Siggraph 2011: Autodesk unveils new Advantage Packs

Subscriber-only updates to Mudbox, Softimage and the creative finishing tools to ship by late September.

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX

3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Gnomon releases 14-hour Scott Spencer ZBrush DVD

Introduction to ZBrush 4 possibly "the most comprehensive ZBrush training package ever developed".

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Sign up for Autodesk's free pre-Siggraph student event

Register now for tech sessions and a free animation masterclass with Pixar's Carlos Baena.

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Crytek releases free editor package for Crysis 2

Modding toolset includes CryEngine 3 Sandbox Editor plus audio design and normal mapping apps.

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Review: V-Ray 2.0

Jason Lewis takes the 3ds Max plug-in renderer's new materials, stereo options and GPU-accelerated preview for a test drive.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

Allegorithmic releases free animated caustics map

Substance Caustics provides loopable caustic effects in 3ds Max 2012 and Maya 2012.

Friday, June 17th, 2011

Download six 'Smart IBL' HDR sets for free

HDR Labs makes six sets of HDR images for faster image-based lighting available as free downloads.

Monday, June 13th, 2011

Video tutorial: ZBrush skills from The Making of Dirge

Master the art of creature sculpting with this 50-minute masterclass from Alex Alvarez's Gnomon DVD.

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

New app lists hotkeys for (almost) every CG package

Gfx Hotkeys 2.0 shows keyboard shortcuts for over 30 VFX and 3D tools, for Windows, OS X and Linux.

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Allegorithmic ships grunge and normal-mapping tools

Texture specialist ships new grunge and CrazyBump-style toolkits, calls for requests for future tools.

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Video: Indigo Renderer 3.0 goes GPU-accelerated

Unbiased renderer to support CUDA and OpenCL-powered real-time materials and camera editing.

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Q&A: Joe Menna, Batman collectibles super-sculptor

The leading creator of comic-book collectibles discusses art skills, working with DC - and how to break into the toy market.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011