Thinkbox Software ships Stoke MX for 3ds Max
Interesting new 'particle reflow' tool helps users layer small sims from many sources to create bigger ones.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
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e-on software releases Vue 11.5 Infinite and xStream
Environment-creation tools get new collision options for EcoParticles, new Color Channel Editor.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Eye candy: Pacific Rim's WonderCon trailer
Updated: New footage of Guillermo del Toro's epic robot-on-alien smackdown posted on YouTube.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Planetside releases free edition of Terragen 2.5
Free limited-resolution edition of the landscape tool gains FBX support, new Card node for billboards.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Eye candy: real-time visualisation in CryEngine 3
Beautiful new showreel from French visualisation studio Enodo proves CryEngine does more than games.
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Umolab launches web store for ultra-realistic 3D models
Need an accurate model of a real household appliance? Check out this collection of hand-vetted assets.
Friday, April 26th, 2013
7 things we learned from creating Flight in the cloud
Atomic Fiction was the first studio to render all the VFX for an A-list movie online. Co-founder Ryan Tudhope shares his tips.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Eye candy: the Ratchet & Clank movie trailer
You won't see much of the plot, but Rainmaker's teaser for the movie of the game is a neat animated skit.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
AAA Studio cuts educational price of FurryBall to €99
Students and teachers can now get a copy of the GPU-accelerated Maya renderer for under $130 a year.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Can Lagoa drive 3D work into the cloud?
Cult developer Thiago Costa tells us why he believes the future of high-end CG lies online.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
Render_autosave saves Max renders in progress
Take the sting out of crashes with this free script to save and resume long mental ray and V-Ray renders.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Prêt-à-3D releases Reality 3 for Poser
Updated plugin taps the unbiased LuxRender engine to boost realism of renders with minimal tweaking.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
Eye candy: the first Thor: The Dark World trailer
Suitably epic teaser for Marvel's mythological sequel shows villainous dark elves, heroic VFX.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013