Clovis Gay releases Fur Guides Painter for 3ds Max
New plugin lets users style hair faster than with Max's native tools, and paint hair guides freehand.
Monday, February 17th, 2014
Free Resources
Get Godot: like Unity, but open source
Mobile and PC developer Okam Studio releases its multi-platform in-house engine via a MIT licence.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
VFX Screens for iOS speeds up screen replacement
Neat little free app displays tracking markers for touch and swipe events on your iPad to speed up VFX work.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Q&A: ace mech creator Fausto de Martini
Blizzard's former 3D art director tells us about his move to movies, and his tips for faster design in 3ds Max.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Planetside Software unveils Terragen 3.1
New instancing features, plus the option to use satellite photos to generate instant textured terrain.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
See every VFX Oscar winner in under five minutes
While you wait for this year's winner, relive VFX history from Star Wars to Life of Pi with this video montage.
Friday, January 31st, 2014
Evermotion's NOX renderer now supports V-Ray scenes
0.41 update to free unbiased render engine adds script to process basic V-Ray lights and materials.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
IKinema releases IKinema Action 3 for Maya
Update to mocap streaming and data-editing plugin adds automatic fixes for jitter and foot slippage.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Colour correct on the move with Cinekolor for iOS
New iPhone app acts as 'mobile version of Lightroom or Lustre'; exports LUTs to Photoshop, Nuke.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Mixamo releases Fuse 'universal character creator'
Free tool generates custom male and female characters in OBJ format, licensed for commercial use.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Christoph Kubisch releases Alles Im Fluss for 3ds Max
Updated: Intuitive suite of tools designed to speed up subdivision modelling now available to buy.
Friday, January 24th, 2014