Polygonal Design releases Unfold3D Generation 8
UV unwrapping tool now handles million-triangle meshes and outputs multi-grid UVs for use in Mari.
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Free Resources
Animators' Toolkit for 3ds Max "creates cool stuff, faster"
$25 suite of scripts created by two VFX veterans boosts common rigging and animation tasks.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Allegorithmic releases B2M Lite for iOS and Android
Create texture maps on the move with this free version of Bitmap2Material for mobile devices.
Monday, June 3rd, 2013
Joe Alter releases LipService 6.5 for Maya
Updated with new video: sculpting and rigging toolset gets muscle system similar to Weta's Tissue.
Friday, May 31st, 2013
Our pick of Siggraph 2013's emerging technologies
New research on show ranges from weird Kinect tricks to using your bathwater as a touchscreen interface.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Next Limit ships RealFlow 2013
Long-awaited update adds Alembic support, GPU-accelerated Hybrido 2 fluid solver, new Relationship Editor.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Spiral Graphics releases Genetica 4.0
Texture-editing package gets new, more intuitive workflow, 3D texture synthesis, native scripting language.
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 2
Unique app for creating images with 'flame brushes' adds power to paint strokes as editable vectors.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Trimble ships SketchUp 2013
New branding, new library of pattern fills, new online Extension Warehouse - but too much else.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
Microsoft announces specs for Xbox One
As Microsoft unveils its rival to the PlayStation 4 and Wii U, we round up the key info for games artists.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
Back HitFilm for Mac and save on HitFilm for Windows
Fund FXhome's Kickstarter campaign to bring its low-cost FX tool to Mac and save $150 on the Windows edition.
Friday, May 17th, 2013
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro
Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp
Try this major update to the renderer while it's in open beta and use $800 of software free for three months.
Friday, May 17th, 2013