AAA Studio to release FurryBall for 3ds Max
While you're waiting: version 3.2 of the Maya edition of the GPU renderer is out, and the price has been cut.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Maya
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Chris Zurbrigg ships Charcoal Editor for Maya
New plugin replaces Maya's 'aging script editor'; offers coding tools to bring joy to TDs everywhere.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Gnomon releases Hyper-real Insect Design DVD
New seven-hour ZBrush, Maya and V-Ray tutorial creates creepy crawlies with scientific accuracy.
Friday, November 9th, 2012
OLM Digital updates its open-source plugins
Noise Deformer updated to Maya 2013; Photoshop and After Effects antialiasing tool OLM Smoother gets new Nuke version.
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Autodesk introduces 90-day licences for Max and Maya
Pay $199 and use 3ds Max 2013 or Maya 2013 for three months - but only if you live in the US or Canada.
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
Gnomon announces new world animation course
Discover the secrets of Maya and Photoshop work in Animation from 2D to 3D: The French Touch.
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Review: HP Z820 workstation
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Get Mash: 12 free motion graphics nodes for Maya
Try Mainframe North's excellent readymade tools for creating common motion design behaviours.
Monday, October 22nd, 2012
Atangeo ships polygon Cruncher plugin for Unity
New games mesh-decimation tool generates LODs preserving your normals and texture co-ordinates.
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Brillstudio releases ShaderMonger 2.0 for Maya
Free shader-management tool now offers automated download and installation from its online library.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
See Fabric Engine running inside Maya and Softimage
Check out a tree generator created with the next-gen tool development platform's new C++ API.
Monday, October 1st, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.
Monday, September 24th, 2012