Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Free Resources
Download 125 new ZBrush and 3D-Coat brushes
Get free custom ZBrush brushes created by artist Michael Dunnam, now converted for use in 3D-Coat.
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
CGArena releases 300 free animal reference images
Download free-to-use hi-res images of our furred, feathered and scaly friends from their online library.
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
Planetside Software releases Terragen 2.4
Free update marks first full outing for landscape generator's Animation Module, plus new fixes for GI flicker.
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
Martin Wengenmayer releases Cheetah3D 6.0
Small but powerful Mac-only 3D app gains Bullet physics, improved FBX SDK and support for 16-bit textures.
Monday, April 16th, 2012
Adobe unveils Production Premium CS6 product suite
Premiere Pro gets new UI, OpenCL support; After Effects gains 3D tracker and raytrace render engine.
Friday, April 13th, 2012
3ds Max 2013 gets built-in animation store
Browse, edit and buy thousands of motion clips from within 3ds Max via the new Mixamo-powered service.
Friday, April 13th, 2012
The making of the VFX of Wrath of the Titans
The setting may be mythological, but the movie's approach to previz and performance capture is entirely new.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Renderfarm.fi adds support for Cycles
Free distributed online rendering service adds support for Blender's new raytrace render engine.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Shotgun Software announces Revolver
Upcoming all-in-one shot review toolset pitched as 'personal screening room' for VFX artists.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
xoio ships 24 free textures of bark, leaves, roads
Suitable for commercial work and complete with normal, bump, displacement and/or alpha maps.
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Download three free HD timelapse skies
Get free 1080p videos of skies for use as visualisation backdrops, each recorded by artist Marc Lorenz.
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Register for the free Houdini FLIP fluids webinar
Sign up for the free 30-minute session on Houdini 12's fluid simulation tools, held next month.
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012