QuadSpinner releases Helios SkyBuilder for Vue

Dax Pandhi's ambitious Vue add-on enables users to create ultra-detailed skies for visual effects work.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013

Cl3ver rolls out Cl3ver 1.1

Online tool for creating interactive 3D content gets new script and material editors, support for larger scenes.

Friday, October 4th, 2013

Faceware Technologies ships Analyzer 2.0, Retargeter 4.0

New Lite editions of the markerless facial mocap tools cut the price of a complete system to $1,190 per seat.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

Autodesk announces 2014 Extension releases

Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

Autodesk posts Leap Motion plugin for MotionBuilder

Free R&D plugin lets users of the Kinect-like device puppeteer characters live inside MotionBuilder.

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

ftrack releases ftrack 2.0

Low-cost production-tracking system gets extensive overhaul, better compatibility with Nuke and Hiero.

Thursday, September 26th, 2013

DNA Research releases 3Delight for Softimage 4.0

RenderMan-compliant renderer gets new interactive relighting workflow, speed boost of up to ten times.

Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp

V-Ray for SketchUp 1.6 beta becomes full-point release, adding proxies, V-Ray RT, need for dongle.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4

Updated: GPU-accelerated renderer gets physically based GI, multi-GPU support, new 3ds Max edition.

Sunday, September 15th, 2013

See the Creation Real-Time Renderer running in 3ds Max

Updated: See Fabric Engine's VFX renderer power a custom per-pixel camera projection tool inside Max.

Thursday, September 12th, 2013

Q&A: Dylan Cole

The top concept artist explains his workflow - and reveals why listening to metal can help your matte work.

Monday, September 9th, 2013

How to recreate Gollum with four consumer camcorders

Watch Fabrice Visserot's amazing homebrew mocap set-up recreate a key scene from The Two Towers.

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta

Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.

Friday, August 16th, 2013