Laubwerk overhauls procedural Plants Kits

Ultra-detailed plant models now support translucency. Use them natively in Max or C4D, or in other apps via Python.

Monday, July 14th, 2014

Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost

Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows

Monday, March 31st, 2014

Lightmap ships LightWave plugin for HDR Light Studio

LightWave3D Live Connection lets users create HDRIs in real time, and see the results in LightWave's VPR.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Eye candy: Kometh

Discover the alien life pulsating at the heart of a comet in Erik Ferguson's unnerving Houdini short.

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

Thinkbox Software ships Deadline 6.1

Renderfarm manager gets better scheduling, standalone Python API, V-Ray distributed rendering option.

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Solid Angle releases trial version of Arnold

Developer's new website makes top raytrace renderer available to small studios. Rent it for just $8.50 a day.

Friday, January 17th, 2014

Science.D.Visions releases €499 version of 3DEqualizer4

Foundation edition makes high-end matchmover accessible to students. Full version gets an update, too.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2014

Eye candy: Main Road|Post's Stalingrad VFX reel

Check out eight minutes of beautiful Houdini effects breakdowns from the epic Russian war movie.

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Interview: DreamWorks FX veteran Alessandro Pepe

The versatile technical director discusses the key skills for today's TDs, and his tips for young FX artists.

Monday, December 9th, 2013

Next Limit ships Maxwell Render 3

Sizeable update to the physically based renderer adds new tools for for suns, seas and surface scattering.

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4.5

Update to the GPU-based renderer adds progressive rendering. Modo and Softimage editions mooted.

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

Next Limit announces new tools in Maxwell Render 3

Discover a new feature a day every day this week on the mini-site for the physically based renderer.

Monday, November 18th, 2013

IDV releases SpeedTree 7 Studio and Cinema

Plant-generation tool gets support for Sub-Ds, Alembic, animated growth and seasonal changes.

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013