The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Golaem
Golaem ships Golaem 6
Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Golaem ships Golaem PLE
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.4.1
Heavyweight renderer gets image Denoising system, new hair shader, innovative OpenEXR/Id technology.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Golaem releases Golaem 5.0
New Layout tool lets users edit timing or visual properties of crowd sims without re-running the simulation.
Friday, February 19th, 2016
Golaem releases VRayGolaem for 3ds Max
Free plugin lets Max users render full-size crowd simulations created using Golaem Crowd for Maya.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Eye candy: three great new Golaem crowd sim reels
See some huge crowd sims created with Golaem Crowd by the likes of Framestore, Platige Image and Milk.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 4.0
Maya crowd system gets neat new animation and simulation editing tools. Cool new demo reel, too.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 3.3
Maya crowd simulator adds support for blendshape animaion - as shown in a rather endearing demo video.
Saturday, August 16th, 2014
Paint your crowd sims with Golaem Crowd 3.2
Maya crowd simulator adds option to control actor density and behaviour simply by painting on the ground.
Thursday, April 17th, 2014
Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 3.1
Maya crowd-simulation system gets new visual debugging system, support for Arnold's mtoa 1.x plugin.
Friday, February 28th, 2014
The best new software from Siggraph 2013
Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013