Steven Longay releases TreeSketch 3.0 for iPad

Cool free app lets users 'sketch' trees via simple gestures, then export textured 3D models to Dropbox.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.5

Better cost-reporting tools in the renderfarm manager turn your 'money faucet' into a responsive pipeline.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2013

The Foundry announces Mari for Mac

Industry-standard 3D painting tool coming to OS X alongside Windows and Linux. Register for the beta now.

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

e-on software pre-releases The Plant Factory

Updated: restrictions on the original Studio and Vue editions now lifted in response to user demand.

Monday, June 10th, 2013

Amazon launches free online storyboarding tool

Amazon Storyteller takes scripts in RTF format and generates simple 2D storyboards automatically.

Monday, June 10th, 2013

NFB releases free iPad animation app

Create shorts using digital versions of Norman McLaren's techniques - or watch 51 of his own films.

Saturday, June 8th, 2013

Polygonal Design releases Unfold3D Generation 8

UV unwrapping tool now handles million-triangle meshes and outputs multi-grid UVs for use in Mari.

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

Animators' Toolkit for 3ds Max "creates cool stuff, faster"

$25 suite of scripts created by two VFX veterans boosts common rigging and animation tasks.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Thinkbox Software ships Deadline 6.0

Renderfarm manager gets intuitive new graph view, MongoDB backend, built-in cloud management tools.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013

Allegorithmic releases B2M Lite for iOS and Android

Create texture maps on the move with this free version of Bitmap2Material for mobile devices.

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

Eye candy: MPC's Life of Pi VFX breakdown

Check out a four-minute breakdown of the studio's Oscar-winning work, including two key storm sequences.

Monday, June 3rd, 2013

Download Ten24's free hi-res scan of a human skull

Available as a ZBrush 4R5 ZTL file or decimated OBJ, and licensed for use in commercial work.

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Blender to get sketch mesh editing, deformation blur?

Just two of fifteen Blender development projects to be funded by Google's Summer of Code 2013.

Friday, May 31st, 2013