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Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
Free Resources
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Unity Technologies ships Unity 4
Developer's 'biggest release to date' adds Mecanim character animation system, support for DirectX 11.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Basefount announces Miarmy Commander
Maya crowd simulator gets new extension for traffic and fight scenes; plus Mac OS X and Arnold support.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Q&A: tigoboANIMATION
The indie artists and producers discuss how to find your personal style, and offer a crash course in French animation.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Epic Games ships Carapace
Download this neat little free tool for creating perspective grids, written by environment artist Warren Marshall.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Imagineer Systems releases mocha 3.1
Planar tracker gets support for RED footage, new lens distortion tools, improved workflow with Scratch.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.4
Unbiased renderer gets support for section planes, new orthographic camera, native 3ds Max integration.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
FXhome releases HitFilm 2 Ultimate
Surprisingly powerful $399 editor, compositor and VFX tool now comes bundled with the mocha 3D tracker.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
10 key tips for lighting and look development
Improve the realism of your work with these expert tips from Sony Pictures Imageworks' Cosku Turhan
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Hollywood Camera Work releases Shot Designer app
Create animated blocking diagrams and shot lists with Per Holmes' handy new iOS and Android app.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Coolorus releases colour wheel for Adobe tools
Put a Painter-style colour wheel inside Flash or Photoshop with this inexpensive little add-on.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2012