Gnomon announces new world animation course
Discover the secrets of Maya and Photoshop work in Animation from 2D to 3D: The French Touch.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
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Digital Frontier ships free 3ds Max Alembic importer
Import files in the new industry-standard interchange format into 3ds Max, complete with animation.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Review: HP Z820 workstation
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Pixar ships RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and Studio 4.0
Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3.1
Update to games texturing tool adds the option to paint seamlessly tiling textures automatically.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.
Monday, September 24th, 2012
OC3 Entertainment releases FaceFX 2013
Leading automated facial animation tool gets new pricing structure, new FBX pipeline for Unity and Blender.
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Meet Sparta: it's like ZBrush, but for particles
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Eye candy: Autodesk's new post and VFX reel
See recent work created with Autodesk's 3D and finishing tools, including some great spots from boutique studios.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Mikros Image open-sources Puli and ColorTribe
Leading French VFX house releases Maya/Nuke renderfarm manager and colour-management tools for free.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Autodesk denies intent to kill off 3ds Max, Softimage
Both teams affected, but end of life rumours "totally false". Updated with further commentary from Autodesk.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Luxology demos NPR Kit and XfrogPlants for modo
Updated: Cool non-photorealistic rendering add-on for modo now shipping at a special rate of $149.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
FXGear unveils FluX: a new node-based fluid simulator
Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012