Anzovin Studio demos new Maya breakdown tool
Upcoming tool creates breakdowns based on quaternions, not Euler angles, avoiding gimbal lock.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
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Blu-ray review: The Lorax
Illumination's visuals for the latest Dr. Seuss tie-in are lovely, but the moral is not. And oh, the songs...
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya
Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Sketchfab launches Pro service
New paid option raises upload cap for WebGL-based model viewing service, adds pro display options.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012
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
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