Rumours of our death are exaggerated: mental images
Absorption into Nvidia's internal ARC team is not the beginning of the end for mental ray, say key staff.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
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Allegorithmic ships grunge and normal-mapping tools
Texture specialist ships new grunge and CrazyBump-style toolkits, calls for requests for future tools.
Friday, May 27th, 2011
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4
New version of the free figure posing and animation tool offers unified rig for all characters, from kids to trolls.
Friday, May 27th, 2011
e-on launches LumenRT
Vue developer begins shipping new $295 real-time visualisation tool for SketchUp and SketchUp Pro.
Friday, May 27th, 2011
VoluMedic 3.0 for LightWave to go GPU-accelerated
Volumetric rendering app used at Zoic Studios to gain fully GPU-accelerated preview renderer, new interactive editing tools.
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Eye candy: Slimtime
Losing weight at all costs is the name of the game in this sweet-natured (and sweet-toothed) homage to Jacques Tati.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
VES director slams exploitation of VFX artists
"We help a lot of people make a lot of money, but it’s not being shared on an equal basis," claims open letter to the industry.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
Eye candy: Loom
Awesomely photorealistic VFX short finally gets a Vimeo release. Arachnophobes: be very afraid...
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Project Dogwaffle team releases beta of PD Howler
Updated: newly optimised natural media paint package now shipping.
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Interview: Alex Roman, The Third & Seventh
Chaos Group posts Q&A with the leading 3ds Max artist about his award-winning short and recent Silestone commercial.
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
MachStudio Pro 2 made available as free download
StudioGPU releases $3,999 GPU-accelerated renderer for free; aims to make money from support and training.
Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Eye candy: Carrot vs Ninja
Like the video for Karma Police forced violently through a blender with The ChubbChubbs.
Friday, May 20th, 2011
MPC to open NY studio
British invasion of New York VFX market continues as commercials and movies house sets up in SoHo.
Friday, May 20th, 2011