Di-O-Matic ships Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) 2.0
Automated lip-sync plugin gets expanded language support, new quality presets, and new Pro edition.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012
Maya
FXGear unveils FluX: a new node-based fluid simulator
Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Bjorn Klaasen releases TrackMaker for Maya
Create tracks for racing games (or anything else) with this specialised but weirdly compelling toolset.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3
Updated - now shipping: games texturing tool gets new bitmap paint system and batching capabilities.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
moma: render Maya scenes with modo's render engine
Jacobo Barreiro's two-way bridge between Maya and modo 601 now in open beta and free for anyone to try.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012
Imagination unveils Caustic Visualizer for Maya
New plugin based on the PowerVR Brazil SDK provides interactive raytraced previews inside Maya.
Thursday, August 16th, 2012
Anzovin Studio demos new Maya breakdown tool
Upcoming tool creates breakdowns based on quaternions, not Euler angles, avoiding gimbal lock.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya
Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
We can do previs from an airplane over the Arctic!
Gradient Effects' Sandbox tech lets users work on movie-res assets via an iPad, anywhere in the world.
Friday, August 10th, 2012
The Foundry ships Mari 1.5
3D paint package gets real-time shadows, support for overlapping UVs, Photoshop .abr brush import.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
Golaem ships Golaem Crowd 2.0
Maya crowd-simulation software gets new graphical AI-authoring system; speed boosted 15 times.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
IKinema unveils LiveAction virtual production system
Stream mocap data into Maya and preview the results on a virtual set, complete with real-time shadows.
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Fabric Engine launches Creation Platform
See cool tools built with the high-performance app development framework running inside Maya.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012