Videos: destruction FX with Particle Flow in 3ds Max 2014
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of free training on particle-based destruction and fluid effects.
Monday, August 5th, 2013
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moma for Mari: render Mari scenes in Modo's renderer
Jacobo Barreiro updates his two-way bridge between Modo and Maya to support The Foundry's paint package.
Monday, July 29th, 2013
e-on software releases Vue 11.5 PLE
Learning edition of the environment tool gives access the full feature set of Vue 11.5 Infinite and xStream.
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Foundry and Pixar announce 'strategic collaboration'
Immediate result: copies of Katana now come with a free licence of RenderMan Pro Server.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Pixar to release OpenSubdiv 2.0 at Siggraph 2013
Change of licence type makes Pixar's in-house subdivision surface modeling tech compatible with Blender.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
BadKing releases free ZBrush Mega Monster Brush Pack
Download over 150 heads and body parts in native ZBrush format, and build your own monsters from them.
Monday, July 15th, 2013
Wayne Robson releases three handy free MAXScripts
Wayne's Morph Switcher, Morph Renamer and Nitrous Tools fix common 3ds Max workflow niggles.
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
One to bookmark: Syncronia
Browse hundreds of free models of real furniture, fixtures and fittings on this architectural resources site.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
Mark Jackson ships Red9 Studio Pack 1.33 for Maya
Crytek TD's free rigging toolset gets new UIs for simplifying mocap data, adding smart noise to animation.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Pixologic releases ZBrush 4R6
Free update adds cool ZRemesher retopology toolset, better ways to trim geometry and smooth UVs.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Video tutorials: master graphs in RealFlow 2013
Get more from RealFlow 2013's powerful node-based workflow with these three new Next Limit tutorials.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Sites to bookmark: the Texturepilot texture library
Browse over 100,000 images tailored to games and VFX at this excellent, straighforward online library.
Thursday, June 13th, 2013
Steven Longay releases TreeSketch 3.0 for iPad
Cool free app lets users 'sketch' trees via simple gestures, then export textured 3D models to Dropbox.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013