Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.4
Unbiased renderer gets support for section planes, new orthographic camera, native 3ds Max integration.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
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Autodesk introduces 90-day licences for Max and Maya
Pay $199 and use 3ds Max 2013 or Maya 2013 for three months - but only if you live in the US or Canada.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Digital Frontier ships free 3ds Max Alembic importer
Import files in the new industry-standard interchange format into 3ds Max, complete with animation.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Run C# programs inside 3ds Max without restarting
Autodesk's Christopher Diggins releases handy tool for running C# apps in Max as if they were scripts.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Review: HP Z820 workstation
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Render a realistic human and win $21k in prizes
Grab the model for AXYZ Design's Lifelike 3D Human contest, render it, and win software and training.
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Marius Silaghi releases TurboSmooth Pro for Max
Handy new plugin offers more controllable semi-sharp creases, based on Pixar's subdivision tech.
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
Nvidia shows sneak peek of 'iray next'
Features in next major release of Max's GPU-based render engine to include dispersive caustics.
Friday, September 28th, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.
Monday, September 24th, 2012
OC3 Entertainment releases FaceFX 2013
Leading automated facial animation tool gets new pricing structure, new FBX pipeline for Unity and Blender.
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Meet Sparta: it's like ZBrush, but for particles
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Gnomon ships innovative environment sculpting DVD
Check out David Lesperance's Environment Production Workflow: Tips, Tricks and Concepts today.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012