Useful resource: the MintViz 3ds Max/V-Ray blog
Well-presented new blog provides solutions to common rendering and visualisation problems.
Friday, April 15th, 2011
Free Resources
IGDA launches campaign against Amazon Appstore
Terms of new online store enable Amazon to maximise market share at expense of game devs' profits, warns trade body.
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Blender 2.57 ships
Popular open-source 3D package reaches milestone first production-stable release in the 2.5x series.
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Deadline to update Shotgun automatically
Leading render-management tool to integrate seamlessly with leading project-management software.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
NewTek releases details of LightWave 10.1
Forthcoming point update adds new off-axis stereo camera rig, extensions to VPR display.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
e-on 'pre-releases' Vue 9.5
New versions of Infinite and xStream available to subscription customers; gain interactive texture placement and cloud-editing tools.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Thinkbox Software announces Deadline 5.0
Renderfarm-management system gets new options for global farms and monitoring jobs by iPhone.
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Chaos Group announces beta of V-Ray for Maya 2.0
Free beta program brings GPU-accelerated rendering to Maya users. Full release later this month.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Monday freebies: 9 free iOS-ready low-poly models
fatBOX software releases a set of low-poly cars and characters, suitable for mobile development.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Monday freebies: 33 free video-editing plug-ins
CoreMelt releases 'CoreMeltFREE' sampler pack of its After Effects and Final Cut Pro video FX plug-ins.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Monday freebies: nearly 100 free Photoshop actions
Boost your post-processing toolkit with this diverse set of one-click effects from XPro Software.
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Get an(i)ma: a crowd sim system for just $339
It's specifically designed for architectural visualisation use, and works with 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Joe Alter to ship corrective sculpting plug-in for Maya
Shave and a Haircut veteran releases free beta of LipService hybrid sculpting/animation tool.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011