The Foundry ships Mari 1.5
3D paint package gets real-time shadows, support for overlapping UVs, Photoshop .abr brush import.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
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Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 2.0
Maya crowd-simulation software gets new graphical AI-authoring system; speed boosted 15 times.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
Shotgun Software unveils Tank asset manager
Upcoming future-proofed visual effects asset-management system to be shown off at Siggraph 2012.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
IKinema unveils LiveAction virtual production system
Stream mocap data into Maya and preview the results on a virtual set, complete with real-time shadows.
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Fabric Engine launches Creation Platform
See cool tools built with the high-performance app development framework running inside Maya.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Nuke and Katana
Details to follow at Siggraph, along with news of Alembic and deep image support in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R4
Major free update adds retopology tools, new Insert Multi Mesh system, (almost) unlimited undos. Very cool.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Eric 'Mootzoid' Mootz releases emReader for modo
Import RealFlow, Softimage or Maya animations for rendering with the cult Softimage coder's first modo plugin.
Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 1.5
Crowd simulator now shows your actors directly within the Maya render window, rather than baking geometry.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Ladybug
See Chilean studio Leyenda's calling card to the cinematics market, done in just seven weeks of part-time work.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
EU court rules: it's okay to resell downloaded software
Good news if you've got copies of Maya, Photoshop et al gathering dust at the back of your hard drive.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012
RevUp Render starts V-Ray cloud rendering service
Render 3ds Max or Maya scenes in a fraction of the time taken on your desktop via this new online service.
Sunday, July 1st, 2012