Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015

Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

MakeHuman reaches stable 1.0.0 milestone release

Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Watch five great VES Award-winning student shorts

It's five wins in a row for Germany's Filmakademie. See them all here, including 2014 winner Rugbybugs.

Friday, February 14th, 2014

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max

It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

Watch the tech sessions from Autodesk University online

Access hours of training videos and session handouts for free, particularly if you're a Max or Maya user.

Thursday, January 2nd, 2014

Autodesk unveils details of its 3December 2013 event

See footage of the live event online, along with interviews, tutorials and a 'making of Elysium' session.

Monday, November 25th, 2013

Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013

Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 1.5

Updated: innovative hybrid 2D/3D tool gets lots of new render features, Python and Alembic 1.5 support.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Autodesk announces 2014 Extension releases

Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

Autodesk launches pay-as-you-go pricing for Max, Maya

Cost of rental may appeal more to studios than freelancers, but user feedback has been broadly positive.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2013

How to recreate Gollum with four consumer camcorders

Watch Fabrice Visserot's amazing homebrew mocap set-up recreate a key scene from The Two Towers.

Thursday, August 29th, 2013

Wayne Robson releases three handy free MAXScripts

Wayne's Morph Switcher, Morph Renamer and Nitrous Tools fix common 3ds Max workflow niggles.

Thursday, July 11th, 2013