Eye candy: Lux Aeterna
Cristóbal Vila's beautiful short, created in modo and Cinema 4D, journeys from distant galaxies to droplets of water.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Latest News
Anzovin Studio demos Anzovin Rig Tools for Maya
Updated: Pricing and release date (kind of) set for neat rigging plugin. Pledge your support via IndieGoGo.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Video tutorial: Blow stuff up in 3ds Max
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of new video training on creating believable destruction.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Autodesk to raise cost of upgrades for its software
If you're using one of the last three releases, at any rate. Some SRPs and maintenance prices also up.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Download Para 3d 2.9 free
Grab the latest version of Ali Torabi's plugin for designing complex parametric arrays in 3ds Max.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Create a speed model this weekend and win $200
Recreate one of LEGO's Mindstorms EV3 robot kits, and you could win Sketchfab's first Sketchfast contest.
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Book review: Massive Black: Volume 2
The cover will scuff easily, but if you’re after a character-design-heavy art book, you need look no further.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Download PD Pro 5 for free
And unlike Photoshop CS2, your copy of this painting and image-editing package is definitely legal.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Watch Next Limit's RealFlow 2013 preview event
Updated with another new video: see the new FLIP solver, scene graphs, and support for Alembic and Field3D.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Lightstorm3D updates L3Library for Maya
Free set of utilities gets new Geo Locator tool for constraining objects to surfaces. Works well with vehicles.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Substance Bonus Tools for Maya 2 now available
Allegorithmic updates its free set of texturing utilities, adding new scripts and links to RenderMan and Arnold.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Video tutorial: animated destruction in 3ds Max
Set up a thinkingParticles rig using procedural activators and force values with Hydraulx's Will Wallace.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
The Foundry cuts prices of Nuke and Hiero
Down 15% to $4,155 in the case of Nuke; down 30% to $5,065 for Hiero. Maintenance fees up slightly.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013