Siggraph 2011: see the new tools in Softimage 2012.5
Watch Autodesk's movies of the new modelling and simulation tools in the upcoming Advantage Pack update.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Free Resources
Siggraph 2011: Pixar unveils RenderMan for Maya 5.0
Forthcoming update to overhaul raytracing and add 'physically plausible' shading, radiosity cache.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Get TreeSketch 2.0: free tree-generation iPad app
Draw the outline of a tree freehand, adjust its form and texture, then export the result as an FBX file.
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Pixologic posts tantalising new ZBrush 4R2 teaser
Upcoming free update to feature better Booleans, array tools and Sculptris-style workflow?
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Lollipop Shaders ships new free RenderMan shaders
Download the new choppy ocean and skin subsurface scatter shaders from its online library.
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Xsens develops inertial mocap suit for horses
Want to know what a horse in a motion-capture suit really looks like? Play the video to find out
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Autodesk acquires Instructables
Software giant buys expands further into hobbyist 3D market with buyout of popular online DIY site.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
CGschool announces two new free 3ds Max webinars
Sign up now for classes in optimising system resources and use of the Onyx vegetation plug-ins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Maxon announces feature list for Cinema 4D R13
Major update adds physically based renderer, stereoscopic toolset and new rigging and animation tools.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
LightWave 10.1 ships
Point update announced in April now available, adding VPR support for FiberFX, new off-axis stereo rig.
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Download 10 free Viz-People HDRI files
Get 10 spherical HDR images at 6,000 x 2,900 pixel resolution free for non-commercial use.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011