DNA Research cuts price of 3Delight for Maya
Version 6 of the RenderMan-compliant renderer drops the cost of a quad-core licence to just $400.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Free Resources
HDR Light Studio Pro gets new KeyShot plug-in
Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Sneak peek: ZBrush 4R2's new DynaMesh feature
True digital clay comes a step nearer with Pixologic's new auto-retopology feature, due next month.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Autodesk buys Numenus raytracing technology
Company acquires staff and code from the developer of the RenderGin NURBS rendering software.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Autodesk releases free Mac OS X video effects app
Warp video in real time or control fire and smoke with your body movements with the new Motion FX.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Epic releases new Unreal Development Kit beta
Monthly update to the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 adds new in-game movie capture, better material editor.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Red Giant ships Trapcode Suite 11 for After Effects
Particle tool Trapcode Form gets a major upgrade in the latest update to Peder Norrby's VFX plug-ins.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Download 19 photographic cutout people from xoio
Get a set of the arch viz studio's stock characters for free online, complete with shadow templates.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
ScannerKiller.com offers free online 3D scanning
Take two photos of the object to be scanned, upload them to the site, and download an OBJ file.
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2
Game-focused texturing app gains vector paint, CrazyBump-style toolkit, OS X support and $350 Lite edition.
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Crytek releases free CryEngine 3 SDK
Use the same game engine as Crysis 2 in your non-commercial or educational projects.
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown
All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Autodesk releases fun free iPad sculpting app
123D Sculpt offers basic sculpting and photo-based texturing tools. No option to export the model, though.
Thursday, August 11th, 2011