e-on ships LumenRT Studio 2015 and GeoDesign 2015
Real-time visualisation tools get new 'DIVE' core engine, bringing in tech from Vue and PlantFactory.
Friday, October 31st, 2014
animation
Reallusion 'pre-launches' iClone 6
Update to real-time animation app adds support for PhysX, SpeedTree plants, Allegorithmic Substances.
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Download a Maya character rig from Hotel Transylvania
Sony Pictures Animation releases a free simplified version of one of the zombie rigs used on the movie.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.5
VFX-friendly paint app gets new cloud sculpting toolset, plus updated environment-creation tools.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Eye candy: Maxon's new Cinema 4D showreels
Get a quick two-minute blast of motion graphics, then calm down with some nice architectural imagery.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Animate like Pixar artists with F.A.S.T. for 3ds Max
Clovis Gay's new plugin provides a fast, intuitive rigging workflow inspired by Pixar's Presto software,
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 3.3
Maya crowd simulator adds support for blendshape animaion - as shown in a rather endearing demo video.
Saturday, August 16th, 2014
Eye candy: Side Effects' Houdini 2014 demo reel
Watch things fall down, blow up and wash away in the latest showcase of the cutting edge of simulation.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Five technologies to watch: Akeytsu
Updated: See the first video of this interesting tool that aims to rethink animation for artists, not TDs.
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Watch the Siggraph 2014 animation festival winners
Not all of them can be shown online in full yet, but we've got extended clips and making-ofs for the others.
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
RebelHill releases RHiggit! V2 for LightWave
Rig and animate anything from birds and bats to arachnids with Craig Monins' powerful modular toolset.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014