Allegorithmic releases free parquet-creation tool
Use MakeIt A Parquet to create realistic floors in 3ds Max or Maya based on any type of wood grain.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
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Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Imagination Technologies ships PowerVR Brazil SDK
Much-loved 3ds Max renderer now available as toolkit for developers to add raytracing to their software.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Autodesk: all of our products will soon go online
In two to three years, the only way to use our software will be via the internet, claims CEO Carl Bass.
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Autodesk begins shipping 2013 product line
New versions of 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and Mudbox available via online store and local resellers.
Friday, April 13th, 2012
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 3.0 for 3ds Max
Update to gaseous fluid simulator adds per-voxel controls, new space warps. Maya version due this year.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
The making of the VFX of Wrath of the Titans
The setting may be mythological, but the movie's approach to previz and performance capture is entirely new.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
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
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