Autodesk denies intent to kill off 3ds Max, Softimage
Both teams affected, but end of life rumours "totally false". Updated with further commentary from Autodesk.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
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Autodesk releases SketchBook Pro 6
Desktop sketching and concepting tool gets extra brush options, plus new curve guide and Color Puck.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R14
Updated: Download the demo to try the dynamics tools, brush-based sculpting and AE interoperability.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Sneak peek: Colimo 1.5
See the upcoming DoF and stereo tools in Motiva's innovative software for manipulating rendered images.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Discover the secrets of real-time rendering in Maya
Animator Joe Daniels sets out the Viewport 2.0-based workflow he used on his Starfish Ninja short.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Luxion releases KeyShot 3.3 and KeyShotVR
Updated real-time raytracer gets add-on for exporting 3D models for viewing in any HTML5 browser.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012
Tandent Vision Science releases Lightbrush
Cool new software breaks photos into lighting and surface colour components, for editing separately.
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Disney releases BRDF Explorer
Newly open-sourced tool analyses BRDF data, enabling comparison to data from real-world materials.
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Watch Pixologic's Siggraph ZBrush presentations
See artists from DreamWorks, Weta and Ubisoft show off ZBrush 4R4's tools in coffee-break-sized chunks.
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Di-O-Matic ships Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) 2.0
Automated lip-sync plugin gets expanded language support, new quality presets, and new Pro edition.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2012 V-Ray showreels
Leading renderer gets not one demo reel but (count 'em) five. And they're all teeth-grindingly gorgeous.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Luxology demos NPR Kit and XfrogPlants for modo
Updated: Cool non-photorealistic rendering add-on for modo now shipping at a special rate of $149.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
RandomControl releases Arion 2.0
Physically accurate hybrid renderer gets major update - but it's now mainly for Max and Softimage users.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012