Get Insert MeshMaster and MatCap Baker for ZBrush
Speed up brush and MatCap creation with these free plugins created by Ubisoft's Joseph Drust.
Friday, October 12th, 2012
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Brillstudio releases ShaderMonger 2.0 for Maya
Free shader-management tool now offers automated download and installation from its online library.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
Paint games flow maps with FlowMap Painter
Teck Lee Tan's intriguing free tool creates surface fluid flow patterns with only a few brush strokes.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Next Limit releases four free RealFlow training videos
Get concise overviews of RealWave, particle dynamics, Caronte body dynamics and the Hybrido solver.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
Maxon releases Cinema 4D Student edition
Free 18-month educational licence almost identical to the $3,695 Studio edition: now available worldwide.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Eye candy: Tears of Steel
The Blender Foundation's first VFX open movie blends boy-girl romance and kickass robots - and it's a blast.
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Pixologic releases Getting Started with ZBrush 4R4
Free 34-page PDF guide rounds up key ZBrush tools and techniques, and links to online walkthroughs.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
Meet 10 leading concept artists at Forge this Friday
Mingle with 10 concept art superstars at this free evening show at Hollywood's Gnomon Gallery.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
One to bookmark: modopedia
Pat Crandley's new video training resource collates hundreds of excellent free tutorials for modo.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Meet Sparta: it's like ZBrush, but for particles
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
xoio releases more free photographic cutout people
Updated again: another 330MB of stock visualisation images have just gone up on the xoio-air site.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
Mikros Image open-sources Puli and ColorTribe
Leading French VFX house releases Maya/Nuke renderfarm manager and colour-management tools for free.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012