Faceware announces Retargeter 4.0
New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Maya
IKinema ships Action 2.5
Real-time mocap solver for Maya now supports OptiTrack hardware; new, more advanced constraints.
Monday, February 25th, 2013
Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa MY
New Maya particle renderer produces 'pixel-identical' output to its 3ds Max sibling, runs on laptops.
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.5 for Maya
Mental ray rendering toolkit gets new Light Select and Diagnostic passes, better architectural light shader.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Can raytracing really kill raster graphics?
Imagination Technologies thinks so. We explore why its new raytracing cards could change how you work.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
e-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2
Updated: New trial version available of the vegetation instancing plugin for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Imagination ships Caustic Series2 raytracing boards
Innovative new dedicated hardware gives real-time raytracing for the price of a high-end pro GPU.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 2.2
Maya crowd-simulation tool adds support for Arnold renderer, new automatic texture-variation system.
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
How Gnomon is reinventing online training
Gnomon's new live online courses make its legendary VFX tuition available anywhere in the world.
Friday, January 25th, 2013
Watch the classes from Autodesk University 2012
Lots of free tutorials for 3ds Max and Maya, but only a couple for Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage.
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
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
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