Check out new mesh conversion tool ArtMesh
Interesting work-in-progress app automatically converts triangular meshes to quads.
Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Free Resources
DAZ 3D ships Victoria 7
Popular stock figure gets new facial rig, plus OpenSubdiv and UDIM support to increase compatibility with other 3D apps.
Thursday, June 25th, 2015
Science.D.Visions ships 3DEqualizer 4 Release 4
High-end camera tracker gets improved network calculation, expanded Python support, new monthly rental options.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
You can do it! VFX releases Nyx Voltron
Handy new tool lets users live-link (almost) anything in 3ds Max to its equivalent in After Effects. Try it free until 31 July.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
Maxon unveils Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini Engine
Updated: Free plugin to make Houdini's VFX tools accessible inside C4D now out in public beta.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Video Copilot releases Element 3D V2.2
GPU-accelerated tool for rendering 3D models inside After Effects adds new options for working with grouped objects.
Friday, June 19th, 2015
Corona Renderer 1.1 for 3ds Max ships
Update to popular 3ds Max renderer adds new, faster Bitmap shader and improves handling of particles.
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Download a high-resolution 3D scan of a female head
Get Second Chance Games and VFX's raw scan data and hi-res sculpt, in ZTL and OBJ formats.
Monday, June 15th, 2015
HP announces new 3D scanning system for Sprout
Free 3D scanning software and $299 USB turntable for the all-in-one 'creativity station' to ship in July.
Friday, June 12th, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.8
Updated: Now officially shipping. New downloadable .exe file for the UE4 Kite demo due this week, too.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.1
Free update to the game engine improves support for VR workflows, and adds new HDR colour picker.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.4
Next-gen texturing tool gets new AO channel - plus much-requested option to paint straight lines.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Polygonal Design releases Unfold3D Generation 9
Big update to UV unwrapping tool adds neat brush-based workflows for optimising UVs; UDIM support and Lua scripting.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015