mental ray 3.10 adds Ptex support, 'major' iray update
Autodesk posts full feature list for renderer: no word yet on which will be exposed in Max, Maya, Softimage.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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Nvidia stops shipping mental mill
Retail distribution discontinued for MetaSL shader authoring tool bundled with Autodesk software.
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
The making of John Carter's epic digital environments
Forget the box-office takings: the settings are stunning. Cinesite explains how the VFX were created.
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Gnomon ships 150-minute Alex Alvarez tutorial for free
Explore the creation process for the large-scale illustration pictured above in The Making of 'Gathering'.
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Softimage 2013 to get new CrowdFX crowd tools
Upcoming update to add ICE-based crowd simulation system and new high-quality viewport display.
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2013
mCloth, Track View retiming and updates to iray and Nitrous, oh my. See videos of the new features here.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
Autodesk announces new 'Ultimate' product suite
Get the latest versions of 3ds Max, Maya, Mudbox, Softimage and MotionBuilder in one giant bundle.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Autodesk announces 2013 DCC product line-up
New tools and more interoperability announced for 3ds Max, Mudbox, Maya, Softimage and MotionBuilder.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
VFX breakdown: the making of Stratego
Brain Zoo Studios dissects its pipeline for its award-winning trailer for the classic military board game.
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Sneak peek: iray rendering in 3ds Max
See what Max's GPU-accelerated render engine can do - if you have monstrously powerful hardware.
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 1.4
Artist-friendly Maya crowd simulator gains support for mental ray rendering, new instancing tools.
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
The Foundry releases Mari 1.4v3
Update to the paint app adds texture replication options, navigation presets to mimic Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Sneak peek: CAT tools and Bokeh effects in 3ds Max
See character animation controllers in use on non-character objects, and funky viewport depth of field effects.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012