Eye candy: Decepticon Truck Crawl
Watch Digital Domain animator Kiel Figgins' ace Transformers homage, then check out the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
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Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
Thinkbox Software ships Deadline 6.1
Renderfarm manager gets better scheduling, standalone Python API, V-Ray distributed rendering option.
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
New Gnomon DVD shows how this 3D World cover was made
The Making of 'Totem' sets out how the magazine illustration was created in ZBrush, Maya and SpeedTree.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
Solid Angle releases trial version of Arnold
Developer's new website makes top raytrace renderer available to small studios. Rent it for just $8.50 a day.
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Watch the tech sessions from Autodesk University online
Access hours of training videos and session handouts for free, particularly if you're a Max or Maya user.
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
Allan McKay posts two new VFX pipeline training videos
Watch 45 minutes of free video training on creating custom pipeline tools for 3ds Max and FumeFX.
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
NewTek releases free trial of ChronoSculpt
Try NewTek's innovative new tool for sculpting animation caches by hand. Works with most 3D packages.
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
Cool technology: the AIR automatic rigging system
Jesus Rodriguez Nieto's work-in-progress tech aims to automate skinning, secondary deformation.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
3rd Powers ships five new LightWave plugins
Cage Deformer, Lattice Deformer, Meta Mesh, Boolean Tool and Heat Shrink Plus manipulate complex geometry in real time.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa MY 2.3
Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Gnomon releases 200-minute lighting masterclass
Disney veteran Frederic Durand's Light and Shadow shows that good lighting is about more than just lights.
Monday, December 16th, 2013