Cool tech demo: create clouds with Elementacular

Updated and now shipping: Turn any model into an editable, relightable cloud with this neat Maya plugin.

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 3.3

Maya crowd simulator adds support for blendshape animaion - as shown in a rather endearing demo video.

Saturday, August 16th, 2014

Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Modo, Nuke and Katana

New versions for The Foundry's core tools increase the renderer's penetration into the VFX market.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Side Effects releases Houdini Indie

Updated: new edition gives anyone making under $100K the full feature set of Houdini FX for $199/year.

Friday, August 8th, 2014

Arnold 4.2 and new Houdini and C4D plugins due soon

Performance gains of up to 50% for the core renderer; plugins due out at Siggraph and by the end of this year.

Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

Video: Fabric Software's Splice for 3ds Max

See 600 rigged characters running in the Max viewport in real time with the upcoming Fabric Engine plugin.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

Download 165 new Xfrog 3D plant models for free

Get 36 plants, trees and shrubs in a range of common formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.

Friday, July 25th, 2014

e-on ships Ozone 2014

Updated: Atmosphere creation plugin adds physically accurate sunlight. Free PLE edition now available.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014

Side Effects unveils Houdini Engine for 3ds Max, Unreal

Unreal Engine plugin being developed in house; 3ds Max version by former Digital Domain TD Hideki Suzuki.

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

Imagineer systems releases mocha Pro 4

New version of planar tracking tool adds new stereoscopic roto and tracking toolset, Python support.

Friday, July 11th, 2014

Try out GPU-accelerated GI in mental ray

Discover how to unlock the new engine built into 3ds Max and Maya 2015 to send Nvidia your feedback.

Tuesday, July 8th, 2014

Eye candy: Auroras

Niles Heckman tells us how he made his labour-of-love FX short, rendered over three years on a single PC.

Monday, July 7th, 2014

Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards

See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.

Friday, July 4th, 2014