The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
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Alexey Vanzhula ships Direct Modeling HDA for Houdini
Neat hard surface modeling toolkit adds MeshFusion-style real-time Booleans, new insert mesh system.
Monday, January 8th, 2018
Eric Mootz makes all Mootzoid plugins free downloads
Get powerful particle and fluid simulation tools for Softimage, Maya, Modo and C4D for free.
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
Autodesk discontinues Stingray
Sales of the game engine to stop on 7 January 2018, but the last release will still be bundled with Maya LT 'for now'.
Friday, December 15th, 2017
Download SideFX's free Skinning Converter for Houdini
Neat free tool turns the output of sims to lightweight bone-based animations to use in game engines.
Thursday, December 14th, 2017
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2018.4, 3ds Max Interactive 2.0
Core app gets new fluid simulation options; Stingray-based 'VR engine' gets support for IES light profiles.
Friday, December 8th, 2017
The Gnomon Workshop ships Hyper-realistic Insect Design
Model, texture and render realistic insects in ZBrush, Maya and Substance Painter with Eric Keller's detailed tutorial.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Basefount ships Miarmy 6.0
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new 'brain share' feature for AI agents, improved Direct Logic engine and instancing system.
Friday, December 1st, 2017
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 2017.4
Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Weeds: the story of an indie short made by Disney artists
Discover how artists working in their personal time created a 3D short using the same tech as a Disney feature.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Download 11 free 3D scans from Megascans 2018
Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
E-on ships Vue 2016 R4 and PlantFactory 2016 R4
Support for 180° and 360° stereo rendering in Vue; new base geometries for leaves and flowers in PlantFactory.
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017