Chaos Group's PhoenixFD moves into liquid simulation
New 1.2 update adds liquid-simulation toolset to promising new 3ds Max smoke and fire engine.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
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Free Maxwell update adds interactive renderer
Maxwell Render 2.5 gains Maxwell Fire preview renderer, updates to subsurface scattering and scripting.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
cebas releases packed 3.5 update to its Max renderers
finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE gain overhauled GI and stereo camera rig from Alice in Wonderland.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
CityEngine Vue: instant 3D cities for just $299
New low-cost edition of powerful procedural city-modelling app brings instant urbanity to Vue users.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
Video tutorial: sharper shadows with HDRI in V-Ray
Discover how to preserve crisp shadows in your V-Ray renders in Matt Guetta's exclusive tutorial.
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
New OnLive demo shows Maya running on an iPad
Games streaming service broadens horizons to serve 3D software to mobile devices over the cloud.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Review: Tron: Evolution
The new Tron movie will soon be in cinemas - but should its PS3 tie-in game be derezzed, asks an underwhelmed Fernando Caire?
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Review: AMD's ATI FirePro professional GPUs
Jason Lewis puts AMD's latest pro graphics cards through their paces. Which one is right for you?
Monday, December 6th, 2010
E-on software releases two free versions of Vue 9
Vue developer releases PLE version of pro products and time-limited trial of lower-end apps.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Autodesk releases SketchBook for Android
SketchBook Mobile app moves to Android smartphones after success on iPod and iPad.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Get into SIGGRAPH 2011 for (almost) nothing
Become a student volunteer and gain entry to Siggraph Vancouver in exchange for 18 hours of work.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
The Foundry releases free open beta of STORM
New tool speeds up rough cuts and playback of digital footage 'like REDCINE-X on steroids'.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
The Pixel Farm releases free colour-grading tool
Get AirGrade and control all your colour grading operations on set from the comfort of your iPhone.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010