Side Effects announces Houdini Engine pricing

Engine starts at $495; free plugin enabling users to edit Houdini content inside Maya ships in July.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

Paint your crowd sims with Golaem Crowd 3.2

Maya crowd simulator adds option to control actor density and behaviour simply by painting on the ground.

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

Autodesk releases Toxik and MatchMover for free

Updated: Compositor and camera tracker available via the Exchange Apps store, along with Backburner.

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014

Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa for Cinema 4D

Updated: C4D port of particle renderer now shipping. Costs $400 less than the Max or Maya versions.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Mindbomb Apps releases Gfx Hotkeys 4.0

Useful iOS reference app now lists keyboard shortcuts for 79 editing, 3D, compositing and tracking tools.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 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

Matte Painting Techniques for Concept Design ships

Francesco Corvino's five-hour masterclass sets out better ways to create photorealistic environments.

Friday, March 28th, 2014

Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.0

Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max.

Monday, March 24th, 2014

Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

MakeHuman reaches stable 1.0.0 milestone release

Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Shotgun integrates Pipeline Toolkit with Perforce

GDC 2014: Modular collection of pipeline tools now links to popular version-control system.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Gnomon releases definitive guide to 3D matte painting

Garrett Fry's new DVD, Advanced 3D Matte Painting Techniques, offers 10 hours of advanced instruction.

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014

Old Softimage licences will remain valid after 2016

Autodesk also to offer subscription customers access to Softimage even after support is withdrawn.

Monday, March 10th, 2014