Esri ships CityEngine 2014.0
Powerful procedural city-generation tool gets new plugins integrating it with Maya and Unity.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Maya
e-on software ships The Plant Factory 2014.5
Free update extends import/export options for vegetation-creation tool, and relaxes its contentious EULA.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by a third
Cost of a licence of the GPU-accelerated renderer for Maya and 3ds Max down to €599 ($820).
Monday, May 19th, 2014
Craft Animations releases Craft CameraFx
New MotionBuilder plugin lets users pilot realistic virtual camera moves with a mouse or Xbox controller.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Autodesk ships FBX Review for Mac and iOS devices
Free asset-review tool comes to Macs and iPads on top of Windows; adds support for geometry caches.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Videos: set up Pixar-style rigging in Max and Maya
Harry Houghton's tutorials show how to create animation controls similar to Pixar's Presto software.
Monday, May 12th, 2014
Gnomon releases Creating Terrains with Satellite Data
New two-tutorial set provides comprehensive guide to creating detailed, art-directable 3D terrain.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
Chris Zurbrigg releases Keyframe MP
Updated: Scrub through animations and reference footage in sync with this neat alternative to QuickTime.
Friday, April 25th, 2014
Side Effects announces Houdini Engine pricing
Engine starts at $495; free plugin enabling users to edit Houdini content inside Maya ships in July.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 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
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa for Cinema 4D
Updated: C4D port of particle renderer now shipping. Costs $400 less than the Max or Maya versions.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
[0x1] ships IrayForMaya
New plugin integrates iray renderer natively inside Maya; supports Maya's UVs and shader networks.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Mindbomb Apps releases Gfx Hotkeys 4.0
Useful iOS reference app now lists keyboard shortcuts for 79 editing, 3D, compositing and tracking tools.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014