Brillstudio releases ShaderMonger 2.0 for Maya
Free shader-management tool now offers automated download and installation from its online library.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
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3D-Coat 4.0 in open beta
Try the update to the voxel sculpting and retopology app today on Windows: Mac and Linux to follow.
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Pixar ships RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and Studio 4.0
Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Weta's Matthias Menz on new trends in CG lighting
Tintin's VFX Supervisor discusses new tools, techniques and the shift to artistically driven lighting.
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Eye candy: Digital District's La Poste spot
See an origami postman set loose through a paper world in this stylish ad for the French postal service.
Friday, October 5th, 2012
Eye Candy: Dreamworks Animation debuts trailer for 'The Croods'!
Get ready for a blast to the past with Chris Sanders' newest film!
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Little Kaiju
What lives in Tokyo's vending machines? Cute little monsters, if you believe TWiN's new VFX short.
Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Eye Candy: Disney debuts first Lone Ranger trailer
The Lone Ranger rides again in Disney's explosive reboot of the franchise!
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Paint games flow maps with FlowMap Painter
Teck Lee Tan's intriguing free tool creates surface fluid flow patterns with only a few brush strokes.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Next Limit releases four free RealFlow training videos
Get concise overviews of RealWave, particle dynamics, Caronte body dynamics and the Hybrido solver.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3.1
Update to games texturing tool adds the option to paint seamlessly tiling textures automatically.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Buy PD Pro 5 for $5
Pick up the 2010 edition of the digital painting package for the price of a couple of coffees until 31 October.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Render a realistic human and win $21k in prizes
Grab the model for AXYZ Design's Lifelike 3D Human contest, render it, and win software and training.
Monday, October 1st, 2012