Motion Tools 1.0: do motion graphics in Softimage
Gustavo Boehs' free collection of ICE-based tools automates common motion graphics tasks.
Monday, July 30th, 2012
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Rich Diamant ships Diamant Modeling Tools for Maya
Updated: Blizzard star's retopology and brush-based modelling plugin now out of alpha and ready to buy.
Sunday, July 29th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R4
Major free update adds retopology tools, new Insert Multi Mesh system, (almost) unlimited undos. Very cool.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Find free HD stock video footage via Videezy
Find reference, effects and B-roll footage on this new web community from the folk behind Brusheezy.
Friday, July 20th, 2012
Jorge Rodriguez releases SMAK 2.0 for free
Fast, lightweight tool for baking hi-res models into normal, AO and cavity maps goes open source.
Thursday, July 12th, 2012
Act-3D releases free student version of Lumion
Get the visualisation tool without paying a cent - and unlike the trial version, there are no watermarks.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Valve releases useful character design guide
It's tailored to Dota 2, but it's a great overview of concepts like silhouette, value patterns and colour harmony.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
p3d.in: view and share fully textured models online
Free WebGL-based online viewer adds option to display textures on models and edit them after upload.
Monday, June 18th, 2012
Michael Gibson releases MoI for Mac
Updated: OS X version of the 'Zen' NURBS modelling package now out of beta and available commercially.
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Get NKS5: a free natural media toolkit for Photoshop
Do (some of) the things you used to do in Painter inside Photoshop with Nathaniel Reeves' cool free add-on.
Friday, June 15th, 2012
Autodesk ships free pre-release trial of Smoke 2013
Try the radically retooled editing and effects tool for free for three months. Is it as good as everyone claims?
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
e-on ships Vue 10.5 PLE
Try Vue's new spline tools and EcoSystem stacking for free via the educational edition of the software.
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Maxon to release free Cinema 4D Student Version
New 18-month educational licence almost identical to the $3,695 Studio edition, minus network rendering.
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012