Chaos Group announces Phoenix FD 2.0
3ds Max fluid-simulation plug-in to get foam, splashes and better GPU preview: sign up to beta test it now.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
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Eye candy: the official John Carter of Mars trailer
Cult novel makes it into cinemas after 80 years in development hell. Don't all clap at once.
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Watch a day in the life of John Lasseter
New YouTube documentary shows 24 hours of the Pixar CCO's working life condensed into 25 minutes.
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Autodesk launches free online DWF-viewing service
Upload files to Project QuickShare for collaborators, then embed viewing links in your webpages.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Like The Gnomon Workshop on Facebook to get 25% off
The Gnomon Workshop celebrates 25,000 Facebook followers with fan-only discount on training products.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
e-on releases performance-boosting LumenRT upgrade
Free LumenRT 1.2 update improves performance of the real-time visualisation tool by up to 300%.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
Evermotion releases new unbiased renderer
Free open beta of NOX available even for commercial jobs. Includes plug-ins for 3ds Max and Blender.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Eye candy: new full-length Adventures of Tintin trailer
Now 150 seconds and counting. Risk of ruining precious childhood memories: still mercifully low.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Amplify: cool new virtual texturing add-on for Unity
Use virtual textures up to 512,000 x 512,000 pixels in size in Unity Pro with Insidious Technologies' plug-in.
Monday, July 11th, 2011
e-on ships Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema 4D
Previously Max-only instancing plug-in for creating natural environments goes multi-platform.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Autodesk asks its users to 'Be Max' for viral ads
See Ken Pimentel, Allan McKay, Wayne Robson and other Max legends Spartacus it up on camera.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Review: Digital Art Masters: Volume 6
3DTotal's new book delivers another epic set of tutorials, but novices may struggle with some of the content.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Eye candy: Digic's gothic The Secret World trailer
Eldritch horrors stalk the bars in Digic Pictures' new cinematic for Funcom's modern-dress MMORPG.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011