
Get a 15-day licence for free, or pay $25 for the Production Evaluation edition and its extra video training.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Q&A: Rising concept art star Luca Nemolato
Aaron Sims describes him as one of the most pioneering artists in CG. Discover his technical tips here.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
e-on software unveils Vue 10.5 Infinite and xStream
Environment-generation apps get option to stack EcoSystems, new Python and network render tools.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Google to sell SketchUp to Trimble Navigation
Architectural 3D modelling tool to go to satellite mapping specialist, but free version will remain available.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
ScriptAttack releases BonyFace 3.0 Extended
Updated: new version of bone based facial rigging plugin for 3ds Max adds phoneme-creation tools.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases free parquet-creation tool
Use MakeIt A Parquet to create realistic floors in 3ds Max or Maya based on any type of wood grain.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Adobe launches Creative Cloud subscription service
Online subcriptions to entire CS6 product range now available to pre-order. But do the prices add up?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012