Free eBook reveals workflows of top animators
Download Animation Insiders and learn how Jason Schleifer and Pixar's Victor Navone tackle jobs.
Friday, January 7th, 2011
Free Resources
Get Automatron 3ds Max animation plug-in for free
Download the rigging and animation tools created for Andy Murdock's classic short LOR: Lots of Robots.
Monday, January 3rd, 2011
New website offers 30MB of free textures daily
10 Ravens offers registered users chance to download textures and reference images for free.
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Free Maxwell update adds interactive renderer
Maxwell Render 2.5 gains Maxwell Fire preview renderer, updates to subsurface scattering and scripting.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
E-on software releases two free versions of Vue 9
Vue developer releases PLE version of pro products and time-limited trial of lower-end apps.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
The Foundry releases free open beta of STORM
New tool speeds up rough cuts and playback of digital footage 'like REDCINE-X on steroids'.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
The Pixel Farm releases free colour-grading tool
Get AirGrade and control all your colour grading operations on set from the comfort of your iPhone.
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Get Oscar-winning video editing software for free
Public beta of EditShare's newly open-sourced Lightworks video editing software now available.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
New free beta tools add Ptex support to 3ds Max
Mankua's Stripes plug-in suite adds support for Disney's UV-less texture format inside Max.
Thursday, November 25th, 2010
CGschool announces free Max and V-Ray 2.0 webinars
Plus three other free one-hour sessions in arch viz training specialist's December line-up.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Japanese site offers over 4,000 free mocap moves
Need an FBX file of someone flipping the bird or barfing? Mocapdata.com is for you.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
Get 10 3D models free every week with 3D Rivers
Online model library to make randomly chosen models from its collection available for no charge.
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
Video: free 90-minute Houdini networks tutorial
Includes 66-page PDF, scene files and best user comment ever: "It is pleasure like sex with beautiful wife"
Friday, November 12th, 2010