Tutorial: Global Illumination Texture Baking & Lightmapping in Maya
How to bake global illumination and ambient occlusion to textures in Maya.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
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Free Maxwell update adds interactive renderer
Maxwell Render 2.5 gains Maxwell Fire preview renderer, updates to subsurface scattering and scripting.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Side Effects posts making of for new Katy Perry promo
Discover how Radium/ReelFX used Houdini to create a custom 'firework' tool for pyrotechnic promo video.
Monday, December 13th, 2010
Eye candy: apocalyptic new Mass Effect 3 debut trailer
"If Shepard doesn't bring help soon, there won't be an Earth left to save."
Monday, December 13th, 2010
cebas releases packed 3.5 update to its Max renderers
finalRender 3.5 and 3.5 SE gain overhauled GI and stereo camera rig from Alice in Wonderland.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
CityEngine Vue: instant 3D cities for just $299
New low-cost edition of powerful procedural city-modelling app brings instant urbanity to Vue users.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
Eye candy: Meet Buck
Q: What do you get when a man with a deer's head meets his girlfriend's hunting-obsessed father? A: Four minutes of viewing pleasure
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Video tutorial: sharper shadows with HDRI in V-Ray
Discover how to preserve crisp shadows in your V-Ray renders in Matt Guetta's exclusive tutorial.
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
New OnLive demo shows Maya running on an iPad
Games streaming service broadens horizons to serve 3D software to mobile devices over the cloud.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Max plug-in bakes entire game levels to textures
Flatiron 1.6 targets handheld game developers needing good-looking textures for minimal memory.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Videos: 10 new features in V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max
Now shipping: check out the new stereo rig, dispersion controls, car paint material, and more.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
pmG releases messiahStudio 5
Update to animation and rendering tool adds interactive preview renderer, sketch annotation mode.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Review: Tron: Evolution
The new Tron movie will soon be in cinemas - but should its PS3 tie-in game be derezzed, asks an underwhelmed Fernando Caire?
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010