More games artists get flexi-time than free games
New 'get into games' career guide reveals typical job perks and salaries in the industry.
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Free Resources
Balancer poly-decimation tool comes to the Mac
Turn heavy sculpts into animation-ready meshes with new OS X edition of poly-optimisation tool.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
Attention Canada: see new NFB shorts for free
NFB announces dates for national tour of free animation screenings. (Non-Canadians can watch online, so click anyway.)
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
E-on unveils Vue 9 line-up
Flicker-free algorithms, relighting, interactive network rendering take Vue 'out of realm of matte painting and into animation'.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
PD Pro 5 offers digital painting for under $100
The natural media package formerly known as Project Dogwaffle receives another quirky update.
Friday, October 8th, 2010
ARTVPS releases new photorealistic renderer
Shaderlight plug-in ported from 3ds Max to SketchUp; offers physically based progressive rendering.
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max enters open beta
New plug-in provides the power of Vue's EcoSystem instancing technology direct inside Max.
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
NeuroSystems releases new sub-$50 organic art tool
Substance Classic enables users to create 3D art by natural selection, not polygon pushing.
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
Get 20 free V-Ray tutorials
Updated architectural visualisation blog features free V-Ray training from artist Matt Guetta.
Monday, October 4th, 2010
3ds Max adds iray renderer
GPU-accelerated engine rolled out in new Advantage Pack. GPU boosts speed five times, claims developer.
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Autodesk releases updates to 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage
Advantage Packs add iray renderer for 3ds Max; Composite, MatchMover and multiphysics for Softimage.
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Infinite-Realities releases detailed free head model
Download a male human head in OBJ or ZTL formats, then send the creator your renders.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Unity Technologies releases Unity 3 product line
Major new update adds hundreds of new advanced features, 10x speed boost. Be excited.
Monday, September 27th, 2010