Thea Render hybrid engine gets commercial release
Innovative - and inexpensive - hybrid biased/unbiased renderer gets first commercial release
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Free Resources
Video: Check out the new features in Mudbox 2012
3D paint package to gain support for Ptex format, large production data sets, character posing workflow.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Stylized Character Modeling for Production with Alessandro Baldasseroni
Awesome new character modeling training available for download.
Friday, February 25th, 2011
Get the new unlimited-use trial version of finalRender
Output is watermarked, but its functionality is identical to the full version of finalRender 3.5 SE.
Friday, February 25th, 2011
GroBoto 3 gets real-time Boolean editing features
New release positions funky organic art tool as a 'more pragmatic' general-purpose modelling tool.
Friday, February 25th, 2011
OptiTrack announces two sub-$2,000 mocap systems
Optical mocap firm to show two new budget out-of-the-box tracking systems at GDC.
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
Di-O-Matic releases sub-$1,500 facial mocap system
New Maskerad system promises to extract detailed facial performances from a single reference video.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Tech preview: TopoGun 2.0
Check out these new feature videos for the promising low-cost standalone retopology package.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Get complete MAXScript 101 training course free online
MAXScript creator John Wainwright releases his celebrated video training course to 3ds Max users.
Thursday, February 17th, 2011
Download a high-resolution male human head for free
Available in ZTL or OBJ format from Ten 24's website, along with the full LightWave scene files.
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Get AE Render Manager: free render-control utility
Motion design studio Monologue releases fuss-free GUI for After Effects command-line renders.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Sign up for free making of Tron: Legacy event
500 places available for afternoon session with Tron's art and design team at Gnomon's Hollywood HQ.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Luxion releases free speed-boosting update to KeyShot
Near-real-time GI renderer also adds native import support for SketchUp 8.
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011