Mootzoid's emPolygonizer4 for Softimage ships
See the particle-meshing plugin melt the Stanford bunny model into a puddle of multicoloured glop.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
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Eye candy: V-Ray IRL
See Hollywood VFX stars swap GI for guns in this mini heist movie created for V-Ray's tenth birthday.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Download a free hi-res scan of a male human head
Available in OBJ or ZTL format, with 4,096-pixel texture map, to mark the launch of Ten24's new online store.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Massive Software unveils Massive 5.0
Crowd simulator gets speed boost, 3ds Max plugin. Read the full story on the Immersed in Movies blog.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Autodesk acquires Naiad
Updated: Autodesk confirms deal to acquire fluid simulation tool, merge technology into existing products.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
e-on software releases LumenRT 3 Review
Easy-to-use SketchUp visualisation tool gets animated plants, advanced materials, 10x boost in speed.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
We can do previs from an airplane over the Arctic!
Gradient Effects' Sandbox tech lets users work on movie-res assets via an iPad, anywhere in the world.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
TeamUp demos Multi-Optics cloud rendering system
Updated: join the beta to test Lagoa Multiphysics creator Thiago Costa's new cloud-based rendering service.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
Complaints force Autodesk to alter 3ds Max subs offer
Regular subscribers to get Particle Flow Tools Box2 add-on following user claims of 'two-tier' subs policy.
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
PipelineFX releases Qube! MobileView monitoring app
Free tool enables users to view renderfarms remotely or retry dropped frames.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
The Foundry ships Mari 1.5
3D paint package gets real-time shadows, support for overlapping UVs, Photoshop .abr brush import.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
DreamWorks open sources the OpenVDB file format
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Side Effects cuts price of Houdini Master to $4,495
Software also renamed Houdini FX, given updated fluid and fire sims, new integrated 'smart asset' store.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012