Exocortex releases Species rigging plugin for Softimage

Blend stock body types to create a base mesh, then apply a rig created by Animal Logic's Eric Thivierge.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Atangeo ships Balancer 2.0

Polygon-reduction tool adds intuitive new visual workflow to control the decimation of your model.

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Review: Autodesk's 2012 entertainment software

Jason Lewis assesses how Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage and Mudbox 2012 perform in the real world.

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Aaron Sims: from creature guru to Hollywood director

The legendary designer discusses his VFX short, Archetype, intended as a calling card for a full-length film.

Monday, December 5th, 2011

Javier Edo releases Forger: cool sculpting app for iPad

New tool from the Double Negative TD looks considerably more ZBrush-like than existing apps.

Friday, November 11th, 2011

NewTek announces new features of LightWave 11

Extensive update to feature former CORE technologies like Bullet physics: due to ship by end of year.

Friday, November 11th, 2011

Q&A: David Lesperance, environment sculptor

Sculpting isn't just for characters, says the Blizzard veteran: it's there for everything from trees to rubble.

Monday, November 7th, 2011

Review: Professional GPUs - Nvidia vs AMD 2011

Jason Lewis puts Nvidia and AMD's latest professional graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4 Advanced and Pro editions

High-end editions of the figure-posing tool add advanced render options, new rigging and skinning tools.

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Eye candy: The Foundry's 2011 demo reel

Watch mind-blowing new things created in Nuke and Mari pop and flash to the strains of Underworld.

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown

All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Digital Sculpting | May

Theme: Heavy Metal

1st Place: Seavannah

2nd Place: markwhitcombe
3rd Place: sputch

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Video tutorial: ZSpheres with Glen Southern

SparkleVFX makes complete new 50-minute ZBrush training video available for free on Vimeo.

Monday, July 18th, 2011