Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 4.2
Maya crowd animation system now displays 'tens of thousands' of agents in the viewport without lag.
Friday, November 6th, 2015
Maya
Download innoBright's free tech preview of Altus 1.0
Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Gnomon ships Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot
See the modern matte painting workflow from end to end in Game of Thrones veteran Igor Staritsin's seven-hour video.
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
Hans Godard ships Skinning Converter for Maya
Naughty Dog TD's nifty plugin turns any animated mesh into a bone based rig - even Alembic caches and cloth sims.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Rokoko Electronics unveils Salto full-body mocap suit
Danish startup promises lightweight inertial capture suit for just $700. A further $150 gets you gloves on top.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Download DGDM's free Maya SLiB | Browser plugin
Updated: Handy add-on offers a simple way to browse shaders. New Pro edition lets you export them, too.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Miguel Winfield releases MG-Picker Studio 1.5
Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015
Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2
Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
How to create an undersea digital matte painting
Aaron Sims Company lead digital matte painter Didier Konings explains how he created this real production asset.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
Shoran Software releases RenderPal 2.12
Renderfarm manager gets support for multiple jobs in the Submitter; new Max and Maya-specific options.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.9
Core renderer gets support for refractive dispersion, better volumetrics. Maya plugin gets initial support for Bifrost.
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Google relaunches Zync render service in beta
VFX-friendly online service now available on Google Cloud Platform. Sign up to get $800 in free credits.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
Gnomon ships Introduction to Maya 2016
Maya expert Eric Keller's 11-hour tutorial provides a complete guide to the industry-standard 3D app.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015