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
Free Resources
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
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
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