Epic releases new Unreal Development Kit beta
Monthly update to the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 adds new in-game movie capture, better material editor.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
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Red Giant ships Trapcode Suite 11 for After Effects
Particle tool Trapcode Form gets a major upgrade in the latest update to Peder Norrby's VFX plug-ins.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Download 19 photographic cutout people from xoio
Get a set of the arch viz studio's stock characters for free online, complete with shadow templates.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2
Game-focused texturing app gains vector paint, CrazyBump-style toolkit, OS X support and $350 Lite edition.
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown
All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: see the new tools in Softimage 2012.5
Watch Autodesk's movies of the new modelling and simulation tools in the upcoming Advantage Pack update.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Pixar unveils RenderMan for Maya 5.0
Forthcoming update to overhaul raytracing and add 'physically plausible' shading, radiosity cache.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Pixologic posts tantalising new ZBrush 4R2 teaser
Upcoming free update to feature better Booleans, array tools and Sculptris-style workflow?
Monday, August 8th, 2011
Xsens develops inertial mocap suit for horses
Want to know what a horse in a motion-capture suit really looks like? Play the video to find out
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Autodesk acquires Instructables
Software giant buys expands further into hobbyist 3D market with buyout of popular online DIY site.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Maxon announces feature list for Cinema 4D R13
Major update adds physically based renderer, stereoscopic toolset and new rigging and animation tools.
Monday, August 1st, 2011