Crytek TD updates open source Maya rigging toolkit
Mark Jackson's Red9 Studio Pack brings big-studio pipeline tools to small studios without R&D teams.
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Maya
Brent Forrest releases BoolieMan rig for Maya
Nifty Boolean-based rig mimics the look and motion of a claymation character, in all its wobbliness.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Eye candy: R'ha
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Anzovin Studio demos Anzovin Rig Tools for Maya
Updated: Pricing and release date (kind of) set for neat rigging plugin. Pledge your support via IndieGoGo.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Autodesk to raise cost of upgrades for its software
If you're using one of the last three releases, at any rate. Some SRPs and maintenance prices also up.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Lightstorm3D updates L3Library for Maya
Free set of utilities gets new Geo Locator tool for constraining objects to surfaces. Works well with vehicles.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Substance Bonus Tools for Maya 2 now available
Allegorithmic updates its free set of texturing utilities, adding new scripts and links to RenderMan and Arnold.
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Download 140 Xfrog plant models for free
Get 31 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Allegorithmic creates $99 Substance Designer licence
Identical to the full $590 edition, but intended for non-commercial use by hobbyists and games modders.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0
Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Imagination announces Series2 raytracing boards
New OpenRL cards will accelerate Caustic Visualizer real-time raytracing plugins for Max, Maya.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012