Tutorials: better lighting effects in 3ds Max
Read Jamie Cardoso's guides to creating custom IES light webs and fixing glitches with self-illumination.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Free Resources
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX
Much-anticipated genre-breaking 2D/3D package priced at $2,995: download the free PLE version now.
Monday, December 24th, 2012
Mirye Software unveils Shade 3D for Unity
New free edition of the veteran 3D modelling and animation package targets indie game developers.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Allegorithmic creates $99 Substance Designer licence
Identical to the full $590 edition, but intended for non-commercial use by hobbyists and games modders.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Maxon releases ArtSmart plugin for Cinema 4D
Sign up on Cineversity and get the free motion-graphics tool for handling Illustrator files in Cinema.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Ephere ships Ornatrix 2
Popular 3ds Max hair-simulation plugin gains full support for V-Ray and Max's MassFX physics system.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Ephere ships Zookeeper 2
3ds Max plugin for taming large production scenes gets cleaner, faster UI, updates to the tree and schematic views.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Imagination announces Series2 raytracing boards
New OpenRL cards will accelerate Caustic Visualizer real-time raytracing plugins for Max, Maya.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Quixel releases beta of dDo Photoshop 'super-plugin'
Powerful new tool automates process of creating realistically distressed games textures, looks awesome.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Verold supports video reviews in Verold Studio
Upload and view 3D models online, then invite up to 10 people to review them live via Google+ Hangouts.
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
Julien Vanhoenacker ships Deflicker_Velocity for Nuke
Useful free tool helps to reduce lighting flicker when compositing raytrace-rendered animation.
Friday, November 23rd, 2012