ZSwitcher: use Maya shortcuts inside ZBrush
Now shipping: new dRaster plug-in enables users to adopt Maya and Mudbox workflow in ZBrush.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Free Resources
Planetside Software releases Terragen 2.2
Landscape generator gets new display options, cloud tools and raytraced atmospheres.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Get Oscar-winning video editing software for free
Public beta of EditShare's newly open-sourced Lightworks video editing software now available.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Review: The Art of God of War III
The most beautiful game on the PS3 spawns an equally beautiful art book. But is it worth the price?
Friday, November 26th, 2010
New free beta tools add Ptex support to 3ds Max
Mankua's Stripes plug-in suite adds support for Disney's UV-less texture format inside Max.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
Career advice: Jeff Campbell, SpinVFX
The VFX supervisor and Fight Club veteran gives his advice on breaking into the compositing industry.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
CGschool announces free Max and V-Ray 2.0 webinars
Plus three other free one-hour sessions in arch viz training specialist's December line-up.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Japanese site offers over 4,000 free mocap moves
Need an FBX file of someone flipping the bird or barfing? Mocapdata.com is for you.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Get 10 3D models free every week with 3D Rivers
Online model library to make randomly chosen models from its collection available for no charge.
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Round-up: new 3ds Max plug-ins, tools and shaders
(Almost) everything a Max artist could need, from vehicle rigging to complete virtual reality add-ons
Thursday, November 18th, 2010
Pixar cuts 40% off price of RenderMan Pro Server
Cost of industry-standard render tool slashed to $2,000. RenderMan for Maya pricing unaffected.
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Video: free 90-minute Houdini networks tutorial
Includes 66-page PDF, scene files and best user comment ever: "It is pleasure like sex with beautiful wife"
Friday, November 12th, 2010
Get over 100 hi-res female reference images for free
Join Ten24 on Facebook and download 186MB of reference images, plus some very good character tutorials.
Thursday, November 11th, 2010