LuxRender 1.4 ships
Free physically based renderer moves to new core architecture; renders 'at least two times faster'.
Monday, February 9th, 2015
Free Resources
Gnomon releases Sculpting a Dragon with ZBrush
Four-hour video provides a complete guide to creature modelling: from ZSpheres to finished digital sculpt.
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1502
3D tracking tool gets improved export to Fusion, neat new system for overcoming lens distortion.
Thursday, February 5th, 2015
Autodesk to go subscription only on 1 February 2016
Firm to phase out perpetual licences of 3ds Max, Maya in favour of monthly or yearly pay-as-you-go pricing.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Guardians of the Galaxy: from page to screen
Rodney Fuentebella reveals how Marvel's viz dev team helped turn a B-list comic into a box-office smash.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
See Gnomon's eye-popping 2015 student reel
See a ten-minute compilation of the best new work created by full-time students at the leading CG school.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Digital Rebellion rolls out Kollaborate 1.3
Share, comment or annotate videos via your web browser with the cloud-based collaboration platform.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
VFX breakdowns of the month: January 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including Tippett Studio, Unit Image and RealtimeUK.
Saturday, January 31st, 2015
Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.1
Physically based renderer adds spotlights, OpenVDB and UDIM support, smart selective sampling.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R7
Eagerly awaited free update brings intuitive new poly modelling and instancing tools to the sculpting app. New 64-bit edition, too.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 4.5
3D clothing design tool adds support for multiple avatars, plus FBX and OBJ export for animations.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
Visit Gnomon's Making of Guardians of the Galaxy
See five Marvel concept artists discuss their work in a free session at Gnomon's Hollywood HQ on Thursday 5 February.
Monday, January 26th, 2015
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.6
Control armies via natural language with the crowd simulation tool's new human language logic system.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015