Blender 2.66 adds Bullet physics, Dynamic Topology
Impressive update adds high-end rigid-body dynamics, true claylike sculpting to the open-source app.
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
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Epic adds Substance support to Unreal Engine
See Allegorithmic's parametric texture format in action in UE3 in the very Lovecraftian 'Beneath' demo.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Autodesk releases 123D Creature
Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.
Friday, February 15th, 2013
VFX breakdown: the making of Little Kaiju
Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Shotgun merges with Tank and Revolver
Get the production-management system, asset manager and shot review tool in one for $49 per month.
Monday, February 11th, 2013
Five great VFX spots from Super Bowl 2013
Discover how the effects for our own fave five ads and teasers from Sunday's big game were created.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Can raytracing really kill raster graphics?
Imagination Technologies thinks so. We explore why its new raytracing cards could change how you work.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
e-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2
Updated: New trial version available of the vegetation instancing plugin for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Imagination ships Caustic Series2 raytracing boards
Innovative new dedicated hardware gives real-time raytracing for the price of a high-end pro GPU.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4.1
New Live link to 3ds Max lets users design custom image-based light rigs and see results in V-Ray RT.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 2.2
Maya crowd-simulation tool adds support for Arnold renderer, new automatic texture-variation system.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.5
Low-cost crowd-simulation system for Max, Maya and Cinema 4D gets SSS material, overlay motion clips.
Friday, January 25th, 2013