Pilgway ships 3D-Coat 4.0

Now out of beta: voxel sculpting package gets new Live Clay dynamic mesh system and 3D paint tools.

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

Discover the new features of 3D-Coat 4.0

Pilgway posts nice new video tour of its voxel sculpting package. But still no word on when 4.0 is out of beta.

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Luxology ships Modo 701

New particles and dynamics tools, better sculpting workflows: read our full guide to the highlights here.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Eye candy: the visual effects of Our Lady of Lourdes

VFX supervisor Peter Szewyczk explains how he created the hallucinatory FX on a laptop in the Arnold renderer.

Friday, March 8th, 2013

Wacom unveils multi-touch tablet for graphics pros

Includes a pressure-sensitive HD display, and out this summer. But is it cheaper than a Surface Pro?

Monday, March 4th, 2013

VFX breakdown: the making of Little Kaiju

Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0

Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.

Monday, February 4th, 2013

NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11.5

Well-received update adds Genoma rigging system, better After Effects interoperability, nice modelling tools.

Friday, February 1st, 2013

How Gnomon is reinventing online training

Gnomon's new live online courses make its legendary VFX tuition available anywhere in the world.

Friday, January 25th, 2013

Eye candy: ILM's epic Avengers shot breakdown

Updated: Watch breakdowns of the movie's most memorable VFX shots - now including the creation of Hulk.

Friday, January 18th, 2013

Eye candy: R'ha

It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.

Thursday, January 17th, 2013

Blender gets new Dynamic Topology sculpting system

Code for the eagerly anticipated Sculptris-like system committed to the trunk; test builds available now.

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation

Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012