Maxon upgrades Cineware as part of After Effects update
Use Cinema 4D's Physical renderer inside the AE viewport as part of the After Effects CC (12.1) release.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
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V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Blender 2.69 ships
Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets option to import FBX files, plus new hair shader and plane tracking.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
MARA3D releases Mara Monsters for iOS and Android
Free new anatomy reference app helps ensure your fantastic creatures have perfect proportions.
Friday, November 1st, 2013
NewTek ships LightWave 11.6, NevronMotion, ChronoSculpt
LightWave updates and new tool for sculpting animation caches now shipping. See new videos of all three.
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Exocortex launches Clara.io in open beta
Online tool aims to put the power of desktop 3D software in your web browser - including V-Ray rendering.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Side Effects Software ships Houdini 13
Update adds cool new soft and hard body, particle and fluid simulation tools; more robust lighting workflow.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Side Effects announces Houdini 13 - kind of
New: final teaser shows better Bullet physics, Alembic-based lighting workflow. See all three videos here.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Eye candy: Rodeo FX's VFX breakdown for Pacific Rim
See highlights of the studio's 200 shots, including the making of Hong Kong Bay and the robot control rigs.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
xoio releases 34 new free photographic cutout people
Studio's latest set of cutouts shows models shot from high angles, all licensed for commercial work.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Get Miguel Angel Santiago's free noise library for Mari
DT3D Mari Procedural Library adds nine new procedural types to the app, with scope to author new ones.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
nEyeMaker for Maya creates ultra-customisable eyeballs
Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Autodesk releases Autodesk Remote
Free tool for users on subscription contracts lets you drive any Autodesk product from a remote computer.
Sunday, October 27th, 2013