CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 6.5
3D clothing design tool gets new features to fine-tune cloth sims, including option to glue imported meshes to the fabric.
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Free Resources
Silicon Studio ships Xenko 2.0
Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios.
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.5
Platform for developing CG tools gets revamped Tab Search, 'Kludge' API for incorporating external C++ libraries.
Monday, April 24th, 2017
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5
Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 2
Updated: fluid-simulation-based paint tool gets neat new masking options, new custom brush engine.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Visit The Art of Environment Storytelling for Video Games
Get environment art tips from Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward and Monolith artists at Gnomon's free event on 29 April.
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
SideFX cuts price of Houdini Engine
Cost of monthly rentals down from $195/month to $100/month; new $35/week option added.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Get Epic Games' free model of a photorealistic human head
Download a free Unreal Engine 4 scene with a scanned model of a male head and 4K skin textures.
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2018
Update replaces the mental ray renderer with Arnold 5, adds new options for customising the interface and editing motion paths.
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Frame.io launches Frame.io 2
Streamlined online collaboration and shot review tool gets new client Review Pages system; 'over 100' other new workflow features.
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.5
Videos: see the new fracturing and liquid simulation options in the 3ds Max particle and physics plugin.
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
Ziva Dynamics releases free trial of Ziva VFX for Maya
Test the Maya skin and muscle system used on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them for free.
Monday, April 10th, 2017
Blackstar Software launches Model3D
Streamlined iPad modelling app is aimed at pro users, and optimised for the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.
Friday, April 7th, 2017