Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.1
Games texturing tool gets new baking options and ability to group nodes. Eight new video tutorials, too.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Maya
How to use 3ds Max on a Mac, or Maya on a tablet
Cory Mogk's step-by-step guide shows you how to run Autodesk software via the Amazon EC2 cloud.
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
IKinema releases IKinema Action 3 for Maya
Update to mocap streaming and data-editing plugin adds automatic fixes for jitter and foot slippage.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
New Gnomon DVD shows how this 3D World cover was made
The Making of 'Totem' sets out how the magazine illustration was created in ZBrush, Maya and SpeedTree.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
Watch the tech sessions from Autodesk University online
Access hours of training videos and session handouts for free, particularly if you're a Max or Maya user.
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
Allan McKay posts two new VFX pipeline training videos
Watch 45 minutes of free video training on creating custom pipeline tools for 3ds Max and FumeFX.
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
NewTek releases free trial of ChronoSculpt
Try NewTek's innovative new tool for sculpting animation caches by hand. Works with most 3D packages.
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
Cool technology: the AIR automatic rigging system
Jesus Rodriguez Nieto's work-in-progress tech aims to automate skinning, secondary deformation.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
New Autodesk initiative puts Max, Maya in your browser
Updated: Development partner Otoy makes streaming and OctaneCloud technology available free forever.
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa MY 2.3
Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Gnomon releases 200-minute lighting masterclass
Disney veteran Frederic Durand's Light and Shadow shows that good lighting is about more than just lights.
Monday, December 16th, 2013
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 1.3
Maya fur plugin adds procedural feather geometry, new grooming tools, support for OpenSubdiv.
Friday, December 13th, 2013