Caustic Visualizer for 3ds Max enters open beta
Real-time raytracing plugin for Max promises blazing-fast look dev, lighting and visualisation workflows.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
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Adobe kills Creative Suites, moves to Creative Cloud
We round up the facts - and bust some of the myths - about Adobe's licensing model for its creative tools.
Monday, May 6th, 2013
Jot Touch 4 brings pressure sensitive drawing to iPads
New Adonit stylus gives 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity, like a Cintiq - and it supports SketchBook Pro.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Eye candy: the first Walking with Dinosaurs 3D trailer
The BBC's landmark series gets a movie makeover - but the teaser is more Disney than documentary.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Download a free 16,000 x 8,000 HDRI file
Get Michał Jaszowski's ultra-hi-res sIBL package of a sunny winter landscape from his Full Frame site.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Molecular add-on brings multiphysics to Blender
Jean-Francois Gallant's new script unifies particle, cloth and fluid sims - and even pasta simulation.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Gnomon ships Mechanical Character Design
Three-hour training video by Blizzard concept artist Joe Peterson explores how to create cool, realistic mechs.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Forget polygons: create animation with atoms
IBM scientists create world's smallest stop-motion animation using ultra-powerful microscope.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
Ezequiel Mastrasso releases eze Shader Suite
Free collection of 3Delight and RenderMan shaders simplifies the process of lighting hair and fur.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
See Fabric Engine's Horde do real-time crowd sims
New videos show the work-in-progress previz and VFX tool in use within both Maya and Softimage.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
Thinkbox Software ships Stoke MX for 3ds Max
Interesting new 'particle reflow' tool helps users layer small sims from many sources to create bigger ones.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
e-on software releases Vue 11.5 Infinite and xStream
Environment-creation tools get new collision options for EcoParticles, new Color Channel Editor.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Eye candy: Pacific Rim's WonderCon trailer
Updated: New footage of Guillermo del Toro's epic robot-on-alien smackdown posted on YouTube.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013