Autodesk hires mental ray wizard Zap Andersson
Integration of mental ray and iray into 3ds Max and Maya takes an unexpected turn for the better.
Friday, September 30th, 2011
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OC3 Entertainment releases FaceFX 2012
New version of leading automated facial animation system now also supports full-body movements.
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Autodesk calls for entries for 2011 Design Viz reel
Get your work seen by thousands of industry taste-makers: Maya and Mudbox artists can apply, as well.
Monday, September 12th, 2011
cebas ships psd-manager 3.0 for 3ds Max
Avoid the tedium of having to assign scene IDs with the PSD exporter's new mask-generation system.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
3ds Max to get Bullet physics plug-in
Mir Vadim posts work-in-progress videos of Bullet support in his RayFire dynamics add-on.
Monday, September 5th, 2011
Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online
Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
Sneak peek: see Krakatoa MX 2.0 in action
Check out a brace of videos showing off the new hair support in Thinkbox's 3ds Max render engine.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Control crowds by painting maps with ScatterFX
New scattering script for 3ds Max enables users to control animation states by painting bitmap images.
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2
Game-focused texturing app gains vector paint, CrazyBump-style toolkit, OS X support and $350 Lite edition.
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Cebas demos finalRender 4GPU
User footage from the expo floor shows GPU acceleration in action in the upcoming 3ds Max renderer.
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
CGschool announces two new free 3ds Max webinars
Sign up now for classes in optimising system resources and use of the Onyx vegetation plug-ins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX
3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.
Monday, August 1st, 2011