Review: Cinema 4D R14
The sculpting tools made headlines, but it's R14's camera tools that really help daily work, says Rob Redman.
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012
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Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
RE:Vision Effects ships RE:Match for After Effects
New colour-matching plugin suite fixes common visual problems with multi-camera and stereo shoots.
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Gnomon releases guide to linear workflow in V-Ray
V-Ray Fundamentals: Materials, Lights and Linear Workflow offers complete guide to real-world work.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Unity Technologies ships Unity 4
Developer's 'biggest release to date' adds Mecanim character animation system, support for DirectX 11.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Eye candy: Oz - The Great and Powerful trailer
It's too early to tell how well Disney's Oz prequel will hold up as a movie - but the visuals sure do look pretty.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Chris Zurbrigg ships Charcoal Editor for Maya
New plugin replaces Maya's 'aging script editor'; offers coding tools to bring joy to TDs everywhere.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Basefount announces Miarmy Commander
Maya crowd simulator gets new extension for traffic and fight scenes; plus Mac OS X and Arnold support.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Try this at home: outdoor mini-sculpture with 3ds Max
Watch Greg Petchkovsky create this cool little piece via image-based modelling and 3D printing.
Monday, November 12th, 2012
Gnomon releases Hyper-real Insect Design DVD
New seven-hour ZBrush, Maya and V-Ray tutorial creates creepy crawlies with scientific accuracy.
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Q&A: tigoboANIMATION
The indie artists and producers discuss how to find your personal style, and offer a crash course in French animation.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Epic Games ships Carapace
Download this neat little free tool for creating perspective grids, written by environment artist Warren Marshall.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012