Southpaw Technology ships five new Tactic apps
New extensions of the open-source asset-management system include dedicated app for VFX studios.
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Free Resources
SolidAngle releases Arnold for Houdini
New Houdini to Arnold plugin now available to download alongside the Maya and Softimage versions.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
e-on ships Vue 2014.6 and PlantFactory 2014.6
Updated: Non-commercial Personal Learning Editions of both apps now available for the 2014.6 editions.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
Video: see Frostbite and Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8
Updated: download Epic Games' free Zen Garden demo to try Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8 for yourself.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Sigrasoft ships WaxLab 3d sculpting plugin for Maya
Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya
Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Ten24 ships Skull Sketcher anatomy reference app
Free tool shows male and female skulls from any angle, under any lighting, in outline or realistic views.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Come to Origin: Conceptual Visions for Film and Games
Free event at Hollywood's Gnomon Gallery on Friday 26 September showcases 10 top concept artists.
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
HP announces Z440, Z640 and Z840 workstations
More RAM, newer CPUs and GPUs and faster SSDs than previous Z-Series pro graphics workstations.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Adobe unveils After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2014.1
AE to get improved C4D workflow; Premiere gets new search and transcoding tools. Both get new UIs.
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
The Foundry launches Colorway
Updated: New tool iterates colour, lighting and materials in 3D renders. Now for C4D as well as Modo.
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Corona Renderer dev team post first Cinema 4D build
Free alpha of the promising renderer includes instancing, basic support for native C4D materials and lights.
Monday, September 8th, 2014
Knald Technologies releases Lys in open beta
Cool new tool converts HDR files between formats and generates specular and irradiance textures.
Thursday, September 4th, 2014