Q&A: Jeremy Vickery, Pixar lighting guru
The Brave veteran sets out to demystify cinematic lighting for his upcoming Gnomon Master Class.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
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Get free models from the 3D World web 'advent calendar'
Not to mention free textures, HDRIs and training. Download a new set each day from the mag's website.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
3Dconnexion launches the SpaceMouse Pro controller
New 3D control device resembles the company's existing SpacePilot with a couple of nice new twists.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
StretchMesh for Maya to be made open source
Kickstand to release source code for cult deformation plugin, but calls for funds to secure its future support.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
See sessions from Autodesk University and 3December
Watch nearly 100 tutorials from Autodesk University now; sessions from 3December to come next week.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
KeyShot to get native support for 3ds Max, Maya
New plugins will let easy-to-use real-time renderer to play nicely with DCC software, not just CAD apps.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
LuxRender team launches new developer blog
We're not dead: we just need to talk about the new features more, admit creators of open-source renderer.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
The Foundry ships Mari 1.4
Latest update to 3D paint tool adds support for layered PSDs, triplanar texture projection and OpenColorIO.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti: new fur plugin for Maya
Powerful new tool offers topology and texture UV-independent grooming for use in VFX pipelines.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Xfrog Inc. releases Xfrog for Cinema 4D 5
Plant-generation tool updated to work with Cinema 4D R12 and R13, ships at temporary 30% discount.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
NFB releases PixStop: free stop-motion app
Child-friendly app offers iPad owners basic stop-motion and pixilation capabilities.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
Quixel releases nD02: new normal mapping tool
Generate and preview normal and AO maps entirely inside Photoshop with this intuitive new plug-in.
Friday, November 25th, 2011
e-on software ships entire Vue 10 product line
Update to landscape generation software features new tools for routing roads and placing rocks.
Friday, November 25th, 2011