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

BonesPro 4.5 adds new real-time weight-painting system

3ds Max rigging plug-in gets ZBrush-style skin weight painting, plus revamped MAXScript interface.

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Review: AMD's ATI FirePro professional GPUs

Jason Lewis puts AMD's latest pro graphics cards through their paces. Which one is right for you?

Monday, December 6th, 2010

ZSwitcher: use Maya shortcuts inside ZBrush

Now shipping: new dRaster plug-in enables users to adopt Maya and Mudbox workflow in ZBrush.

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

3ds Max adds iray renderer

GPU-accelerated engine rolled out in new Advantage Pack. GPU boosts speed five times, claims developer.

Friday, October 1st, 2010