Lightstream releases GPU accelerated compositor
Polish developer releases Solar: a high-end CUDA-based compositor, developed in conjunction with real VFX productions.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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Beta test Filter Forge 3.0 and get the software free
Spot five bugs or more in the Photoshop texture plug-in and net a copy of Filter Forge 3.0 Professional.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Interview: ILM's modelling team on making Rango
Discover the sculpting challenges the 140-plus inhabitants of Dirt posed for ILM's Digital Model Shop.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Videos: see new features in V-Ray 2.0 for Maya
Check out GPU accleration, the new car paint shader and Ptex workflow in the new version of the renderer, released today.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Book review: d'artiste: Character Design
After eight years of publishing, is Ballistic still able to offer fresh material for artists with its ninth d'artiste release?
Friday, April 29th, 2011
Golaem to release new high-end crowd simulator
Golaem Crowd aims to provide simpler alternative to Massive for complex visual effects shots.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Create a short for Taptu and win a VFX internship
Produce a piece featuring the app developer's slogan and win a four-week placement at Prime Focus.
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
Beta test Carbon Scatter for Maya or Cinema 4D
e-on software calls for volunteers to test upcoming ports of its new instancing plug-in.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
modo gets new Bullet physics rigid body plug-in
New recoil plug-in adds hard-body dynamics to app's gradually expanding animation toolkit.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Okino ships Inventor 2012-ready file conversion apps
Export your Inventor 2012 files to Max, Maya, Softimage, Cinema 4D or LightWave for rendering.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Free update adds 64-bit support to Terragen
Version 2.3 also adds new colour picker, option to render simple animations created in other apps.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Pixologic announces features of ZBrush 4R2
Free update to add new 'LightCap' toolset to match ZBrush models into HDR backplates automatically.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Crytek to release free CryEngine 3 SDK
UDK-style development kit for the state-of-the-art game engine available online in August.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011