Q&A: Titanfall lead artist Joel Emslie
The games veteran discusses his concept workflow, and the art of building bitchin' maquettes of mechs.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
Free Resources
Gnomon releases Creating Terrains with Satellite Data
New two-tutorial set provides comprehensive guide to creating detailed, art-directable 3D terrain.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
The Foundry ships Modo 801
'Monster' across-the-board update includes node-based shading, new animation tools, better dynamics.
Friday, April 25th, 2014
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine pricing
Engine starts at $495; free plugin enabling users to edit Houdini content inside Maya ships in July.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Shotgun Software rolls out integrated client review site
Free Shotgun 5.3 update lets users share assets securely with clients directly within the Shotgun browser.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Paint your crowd sims with Golaem Crowd 3.2
Maya crowd simulator adds option to control actor density and behaviour simply by painting on the ground.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Download Wave Deformer for Cinema 4D
Johannes Kollender's neat free plugin creates animated ocean waves from any polygonal surface.
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Departures
Check out the Kickstarter campaign for ILM matte painter Jorik Dozy's atmospheric short.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Find CG jobs from your phone with MGODI
Updated, now on Android: Free app from End User Event organisers matches artists to likely studios.
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Mindbomb Apps releases Gfx Hotkeys 4.0
Useful iOS reference app now lists keyboard shortcuts for 79 editing, 3D, compositing and tracking tools.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Red Giant Software unveils Magic Bullet Looks 2.5
Free GPU-accelerated update to colour-grading tool offers "up to 95%" speed boost on Windows.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.6
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation system gets new cloning tools and V-Ray 3.0 compatibility.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows
Monday, March 31st, 2014