FMX 2012: In search of virtual production
At Europe's premier CG show, the buzz is all about virtual production. CG Channel went to investigate.
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
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Wayne Robson to ship two cool free Mudbox tools
Mudbox star to release import/export toolkit MudWalkerX and intelligent polygon-reduction tool ReDucto.
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Next Limit announces RealFlow 2013
Latest update to fluid simulator adds powerful new Hybrido 2 fluid solver and new node-based scene graph.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Joe Alter demos cool new Maya blendshape tool
Sculpt shapes outside of the rest pose or on top of one another with LipService 5.0's BlendShapes+.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
One to try: appleseed
It may be yet another open source physically based renderer - but it's being written specifically with production in mind.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Gnomon releases two-hour Pixar lighting masterclass
New DVD sees Pixar Lighting TD Jeremy Vickery reveal the principles behind Efficient Cinematic Lighting.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
modo 601 adds support for 3Dconnexion devices
First modo 601 Service Pack adds certified support for the entire range of 3Dconnexion's 3D mice.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
GIMP 2.8 released
Open-source image editor gets new UI and tools and... sweet Jesus, is that really a single-window mode?
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Thinkbox Software ships Genome for 3ds Max
Updated: See 11 new demo videos of Thinkbox's toolset for creating new, more flexible Max modifiers.
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Amazing Spider-Man trailer swings online
Still not sold on the Spider-Man reboot? Perhaps the footage in the new trailer will change your mind.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Image gallery: Avengers Assemble art show
See all the Avengers-themed art currently on display at the Assemble show at Los Angeles' Gallery 1988.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Interview: BioWare on making Mass Effect 3
Take your mind off the endings with this in-depth Q&A with the character art team on the Pixologic website.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Autodesk reshuffles Softimage dev team
Development of Softimage moves to Singapore. Original Montreal-based team reassigned to work on Maya VFX.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012