Autodesk announces new features of Softimage 2014

Watch demos of the new camera sequencer, ICE and Syflex options - and lots of videos about CrowdFX.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2014

Watch videos of the new crowd system, mParticles, Perspective Match and pan and zoom tools.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition

Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave

Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa SR

New standalone version of the formerly 3ds Max and Maya particle renderer integrates into any pipeline.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013

Sneak peek: new technology in Mudbox 2014

But unlike previous sneak peeks, the menu options are blurred out in the video. Post your guesses here.

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Eye candy: the visual effects of Our Lady of Lourdes

VFX supervisor Peter Szewyczk explains how he created the hallucinatory FX on a laptop in the Arnold renderer.

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5

Real-time mental ray viewer for Maya gets new render snapshot system, material and lighting overrides.

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio

Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Basefount ships Miarmy 2.0

Sub-$1,000 Maya crowd-simulation system gets better animation blending; now up to 10 times faster.

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Sneak peek: Softimage's new camera sequencer

Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips.

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Autodesk to unveil 2014 product line on 27 March

Join the Unfold event live in Montreal or watch it online, then quiz product managers via the Unfold website.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Faceware announces Retargeter 4.0

New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013