Autodesk releases fun free iPad sculpting app
123D Sculpt offers basic sculpting and photo-based texturing tools. No option to export the model, though.
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
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Siggraph 2011: Imagination shows off Brazil 3.0 beta
Render engine returns from a string of buyouts rebuilt and repositioned as an SDK for interactive raytracing.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: peek under the hood of the new Houdini
Check out Side Effects' videos of the turbo-charged new geometry engine and simulation tools in Houdini 12.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Big Buck Bunny stars in 3Dconnexion mouse ad
Open-source movie mascot comes out of retirement to endorse native Blender support in 3D input devices.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Digital Sculpting | May
Theme: Heavy Metal
1st Place: Seavannah
2nd Place: markwhitcombe
3rd Place: sputch
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: cineSync goes browser-based
Review your shots from any computer, anywhere in the world, with the new cineSync Online service.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 3.0
Asset-management system gets streamlined new UI; integration with Rush and cineSync Online to come.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Get TreeSketch 2.0: free tree-generation iPad app
Draw the outline of a tree freehand, adjust its form and texture, then export the result as an FBX file.
Monday, August 8th, 2011
TurboSquid: why we need quality control for models
Giant online vendor launches CheckMate programme to ensure assets sold meet basic standards.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
TurboSquid debuts quality standard for stock models
Tired of nasty surprises when you buy models from online vendors? Look for the CheckMate logo.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Xsens develops inertial mocap suit for horses
Want to know what a horse in a motion-capture suit really looks like? Play the video to find out
Thursday, August 4th, 2011