Render ZBrush hair in Max with FiberMesh to Splines

Updated: Export hair created with the recent ZBrush 4R2b update to 3ds Max - and now Maya and Blender.

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Review: Autodesk's 2012 entertainment software

Jason Lewis assesses how Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage and Mudbox 2012 perform in the real world.

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Eye candy: Hooked

An undersea beatboxing session goes awry when the star becomes calimari in Cybertime's quirky short, created using Cinema 4D R13.

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Luxion ships KeyShot 3

Easy-to-use photorealistic renderer adds intriguing new no-keyframe system for technical animation.

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Q&A: David Lesperance, environment sculptor

Sculpting isn't just for characters, says the Blizzard veteran: it's there for everything from trees to rubble.

Monday, November 7th, 2011

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

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

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

Review: Digital Painting Techniques Volume 3

3DTotal's guides to digital painting are getting to be something of a good habit, says Fernando Caire.

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Eye candy: Gears of War 3 'Dust to dust' trailer

Updated with 'making of' info: new GOW3 teaser sets Digital Domain's visuals to a haunting soundtrack.

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online

Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

Watch the making of Shane Acker's Plus Minus

See inside the 9 director's new short, co-created with Meni Tsirbas and students at Gnomon Studios.

Monday, August 29th, 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