Miguel Winfield ships MGtools 2.5
Latest version of Maya animators' toolkit includes automated real-time scene-recovery system.
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
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Review: Autodesk's 2012 entertainment software
Jason Lewis assesses how Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage and Mudbox 2012 perform in the real world.
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Autodesk acquires mystery tech from T-Splines
Could the buyout lead to a version of the NURBS-like T-Splines modelling system for Maya once again?
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
IKinema trials free online mocap-editing system
WebAnimate enables users to edit or retarget motion data in a web browser via a Maya-like interface.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
HDR Labs ships sIBL_GUI 4.0
Free tool for creating 'Smart IBL' setups for faster HDR renders gets new UI and performance boost.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Chaos Group ships update to V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max
Free update adds native support for Ornatrix hair, improved fur rendering, expanded GPU-based workflow.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Vote for this year's Autodesk Masters
Updated: it's too late to cast your vote now, but click through to meet this year's five winners instead.
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Want a real-life holographic display? That'll be $6,000
Start-up firm Infinite Z releases its zSpace 3D display system in beta. Maya support comes as standard.
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Q&A: Jeremy Vickery, Pixar lighting guru
The Brave veteran sets out to demystify cinematic lighting for his upcoming Gnomon Master Class.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
3Dconnexion launches the SpaceMouse Pro controller
New 3D control device resembles the company's existing SpacePilot with a couple of nice new twists.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Xfrog Inc. releases Xfrog for Cinema 4D 5
Plant-generation tool updated to work with Cinema 4D R12 and R13, ships at temporary 30% discount.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Autodesk calls for entries for its 2012 demo reels
Send in still images and videos to feature on its best of games and film-TV-and-interactive-media reels.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by 50%
Temporarily, at least. Purchase the GPU-based Maya renderer before 12 December and save $670.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011