Autodesk buys Numenus raytracing technology
Company acquires staff and code from the developer of the RenderGin NURBS rendering software.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
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Autodesk releases free Mac OS X video effects app
Warp video in real time or control fire and smoke with your body movements with the new Motion FX.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Mudbox's new Gigatexel engine
User video shows textures being painted in real time on a model with over 1,000 2k maps already applied.
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Autodesk releases fun free iPad sculpting app
123D Sculpt offers basic sculpting and photo-based texturing tools. No option to export the model, though.
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Autodesk inks licensing deal with Disney
Gains five years' exclusive access to XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator technology used on Bolt and Tangled.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Maya to get native Bullet physics
New Advantage Pack also adds support for the Alembic data interchange format, new Node Editor.
Tuesday, August 9th, 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
Siggraph 2011: Autodesk unveils new Advantage Packs
Subscriber-only updates to Mudbox, Softimage and the creative finishing tools to ship by late September.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
Autodesk asks its users to 'Be Max' for viral ads
See Ken Pimentel, Allan McKay, Wayne Robson and other Max legends Spartacus it up on camera.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Sign up for Autodesk's free pre-Siggraph student event
Register now for tech sessions and a free animation masterclass with Pixar's Carlos Baena.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Autodesk launches free online file-sharing service
Project Nitrous offers cloud-based Dropbox-like service aimed at designers and architects.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Autodesk trials cloud-based photogrammetry service
Upload reference images to Project Photofly to convert them to a free, downloadable 3D model.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Read early user reviews of Autodesk 2012 products
3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and Mudbox 2012 now shipping: read our pick of the early feedback here.
Monday, April 11th, 2011