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Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max.

Monday, March 24th, 2014

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

Updated: Renderer gets Alembic support and real-time animation scrubbing with motion blur. Neat.

Friday, March 21st, 2014

Get the current version of Quixel's Photoshop games texturing toolset, once priced at $499, for nothing.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

GDC 2014: Prime 13 and Prime 13W offer 1.3MP resolution, 240fps capture and Ethernet connectivity.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Frederic Durand's Direct Illumination in Maya and mental ray offers an advanced guide to CG lighting tools.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Need reference material? Italian furniture manufacturer Flou provides full 3D models for its products.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

GDC 2014: Modular collection of pipeline tools now links to popular version-control system.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

New Global Uniform unfolding system was originally only added to fix a crash, says 3D-Coat blog.

Thursday, March 13th, 2014