fmx 2011: Thursday's news
Our third show report delves into stereo to discover the problems of pre-viz, and why the world needs more stereo conversion artists.
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Free Resources
Beta test Filter Forge 3.0 and get the software free
Spot five bugs or more in the Photoshop texture plug-in and net a copy of Filter Forge 3.0 Professional.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Create a short for Taptu and win a VFX internship
Produce a piece featuring the app developer's slogan and win a four-week placement at Prime Focus.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Okino ships Inventor 2012-ready file conversion apps
Export your Inventor 2012 files to Max, Maya, Softimage, Cinema 4D or LightWave for rendering.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Free update adds 64-bit support to Terragen
Version 2.3 also adds new colour picker, option to render simple animations created in other apps.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Pixologic announces features of ZBrush 4R2
Free update to add new 'LightCap' toolset to match ZBrush models into HDR backplates automatically.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Crytek to release free CryEngine 3 SDK
UDK-style development kit for the state-of-the-art game engine available online in August.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Craig Monins releases new LightWave rigging toolset
New free and Pro editions of the RHiggit! auto-setup system from the artist formerly known as 'RebelHill'.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
e-on software releases teaser video for LumenRT
Vue developer cues up "imminent" arrival of new real-time rendering tool for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Eye candy: the making of the Call of Juarez trailer
VFX house yU+co uses much-hyped new MotionScan facial mocap system on Ubisoft's gritty shooter.
Friday, April 15th, 2011
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
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