Autodesk to acquire social video developer Socialcam
Could the $60 million deal mean that you soon have an Autodesk effects app on your smartphone?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
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Watch a man control 3D software with a Wiimote
See CG artist Micah Denn show off a very unusual control system for modelling in Blender.
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
New Hair Factory plugin gets Blender hair into Unity
Convert particle-based Blender hair to an FBX file to stamp out low-poly character baldness.
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Holomatix ships SprayTrace mental ray viewer for Maya
Updated: new plugin provides interactive preview of a mental ray scene - now with Mac OS X support.
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Gnomon releases four-DVD Alex Alvarez Maya tutorial
Mammoth new release features nine hours of training on Creating Plants in Maya/Mental Ray.
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Autodesk Labs rolls out Project Geppetto 2
Update to the work-in-progress 3ds Max crowd simulation system adds realistic characters, motion synthesis.
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Jorge Rodriguez releases SMAK 2.0 for free
Fast, lightweight tool for baking hi-res models into normal, AO and cavity maps goes open source.
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Valve releases Source Filmmaker machinima tool
Updated: In-house movie-making toolset now out of closed beta and free to anyone with a Steam account.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Video Copilot releases Element 3D for After Effects
'Greatest After Effects plugin known to mankind' renders 3D models in real time, with motion blur and DoF.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Autodesk unveils Scaleform for Unity and mobile
New releases to bring the games UI-design tool to Unity and Flash developers, for $295 per seat.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
eyeon ships Fusion 6.4
New update to compositing package adds geometry particles, support for ARRI and Phantom RAW files.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Wacom announces Cintiq 22HD and 24HD touch
New top-of-the-range pen displays offer much improved screen quality, but be prepared to get a bank loan.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
Watch Evolution: two minutes of Softimage particle magic
It's officially a demo for Mootzoid's emFlock2 version 2.3 flocking tool, but it's also beautiful eye candy.
Monday, July 9th, 2012