Allegorithmic releases free animated caustics map
Substance Caustics provides loopable caustic effects in 3ds Max 2012 and Maya 2012.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Free Resources
Autodesk launches free online file-sharing service
Project Nitrous offers cloud-based Dropbox-like service aimed at designers and architects.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Eye candy: the Architectural 3D Awards shortlist
Some intriguing left-field choices add a dash of spice to arch viz's answer to the VES Awards.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Animate food and win a seat of Houdini Master
Enter Side Effects' Cook-Off contest to win Houdini licences, plus content from Stash and cmiVFX.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Download six 'Smart IBL' HDR sets for free
HDR Labs makes six sets of HDR images for faster image-based lighting available as free downloads.
Monday, June 13th, 2011
New app lists hotkeys for (almost) every CG package
Gfx Hotkeys 2.0 shows keyboard shortcuts for over 30 VFX and 3D tools, for Windows, OS X and Linux.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Skillset releases free guide to essential VFX skills
Real-world 39-page guide to today's job market should be essential reading for all wannabe artists.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
e-on software updates Vue PLE to version 9.5
Free edition of landscape generator gets new cloud-editing, relighting and EcoSystem painting tools.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
The Foundry ships Mari 1.3: now with Ptex support
Latest update to 3D painting tool also adds displacement preview, environment mapping.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
The Bakery to release free viewer and comp toolkit
Developer to release playback and compositing tools for its Relight interactive relighting software.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Autodesk trials cloud-based photogrammetry service
Upload reference images to Project Photofly to convert them to a free, downloadable 3D model.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4
New version of the free figure posing and animation tool offers unified rig for all characters, from kids to trolls.
Friday, May 27th, 2011
e-on launches LumenRT
Vue developer begins shipping new $295 real-time visualisation tool for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro.
Friday, May 27th, 2011