Joe Alter adds 3D paint tools to LipService for Maya
Current beta of the promising facial sculpting and animation plug-in gains intuitive 3D painting toolset.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Free Resources
Autodesk releases Project Geppetto crowd simulator
Download the free work-in-progress 3ds Max arch viz crowd system from the Autodesk Labs website.
Monday, October 10th, 2011
GenArts ships Sapphire v6
Leading collection of VFX sparks for Autodesk, Avid and After Effects updated to version 6. Pricey, but still vital, say reviewers.
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Gnomon announces Master Classes 2011 line-up
Sign up for two weeks of online training, hosted by the world's leading VFX and games artists.
Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Review: Professional GPUs - Nvidia vs AMD 2011
Jason Lewis puts Nvidia and AMD's latest professional graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Chaos Group releases beta of V-Ray for Softimage
Industry-standard renderer finally available for Softimage users: register to download the beta today.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Autodesk launches Cloud services for design users
Subscription customers to get free file storage plus online rendering, collaboration and analyis tools.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Exotic Matter cuts price of Naiad by nearly $2,000
Next release of the fluid-simulation software to cost just $5,500. Existing customers to get free licences, too.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Basefount releases 52 video tutorials for Miarmy
Watch a complete video guide to this cool new Maya crowd-simulation system: full release next month.
Monday, September 26th, 2011
Side Effects gives first-time Houdini users 40% discount
One-month 'First Timer' promo gives freelancers and studios big savings on licences of Houdini Master.
Sunday, September 25th, 2011
VES launches effects industry 'bill of rights'
VFX artists should be able to refuse unexpected overtime "without fear of reprisal", says industry manifesto.
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2
Hotly tipped free update goes live, along with two Ryan Kingslien demo videos of its new Dyanmesh feature.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
The Foundry unveils new timeline tool for Nuke
HIERO conforms edit decision lists to enable Nuke artists to view their work in the context of the final cut.
Friday, September 9th, 2011