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
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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
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
fmx 2011: Avatar tech to form part of OpenEXR 2.0
Weta's 'deep compositing' tech to be incorporated in next release of HDR file format and supported in Nuke.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Mari to get Ptex support
Version 1.3 of The Foundry's 3D paint package to support Disney's UV-less texture format.
Monday, April 18th, 2011
Read early user reviews of Autodesk 2012 products
3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and Mudbox 2012 now shipping: read our pick of the early feedback here.
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Eye candy: Immersive Cocoon "2011"
Keir Dullea reprises lead role from 2001: A Space Odyssey for Tino Schaedler-designed futuristic short.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Videos: Autodesk's GDC demos of its 2012 products
See a complete set of 30-minute demos of 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Mudbox and MotionBuilder 2012
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Joe Alter to ship corrective sculpting plug-in for Maya
Shave and a Haircut veteran releases free beta of LipService hybrid sculpting/animation tool.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Autodesk's 2012 strategy: it's all about the suites
Developer promotes standard UIs, 'one click' interoperability, and price savings on its new bundle deals.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Videos: Check out the new features in Softimage 2012
ICE toolset expanded to cover modelling and Syflex cloth; Lagoa Multiphysics rolled into software.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Videos: Autodesk reveals new features in Maya 2012
New version gets improved viewport, node-based render set-up, PhysX, DMM, better fluids, new motion trails.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
Videos: Autodesk reveals new features in Max 2012
Update to feature Nitrous viewport, start of unified physics system, new LSCM UV unwrap tools.
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011