Allegorithmic creates $99 Substance Designer licence
Identical to the full $590 edition, but intended for non-commercial use by hobbyists and games modders.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Maya
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0
Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Imagination announces Series2 raytracing boards
New OpenRL cards will accelerate Caustic Visualizer real-time raytracing plugins for Max, Maya.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
AAA Studio to release FurryBall for 3ds Max
While you're waiting: version 3.2 of the Maya edition of the GPU renderer is out, and the price has been cut.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Chris Zurbrigg ships Charcoal Editor for Maya
New plugin replaces Maya's 'aging script editor'; offers coding tools to bring joy to TDs everywhere.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Gnomon releases Hyper-real Insect Design DVD
New seven-hour ZBrush, Maya and V-Ray tutorial creates creepy crawlies with scientific accuracy.
Friday, November 9th, 2012
OLM Digital updates its open-source plugins
Noise Deformer updated to Maya 2013; Photoshop and After Effects antialiasing tool OLM Smoother gets new Nuke version.
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Autodesk introduces 90-day licences for Max and Maya
Pay $199 and use 3ds Max 2013 or Maya 2013 for three months - but only if you live in the US or Canada.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Gnomon announces new world animation course
Discover the secrets of Maya and Photoshop work in Animation from 2D to 3D: The French Touch.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Review: HP Z820 workstation
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012