Luxology ships modo 601

'Most significant update ever' adds over 50 major new features, including character animation tools.

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Thinkbox releases XMesh

Developer releases new animated geometry caching system for 3ds Max; Maya and Softimage to come.

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Exotic Matter releases Naiad Buddy for 3ds Max

3ds Max import/export toolset for the fluid simulator now in alpha. Maya and Houdini versions also available.

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Domingos Silva releases Massive importer for Max

Updated: Get animated crowds of up to 50 into 3ds Max for rendering. Version 1.5 now available in beta.

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Cinesite launches new technical internship scheme

London studio calls for coders as well as wannabe VFX artists to win paid six-week work placements.

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

VFX breakdown: the making of ColourBleed

Director and VFX supervisor Peter Szewczyk takes us through the making of his award-winning short.

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Eye candy: Gorillavator

Check out Wiek Luijken's winning entry in the Houdini Apprentice Cook-Off contest. Short, but sweet.

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Eye candy: Chaos Group's four new V-Ray demo reels

Count 'em and weep. Then wipe away the tears, before they obscure your view of the beautiful images.

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown

All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX

3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Planetside releases free version of Terragen 2.3

Non-commercial edition of the landscape generator gains 64-bit support and range of new tools.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

VES careers fair takes place in Hollywood tomorrow

Swing by the Hollywood Renaissance hotel on North Highland Ave on Saturday 25 June.

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Free update adds 64-bit support to Terragen

Version 2.3 also adds new colour picker, option to render simple animations created in other apps.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011