Videos: the best of Siggraph 2014's technical papers
Watch our pick of the show's hottest research, from physics sims and motion synthesis to... um, pixie dust.
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
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Radius Effector 2 simplifies motion graphics in Max
Control thousands of objects with minimal keyframing in Eloi Andaluz's powerful thinkingParticles toolset.
Monday, May 26th, 2014
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 1.7 for Softimage
Free update adds support for image sequences and more ICE features, like vertex colours and weight maps.
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Substance tools to get Final Fantasy XV render tech
Updated: Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 middleware shipping in Substance Designer 4.3. See a cool demo video.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Mixamo to update Fuse
Updated: Character-creation tool to get option to edit meshes directly, not just by combining body parts.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
e-on software ships The Plant Factory 2014.5
Free update extends import/export options for vegetation-creation tool, and relaxes its contentious EULA.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Download this free Max rig for ultra-stretchy characters
Character TD Ahmed Shalaby's biped rig creates awesome stylised animation. Worth it just for the video.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 4.2
Updated: sizeable new update to engine to add new IK solver and camera animation system.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Expert advice: weapon designer Paul Ozzimo
The creator of Star Trek's Phasers and Men in Black's De-Atomizer discusses the art of gun design.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by a third
Cost of a licence of the GPU-accelerated renderer for Maya and 3ds Max down to €599 ($820).
Monday, May 19th, 2014
How to spot a bad HDRI
Updated with new video: Hyperfocal Design's Jay Weston explains how to spot and fix duff HDR image files.
Friday, May 16th, 2014
Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Pro Hands
Motion-capture hand and finger movements in real-time with an $80 Leap Motion sensor.
Friday, May 16th, 2014