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
Free Resources
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
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.0
Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max.
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 1.5
Updated: Renderer gets Alembic support and real-time animation scrubbing with motion blur. Neat.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases
We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
OptiTrack debuts two new sub-$2,500 mocap cameras
GDC 2014: Prime 13 and Prime 13W offer 1.3MP resolution, 240fps capture and Ethernet connectivity.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
MakeHuman reaches stable 1.0.0 milestone release
Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Download 57 different bed models in 3DS format
Need reference material? Italian furniture manufacturer Flou provides full 3D models for its products.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Shotgun integrates Pipeline Toolkit with Perforce
GDC 2014: Modular collection of pipeline tools now links to popular version-control system.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Gnomon releases definitive guide to 3D matte painting
Garrett Fry's new DVD, Advanced 3D Matte Painting Techniques, offers 10 hours of advanced instruction.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
Thinkbox Software unveils Stoke MX 2.0
Updated and now in open beta: high-density 3ds Max particle toolkit gets new field-manipulation tools.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
Southpaw Tech announces Tactic | aWare for Unity
New $399 tool hopes to fill gap in market for an asset-management system aimed at indie game devs.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Pixar announces RenderMan for Katana
New free plugin gives users access to RenderMan Pro Server features within the lighting and look dev tool.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014