Santhosh Koneru: a visual effects director's progress
The Blur Studio artist discusses his award-winning short, The Legion, and new CG project The Vikings.
Tuesday, July 18th, 2017
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Tim Catalano releases AdvArray for 3ds Max
New parametric array modifier gives Max users more options for illustrations and motion graphics.
Monday, July 17th, 2017
Check out the free artist talks at Substance Days 2017
Learn from top Substance Painter and Designer artists at Gnomon's Hollywood campus from 27-29 July. Watch free online.
Sunday, July 16th, 2017
Get Creating Key Art Illustration for Film and Games
See Fox Studios senior concept illustrator Alex Nice's workflow in Gnomon's new two-hour tutorial.
Saturday, July 15th, 2017
Get Google's free Blocks VR modelling app
Free Windows app lets you create simple polygonal models in VR using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Friday, July 14th, 2017
Eye candy: Lily & Snout - the "world's first WebVR short"
See a charming 360-degree short using Sketchfab's new audio tools, directed by Studio Soi's Tim Rudder
Friday, July 14th, 2017
Lucasfilm and ILM open-source MaterialX
New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry.
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
Blender Institute releases Attract and Flamenco
Blender production tracking system and render manager used on the Institute's shorts now in public beta.
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.03
New beta of real-time rendering toolkit restores the macOS build, adds support for Python scripting.
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
Wacom unveils new Cintiq Pro 24 and 32 pen displays
New 4K 24-inch and 32-inch pen displays expected in 2018. Price of Cintiq 27QHD Touch down $400.
Wednesday, July 12th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 2017.1
Update to game engine adds new cinematics tools, improved sprite editing, particles and animation.
Wednesday, July 12th, 2017
Download Unity Labs' free texture de-lighting tool
Neat Unity add-on removes baked-in lighting from textures generated using photogrammetry software.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017
Act-3D releases Lumion 7.5
Free update to the real-time visualisation tool adds 52 new stock interior materials, better support for non-square textures.
Monday, July 10th, 2017