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
Maya
Gnomon releases detailed Introduction to V-Ray
Get up to speed with the renderer with Psyop CG supervisor Stephen DeLalla's 10-hour training course.
Friday, February 12th, 2016
Download Maya object fracturing script IShatter
MOAB's neat tool for Maya and Fracture FX lets users paint shatter patterns directly onto 3D models.
Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Gnomon releases Octane Render for Maya training
Six-hour tutorial provides a full guide to shading, lighting and rendering with Otoy's GPU-based renderer.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
Alexandra Institute ships Elementacular 1.3
Create realistic clouds without sims by converting any 3D geometry to a volume. Also works for fireballs.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Gnomon ships Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway
Create immersive production-ready scenes with Devon Fay's six-hour guide to CG environment work.
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Joe Alter releases Shave and a Haircut 9.6
Maya hair plugin gets first big update in several years, improving viewport performance and grooming tools.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
DGDM ships SLiB | Browser and SLiB | Browser Pro 1.0
Maya plugins for browsing shaders get new search and favourites options. Base edition is still free.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall RT by 40%
Price of the GPU-based Maya renderer cut permanently to €359. New Cinema 4D version out now.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
Get free Maya shader library building tool BlissLib
Download TD Einar Gabbassov's free framework for building custom libraries of Maya, mental ray and RenderMan shaders.
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Softimage
Create fast OpenGL test renders of VR content in a range of panoramic formats, complete with ICE effects.
Monday, November 16th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.11
Update increases render speed by 'up to 4x' on interior scenes, adds new global shader override option.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015