Mario Baldi creates free FiberMesh to Maya script
Another day, another free tool for exporting ZBrush 4R2b hair to the 3D app of your choice for rendering.
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Marius Silaghi releases Projection Painter for Max
New plugin exports snapshots of your model to Photoshop for painting, then reprojects them in 3D.
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
PD Pro 7.1 Howler to get new rotoscoping toolset
Upcoming free update to paint package to add camera stabilisation and matte creation tools.
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Wayne Robson creates free FiberMesh-to-Max plugin
You wait a week for a tool to convert ZBrush 4R2b hair to splines, then two come along at once.
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Render ZBrush hair in Max with FiberMesh to Splines
Updated: Export hair created with the recent ZBrush 4R2b update to 3ds Max - and now Maya and Blender.
Monday, January 30th, 2012
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
See Moonbot Studios' Oscar-nominated short in full, and watch making-of videos of its creation.
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Watch the making of ILM's visual effects for Red Tails
See three videos on the studio's work on the George Lucas-produced World War II air combat flick.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Thinkbox releases XMesh
Developer releases new animated geometry caching system for 3ds Max; Maya and Softimage to come.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
CoreCG ships MentalCore rendering plugin for Maya
Updated: shading and lighting tool now officially shipping and updated for improved Maya Hair support.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Exocortex releases Species rigging plugin for Softimage
Blend stock body types to create a base mesh, then apply a rig created by Animal Logic's Eric Thivierge.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2b
Developer releases free ZBrush update and announces upcoming QRemesher retopology add-on.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Interview: Avatar mocap producer James Knight
The man who put the moves into James Cameron's masterpiece reveals how he brought planet Pandora to life.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Indie animations beat Pixar to 2012 Oscar shortlist
A Cat in Paris and Chico and Rita squeeze out Cars 2 and Tintin from the best animated feature line-up.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012