Autodesk software now free to schools worldwide
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Maya
Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX
Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Download a Maya character rig from Hotel Transylvania
Sony Pictures Animation releases a free simplified version of one of the zombie rigs used on the movie.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Corona Renderer team reveals price, release date
And its 'Fair SaaS' pricing for the much-anticipated 3ds Max renderer sounds a lot like a dig at Adobe.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Gnomon releases six-hour indirect lighting masterclass
Frederic Durand's Final Gather in Maya & mental ray explores fixes for blotches and flicker when using FG.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Download the free Mery character rig for Maya
Check out the Mery Project's impressive free rigged character. Ideal for student and demo work.
Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
Sigrasoft ships WaxLab 3d sculpting plugin for Maya
Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya
Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2014
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Gnomon releases full guide to character animation
Discover Guardians of the Galaxy animator In-Ah Roediger's workflow in Performance & Acting: Creating Believable Characters.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Gnomon ships superheroic character design training
Sculpt and render the Silver Surfer with Marvel artist Josh Herman's ZBrush, Maya & KeyShot tutorial.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Cool tech demo: create clouds with Elementacular
Updated and now shipping: Turn any model into an editable, relightable cloud with this neat Maya plugin.
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014