NextLimit adds OpenVDB support to RealFlow

Free update adds support for the DreamWorks-developed volumetric file format, over 70 new graph nodes.

Friday, October 18th, 2013

Video: use mocap data to drive 2D animation

See IKinema's free WebAnimate browser-based retargeting tool in use to create not 3D, but toon animation.

Friday, October 18th, 2013

Video: what Blender's interface should look like

Watch Blender Guru's Andrew Price analyse the software's 'broken' UI, then comment on his own proposals.

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Eye candy: Platige Image's Zero Hunger Challenge spots

Check out the stylish simulation and creature work in this brace of ads created for UN World Food Day.

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

Animation Mentor releases free Maya character rig

Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Act-3D unveils Lumion 4.0

Real-time architectural rendering tool to get animated vegetation, better water, physical camera effects.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

Pixar's USD system: the new super-Alembic?

Universal Scene Description could help exchange entire production scenes between VFX pipeline tools.

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

Autodesk Labs releases Project Miller

New free work-in-progress tool resurfaces meshes for 3D printing and troubleshoots common errors.

Monday, October 14th, 2013

Videos: see Pixologic's sessions from Siggraph 2013

Watch demos from leading ZBrush artists at Blizzard, Disney, Epic Games and Marvel Entertainment.

Friday, October 11th, 2013

Autodesk to discontinue software upgrades

As of 1 February 2015, a subscription contract will be your only way to stay up to date with new features.

Thursday, October 10th, 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

Eye candy: League of Legends Music: Get Jinxed

Baffling online game gets almost equally baffling spin-off music video. Beautiful design and editing, though.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

The Foundry ships Mari for Mac

Digital paint tool now available on OS X as part of Mari 2.5. Users of other OSs get a new shader API.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013