Basefount ships Miarmy 2.0
Sub-$1,000 Maya crowd-simulation system gets better animation blending; now up to 10 times faster.
Friday, March 1st, 2013
animation
Sneak peek: Maya's new grease pencil tool
Tech preview shows the work-in-progress tool in use to rough out animation directly over the viewport.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Take Mixamo's user survey and get $40 in credits
Fill in a five-minute online questionnaire to get 50 credits to spend on models and motions.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Project Dogwaffle team ships Howler 8.2
Free update to digital-paint-cum-VFX tool adds basic terrain generation, GPU support, new Bokeh filter.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Videos: How Weta created the creatures of The Hobbit
Updated: New video shows the environment work, along with Gollum, Azog and the Goblin King.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Eye candy: The Jockstrap Raiders
Could Mark Nelson's one-man, five-year labour of love be the best short that Aardman never produced?
Friday, February 15th, 2013
Eye candy: Natalis
Watch the edited version and making-of video for last night's VES Award-winning student short.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Martin Wengenmayer releases Cheetah3D 6.2
Free update to the low-cost Mac-only 3D app adds ABF UV unwrapping, better ring and loop selection tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11.5
Well-received update adds Genoma rigging system, better After Effects interoperability, nice modelling tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Eye candy: Disney's Paperman VFX breakdown
Updated: See the whole of Disney's charming fake-2D short here, along with a detailed making-of video.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 2.2
Maya crowd-simulation tool adds support for Arnold renderer, new automatic texture-variation system.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
Mixamo releases Mecanim Animation Store plugin
New Unity add-on lets developers access Mixamo's motion library from directly within the software.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.5
Low-cost crowd-simulation system for Max, Maya and Cinema 4D gets SSS material, overlay motion clips.
Friday, January 25th, 2013