Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana
KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
Free Resources
Watch Designing The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Updated: See Marvel Studios artists discuss their work at this free event on Saturday 8 August - now also to be livestreamed online.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.1
GPU production renderer gets new noise filter to clean up renders, plus support for Maya's XGen and Bifrost.
Thursday, August 6th, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12 in beta
Free Lite edition now rebranded plain DaVinci Resolve; $995 Studio edition now adds Linux support.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
10 questions: Ori and the Blind Forest's Simon Kopp
The concept artist tells us about his work, designing believable game worlds, and his tips for other artists.
Monday, July 27th, 2015
Gnomon releases Illustration From Imagination
See illustrator Cameron Scott Davis create a fantasy character, from sketch to finished Photoshop image.
Friday, July 24th, 2015
Solid Iris Technologies releases Thea Render 1.5
Hybrid renderer gets new advanced material options, plus support for Allegorithmic's Substances.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
5 killer tips for sculpting believable creatures
Read sculptor Steve Lord's advice for sculpting better creatures: from real animals to mythical beasts.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
See Anatomy Lab: Designing Creatures for Film
Free event at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Saturday 25 July offers four hours of practical anatomy tips.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps released
Updated: Kinect-based mocap tools now support Oculus Rift. New free script for viewing the point cloud data in Unity, too.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
E-on software releases LumenRT 2015.5 line-up
Update to real-time visualisation tools boosts playback performance, adds integration with PlantFactory.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Hans Godard releases Switch Constraint for Maya
Switch a driven object between driver objects at a mouse click with the Naughty Dog TD's handy plugin.
Saturday, July 11th, 2015