Pixar cuts 40% off price of RenderMan Pro Server
Cost of industry-standard render tool slashed to $2,000. RenderMan for Maya pricing unaffected.
Monday, November 15th, 2010
Free Resources
Interview: new 3D mouse developer Valentin Heun
Promising new 3D controller to support Max, Maya, Cinema 4D on launch next year, says developer.
Friday, November 5th, 2010
Axsotic releases details of intriguing new '3D mouse'
Demo for new input device shows a user rotating the digital model being painted via a real 3D trackball.
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Career advice: Raphael Lacoste, Ubisoft
The award-winning veteran of the Assassin's Creed games gives his tips for breaking into concept art.
Monday, November 1st, 2010
Eos Systems releases PhotoModeler 2010
Image-based modelling app now optimised for multi-core CPUs; price of Scanner edition cut by $100.
Friday, October 29th, 2010
cebas releases finalRender R2 for Maya
Updated Maya renderer adds 'ShaderGrind' system to make authoring accessible to non-TDs.
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
TurboSquid to sell Allegorithmic 'substances'
New online store for procedural texture materials, as featured in 3ds Max and Maya 2011.
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
3-D games just 'a science experiment': Xbox VP
Stereo gaming experience too geeky for mass appeal, says Microsoft Game Studios' Phil Spencer.
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Balancer poly-decimation tool comes to the Mac
Turn heavy sculpts into animation-ready meshes with new OS X edition of poly-optimisation tool.
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
E-on unveils Vue 9 line-up
Flicker-free algorithms, relighting, interactive network rendering take Vue 'out of realm of matte painting and into animation'.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
PD Pro 5 offers digital painting for under $100
The natural media package formerly known as Project Dogwaffle receives another quirky update.
Friday, October 8th, 2010
ARTVPS releases new photorealistic renderer
Shaderlight plug-in ported from 3ds Max to SketchUp; offers physically based progressive rendering.
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Carbon Scatter for 3ds Max enters open beta
New plug-in provides the power of Vue's EcoSystem instancing technology direct inside Max.
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010