iToo Software ships Forest Pack 4 for 3ds Max
Vegetation scattering plugin now compatible with V-Ray, Maxwell, Arion, Octane and Thea Render.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
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Motiva releases Thea for 3ds Max
New plugin integrates Thea Render engine inside Max, including support for Particle Flow and instancing.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Project Dogwaffle team ships Howler 8.2
Free update to digital-paint-cum-VFX tool adds basic terrain generation, GPU support, new Bokeh filter.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Epic adds Substance support to Unreal Engine
See Allegorithmic's parametric texture format in action in UE3 in the very Lovecraftian 'Beneath' demo.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Videos: How Weta created the creatures of The Hobbit
Updated: New video shows the environment work, along with Gollum, Azog and the Goblin King.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Eye candy: The Jockstrap Raiders
Could Mark Nelson's one-man, five-year labour of love be the best short that Aardman never produced?
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Luxion releases KeyShot 4
Updated and now shipping: Intuitive renderer adds more features for general 3D users, including improved SSS and HDRI editing.
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Autodesk releases 123D Creature
Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Download a free hi-res scan of a male torso from Ten24
Updated: Along with the original textured ZTL file, get a new free full-body scan of a clothed male figure.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Eye candy: Blur Studio's Elder Scrolls Online teaser
Updated: Read an interview with senior CG supervisor Jerome Denjean on Blur's 3D work.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.5 for Maya
Mental ray rendering toolkit gets new Light Select and Diagnostic passes, better architectural light shader.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Adobe cuts Aussie prices ahead of government probe
Monthly Creative Cloud subscription cut to AU$49.99, in line with the US. Will boxed software follow suit?
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Eye candy: the new Arnold renderer showreel
Recent outings at Digic Pictures and Psyop prove that the raytrace renderer is not "just for big studios".
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013