Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 4.2

Maya crowd animation system now displays 'tens of thousands' of agents in the viewport without lag.

Friday, November 6th, 2015

Download innoBright's free tech preview of Altus 1.0

Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Gnomon ships Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot

See the modern matte painting workflow from end to end in Game of Thrones veteran Igor Staritsin's seven-hour video.

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Rokoko Electronics unveils Salto full-body mocap suit

Danish startup promises lightweight inertial capture suit for just $700. A further $150 gets you gloves on top.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0

Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Miguel Winfield releases MG-Picker Studio 1.5

Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 7.2

Renderfarm-management tool gets new file-conversion options, support for the NIM production tracker.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Allegorithmic integrates Iray into Substance Designer

Version 5.3 of the texturing tool adds Nvidia's GPU-accelerated renderer, complete with Yebis post effects.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2

Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Sneak peek: Houdini 15

Updated: See the new crowd sim and simulation slicing options, plus the new Principled PBR shader.

Monday, September 28th, 2015

How to create an undersea digital matte painting

Aaron Sims Company lead digital matte painter Didier Konings explains how he created this real production asset.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 5

Updated: 3D clothing design app gets new direct positioning tool, better pattern editing, faster sims. Now shipping.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015