Cool tech: Disney Research's DuctTake compositor
See the system merge two takes of a shot with no more artist input than a few quick scribbles on the footage.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
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Next Limit ships RealFlow 2013
Long-awaited update adds Alembic support, GPU-accelerated Hybrido 2 fluid solver, new Relationship Editor.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Luxion unveils KeyShot 4.1
Intuitive standalone renderer to get caustics, procedural materials and a rather cool-looking new toon shader.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Download 150 new Xfrog plant models for free
Get 38 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Sitni Sati ships FumeFX for Maya
Leading gaseous fluid simulator now available for Maya as well as Max. Runs on Windows and Linux.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Play animations on your bike wheels with Monkey Light Pro
Ultimate hipster toy uses array of LED lights to screen 12-bit animation clips to passers-by as you ride.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Spiral Graphics releases Genetica 4.0
Texture-editing package gets new, more intuitive workflow, 3D texture synthesis, native scripting language.
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
CVMP 2013 issues final call for papers
Submit your work to the leading European forum for CG research. Best student paper wins £2,000.
Friday, May 24th, 2013
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 2
Unique app for creating images with 'flame brushes' adds power to paint strokes as editable vectors.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
RE:Vision Effects ships RE:Match for Nuke, Fusion
Formerly After Effects and Premiere Pro-only color-matching plugin suite now available for OFX compositors.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Trimble ships SketchUp 2013
New branding, new library of pattern fills, new online Extension Warehouse - but too much else.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2013's technical papers
Our pick of the best CG research covers hair capture, smoke sims - and even fixes for bad handwriting.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Microsoft announces specs for Xbox One
As Microsoft unveils its rival to the PlayStation 4 and Wii U, we round up the key info for games artists.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013