Motiva releases Exposure Control plugin for V-Ray
Handy free plugin lets 3ds Max users simulate real-life film stocks and bleach bypass effects.
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
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The Lone Ranger: the best VFX you never noticed?
Forget the plot: the backdrops are out of this world. ILM explains how it created the film's CG environments.
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Videos: destruction FX with Particle Flow in 3ds Max 2014
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of free training on particle-based destruction and fluid effects.
Monday, August 5th, 2013
Thinkbox Software expands Maya product line-up
Maya versions of the Frost point cloud meshing and XMesh geometry caching systems are on the way.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Render Rocket readies LaunchPad
New tool to let users submit jobs to firm's cloud-based render farm from inside 3ds Max, Maya or Cinema 4D.
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
[0x1] to preview IrayForMaya at Siggraph 2013
See Nvidia's iray renderer run natively inside Maya, in much the same way as it does in 3ds Max.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Cl3ver creates interactive 3D presentations in the cloud
Upload 3D assets, add interactions, and share the results using nothing more than a standard web browser.
Friday, July 12th, 2013
Wayne Robson releases three handy free MAXScripts
Wayne's Morph Switcher, Morph Renamer and Nitrous Tools fix common 3ds Max workflow niggles.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
Clara.io: the power of your 3D software in the cloud?
Exocortex's ambitious new service aims to put the toolset of apps like Max or Maya inside your browser.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
Eye candy: The new Honda 'Hands' idents
Cool new UK TV spots turn Honda vehicles into transforming toys, through a little Softimage magic.
Tuesday, July 9th, 2013
Mir Vadim ships RayFire 1.62 for 3ds Max
And the demos of the destruction plugin's new voxelisation and clustering tools are pure eye candy.
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
One to bookmark: Syncronia
Browse hundreds of free models of real furniture, fixtures and fittings on this architectural resources site.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013