AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.6
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation system gets new cloning tools and V-Ray 3.0 compatibility.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
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R3DS releases Wrap
Promising beta software lets users retopologise complex 3D scan data semi-automatically.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Cebas announces moskitoRender for 3ds Max
New GPU-based renderer will "transform", not replace, the long-awaited finalRender 4 GPU.
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows
Monday, March 31st, 2014
Matte Painting Techniques for Concept Design ships
Francesco Corvino's five-hour masterclass sets out better ways to create photorealistic environments.
Friday, March 28th, 2014
NASA researcher turned matte artist Nathalie Mathé
The Fast & Furious 6 veteran tells us how a chance meeting with Ralph McQuarrie led to a career in VFX.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Raylight Games releases XrayUnwrap for Maya
Formerly 3ds Max-only real-time UV mapping toolset now available to Maya users, too. It costs under $20.
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.0
Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max.
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Download 60 free models of IKEA furniture from Proviz
Updated with 5 new models: get 3D furniture in OBJ, FBX and MAX format, licensed for commercial use.
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Blender 2.70 ships
Next big update to the open-source 3D app adds volumetrics in Cycles, first of the long-awaited UI changes.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 1.5
Updated: Renderer gets Alembic support and real-time animation scrubbing with motion blur. Neat.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Download DDO for free
Get the current version of Quixel's Photoshop games texturing toolset, once priced at $499, for nothing.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015
Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014