Learn creature design from Weta's David Meng
New Gnomon training DVD brings out the humour as well as the horror in the creature sculpting process.
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
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Braid Art Labs releases GroBoto 3.0 for Windows
PC users get a chance to sample the unique modelling app's new real-time Booleans capabilities.
Monday, June 20th, 2011
Learn 3D figure work from Jeremy Engelman
Three-hour Gnomon training DVD reveals the 3D 'gesture painting' workflow of the DreamWorks character artist.
Monday, June 20th, 2011
$99 tool adds MotionBuilder functionality to Maya
New student edition of IKinema plug-in enables motion-editing and retargeting inside Maya.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Allegorithmic releases free animated caustics map
Substance Caustics provides loopable caustic effects in 3ds Max 2012 and Maya 2012.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Autodesk launches free online file-sharing service
Project Nitrous offers cloud-based Dropbox-like service aimed at designers and architects.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Google launches new 'Search By Image' feature
Addictive new visual search tool widens scope of conventional Google reference image trawls.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Microsoft releases official Kinect SDK
Official toolset finally ships for Xbox 360 peripheral - start your own DIY mocap project here.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Eye candy: the Architectural 3D Awards shortlist
Some intriguing left-field choices add a dash of spice to arch viz's answer to the VES Awards.
Thursday, June 16th, 2011
Indigo RT: sub-$200 GPU-based unbiased renderer
Glare Technologies launches inexpensive new addition to its line-up of physically based renderers.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
New app turns iPhones into low-cost facial scanners
Scan faces and export OBJs with Digiteyezer's iFace3D app, now on its first English-language release.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Animate food and win a seat of Houdini Master
Enter Side Effects' Cook-Off contest to win Houdini licences, plus content from Stash and cmiVFX.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Eye candy: Planes trailer
Clip from not-Pixar-actually sequel to Cars takes wing onto YouTube, along with teaser for La Luna short.
Monday, June 13th, 2011