LightWave 10.1 ships
Point update announced in April now available, adding VPR support for FiberFX, new off-axis stereo rig.
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Free Resources
Blender gets cool new retopology add-on
Turn freehand strokes and loose edges into neat all-quad meshes with Eclectiel's Bsurfaces 1.5.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Video tutorial: ZSpheres with Glen Southern
SparkleVFX makes complete new 50-minute ZBrush training video available for free on Vimeo.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
e-on releases performance-boosting LumenRT upgrade
Free LumenRT 1.2 update improves performance of the real-time visualisation tool by up to 300%.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Evermotion releases new unbiased renderer
Free open beta of NOX available even for commercial jobs. Includes plug-ins for 3ds Max and Blender.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Amplify: cool new virtual texturing add-on for Unity
Use virtual textures up to 512,000 x 512,000 pixels in size in Unity Pro with Insidious Technologies' plug-in.
Monday, July 11th, 2011
e-on ships Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema 4D
Previously Max-only instancing plug-in for creating natural environments goes multi-platform.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
New Augmented Reality edition of Substance Classic
Splice 3D creations into webcam footage in real time with the new AR edition of the organic art tool.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Learn 3D design from Blizzard's Vitaly Bulgarov
Master the art of high-precision sculpting and surfacing in Gnomon's new creature tutorial.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The Foundry builds new Mari-to-Nuke bridge
Free Mari 1.3v2 update speeds up matte painting and clean-up work by up to 30%, developer estimates.
Friday, July 1st, 2011
3DVIA.com adds 'print this model in 3D' button
Dassault's online community adds instant print option for users' creations. See also: Autodesk 123D.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Videos: Autodesk Labs' new crowd-simulation system
Check out four new videos of Project Geppetto, due for release in August.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
Crage Games releases €50 node-based texture editor
Texture Designer offers a fast, no-frills tool for creating texture maps, 2D graphics and interface elements.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011