Autodesk software now free to schools worldwide
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
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Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX
Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
See the world premiere of David Levy's PLUG for free
See the top concept artist's sci-fi short at Gnomon on 25 October, followed by a making-of session.
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Adobe releases Photoshop CC 2014.2
New update adds option to interpret animation data in Collada format and export interactive 3D PDFs.
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Adobe adds neat free video editor to its iOS app line-up
Premiere Clip provides nifty mobile editing toolset. New Shape CC and Brush CC apps for illustrators, too.
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Download a Maya character rig from Hotel Transylvania
Sony Pictures Animation releases a free simplified version of one of the zombie rigs used on the movie.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Download DJV Imaging's free flipbook viewer
Get Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's robust image sequence viewer and batch-processing tools.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Epic makes Unreal Engine 4 free to students
Updated: you can now download it directly from GitHub, rather than waiting for your school to sign up.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Corona Renderer team reveals price, release date
And its 'Fair SaaS' pricing for the much-anticipated 3ds Max renderer sounds a lot like a dig at Adobe.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.5
Update to games texture-creation tool streamlines baking workflow, creating physically based shaders.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
Download 30 free furniture and kitchenware models
Get Viz-People's high-detail models: some OBJ, all 3ds Max/V-Ray, and all licensed for commercial use.
Monday, October 6th, 2014
Try new Maya-style menus in Blender 2.72
Now officially released: update adds optional Hotbox-style pie menus, improved texture-painting system.
Monday, October 6th, 2014
Houdini Indie and Houdini Engine Indie hit Unity store
Low-cost rental-only editions now available in Unity Asset Store. Unity plugin for Houdini Engine also out.
Friday, October 3rd, 2014