Lightstorm3D to release new Maya deformers
Check out videos of the upcoming L3Deformer package, for everything from shrink wrapping to high viscosity liquid surfaces.
Friday, May 13th, 2011
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Corel releases Painter 12
Natural-media paint package gains new symmetry tools, overhauled UI, and three-to-fivefold speed boost.
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Architectural 3D Awards calls for entries
Only eight days left to enter architectural visualisation's answer to the VES Awards and the Annies.
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Review: The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
It’s no Batman: The Animated Series, but the new cartoon version of the Avengers is solid stuff for fans of all ages.
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Volunteer to work at Siggraph Asia 2011
Sign up as a student volunteer and get free entry and accommodation for this year's Hong Kong show.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Pixar releases RenderMan Pro Server 16.0
Update to industry-standard renderer adds new interactive raytracing options, deep compositing tools.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Q&A: Joe Menna, Batman collectibles super-sculptor
The leading creator of comic-book collectibles discusses art skills, working with DC - and how to break into the toy market.
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
fmx 2011: Friday's news
In our final show report, we salute the magic of Harry Potter and discovers what videogames still have to learn from visual effects.
Monday, May 9th, 2011
fmx 2011: Disney releases new open-source tools
Reposado Python tools and SeExpr expression language go open source. Is either one the next Ptex?
Monday, May 9th, 2011
fmx 2011: Thursday's news
Our third show report delves into stereo to discover the problems of pre-viz, and why the world needs more stereo conversion artists.
Friday, May 6th, 2011
Vue 9.5 now shipping
Half-point update of the landscape generator goes on general release, boosting texture-placement and cloud-editing tools.
Friday, May 6th, 2011
fmx 2011: Wednesday news
Our latest show report rises from the murk of industry politics to discover why the future is bright for open-source production tools.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
fmx 2011: Avatar tech to form part of OpenEXR 2.0
Weta's 'deep compositing' tech to be incorporated in next release of HDR file format and supported in Nuke.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011