Nvidia is releasing Mental Ray for Maya for free
For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
animation
Discover 15 of the best animation tools for Maya
Check out Brent Forrest's handy list of add-ons at LesterBanks.com - all but one of them available for free.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Read a full list of new features in Terragen 4
Read a run-down of what's new in the landscape-generation software on Planetside's updated website.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
The Foundry unveils Modo 10.2
Next week's update to the all-round 3D software to add schematic-free Booleans, extended procedural modelling, auto retopology system.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Check out the new features in Blender 2.78
Now shipping: Open-source 3D app gets cool new curve sketching tool, 'Bendy Bones', Alembic import.
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Autodesk releases Sketchbook Motion
Neat iPad app turns sketches into simple 2D animations using an intuitive sketch-based workflow.
Monday, September 26th, 2016
Download the free Allright Rig for Unreal Engine
Beta of Alexander Shatalov's promising rigging and animation add-on for UE4 now free to all.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Planetside Software ships Terragen 4
New version of landcape generator available to buy. Former Animation module now included as standard.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
VIEW Conference announces 2016 speaker line-up
Top European CG festival to feature keynotes from the directors of Zootopia, Trolls and Sausage Party.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Eye candy: Blender's 2016 Cycles demo reel
See the best new work created using the open-source 3D app, from cartoon shorts to photorealistic VFX.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 6
Now shipping: Clothing design tool adds new options to edit 3D models directly and to retime animations.
Monday, September 12th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.13
New features in varied update range from Alembic support to the option to paint meshes inside the VR Editor.
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Learn animation from Pixar's Michal Makarewicz
Sign up for the Annie Award-winning animator's two-day masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus in December.
Friday, September 2nd, 2016