The Foundry ships Modo 801
'Monster' across-the-board update includes node-based shading, new animation tools, better dynamics.
Friday, April 25th, 2014
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Eye candy: Blender's Cycles demo reel
Check out cool work rendered using the GPU-based raytracing engine, from cartoon shorts to commercials.
Thursday, April 24th, 2014
Openconcept3d releases XSR 3.0 for Modo
Seth Richardson's 'extremely simple rendering' plugin collapses Modo's settings into just two quality sliders.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine pricing
Engine starts at $495; free plugin enabling users to edit Houdini content inside Maya ships in July.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
3d-io releases Flatiron 2.0 for 3ds Max
Games texture-baking plugin now supports animated textures; outputs multiple render elements in one pass.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
Gnomon ships new two-DVD concept art training series
Naughty Dog artist Aaron Limonick's Concept Design Workflow sets out techniques in Modo and Photoshop.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014
Happy Easter from everyone at CG Channel
There won't be many site updates over the holidays, but normal service will resume on Tuesday 22 April.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Shotgun Software rolls out integrated client review site
Free Shotgun 5.3 update lets users share assets securely with clients directly within the Shotgun browser.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Paint your crowd sims with Golaem Crowd 3.2
Maya crowd simulator adds option to control actor density and behaviour simply by painting on the ground.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Download free hi-res HDR files from HDRMAPS
Updated: Now including a complete free 8K sIBL of a country road, licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Autodesk releases Toxik and MatchMover for free
Updated: Compositor and camera tracker available via the Exchange Apps store, along with Backburner.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa for Cinema 4D
Updated: C4D port of particle renderer now shipping. Costs $400 less than the Max or Maya versions.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Gnomon to host free panel discussion on art direction
Free Headspace Q&A session on 17 April to feature Dylan Cole and The Darkness creator Marc Silvestri.
Friday, April 11th, 2014