Autodesk unveils 3ds Max 2016
Strong update adds node-based tool-authoring system, new physical camera, improved Alembic and OpenSubdiv support.
Monday, April 13th, 2015
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Project Groomboy calls for beta testers
Intriguing procedural Maya grooming tool works with nHair, XGen, plus key hair plugins. Sign up to test it now.
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.3
Production-proven look dev and rendering system gets big update. One seat free for commercial use.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Gnomon ships Introduction to Substance Painter
Master the next-gen texturing tool with a four-hour video guide from Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Blender 2.74 ships
Check out the Viewport 2.0-style viewport AO and depth of field; better hair dynamics and planar tracking.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Download Nvidia's bizarre new PhysX FleX demo
Fire bananas at flags, pour goop on armadillos and melt bunnies in this real-time multiphysics test scene.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Liquid Dream Solutions ships ButterflyNetRender 6
Multi-application network rendering controller now fully compatible with OS X as well as Windows.
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 4.0
Maya crowd system gets neat new animation and simulation editing tools. Cool new demo reel, too.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
Nvidia launches Iray 2015
GPU-based renderer gets support for instancing, AxF material format. New Maya plugin and server edition also in development.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
Nvidia unveils Quadro M6000
Jason Lewis runs through the specs of Nvidia's new top-of-the-range pro GPU, and reveals some early benchmark results.
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
DNA Research ships 3Delight for 3ds Max 2.0
RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free.
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Faceshift releases faceshift Studio 2015
Markerless facial mocap system now supports the Intel RealSense sensor. Use it to create a $510 wearable camera rig.
Friday, March 13th, 2015