Blender to get brand new motion-capture toolset
Google Summer of Code work results in mocap import and retargeting, new 3D audio tools.
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
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$10,000 contest launches free version of Lumion
Create a movie in the new non-commercial edition of Act-3D's real-time renderer and win cash prizes.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
DNA Research cuts price of 3Delight for Maya
Version 6 of the RenderMan-compliant renderer drops the cost of a quad-core licence to just $400.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
HDR Light Studio Pro gets new KeyShot plug-in
Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
New Wacom pen saves your sketches in digital form
Doodle in your notebook with the new Wacom Inkling and have the results saved as a PSD or JPG.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Design armour for Deep Realms and win $1,000
Get your concept art into the next update of Playdom's Facebook RPG and pocket a grand in cash.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Eye candy: Next Limit's new RealFlow demo reel
See a lot of great commercials work done using the fluid simulator, plus Batman looking mopey in the rain.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Sneak peek: ZBrush 4R2's new DynaMesh feature
True digital clay comes a step nearer with Pixologic's new auto-retopology feature, due next month.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Watch the making of Shane Acker's Plus Minus
See inside the 9 director's new short, co-created with Meni Tsirbas and students at Gnomon Studios.
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Preview: the fall's 10 biggest VFX movies
AWN runs down the list from Anonymous to Real Steel, and speculates about the first VFX-enhanced sex scene.
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Eye candy: the Blender Siggraph demo reel
The leading open-source app gets a demo reel to match its commercial rivals - and pretty cool it is too.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Autodesk buys Numenus raytracing technology
Company acquires staff and code from the developer of the RenderGin NURBS rendering software.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Autodesk releases free Mac OS X video effects app
Warp video in real time or control fire and smoke with your body movements with the new Motion FX.
Friday, August 26th, 2011