Thinkbox releases XMesh
Developer releases new animated geometry caching system for 3ds Max; Maya and Softimage to come.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Maya
CoreCG ships MentalCore rendering plugin for Maya
Updated: shading and lighting tool now officially shipping and updated for improved Maya Hair support.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Anzovin Studio develops Maya onion skinning plugin
Sign up now to beta test the new animation tool, due for a commercial release next month.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Miguel Winfield ships MGtools 2.5
Latest version of Maya animators' toolkit includes automated real-time scene-recovery system.
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Autodesk acquires mystery tech from T-Splines
Could the buyout lead to a version of the NURBS-like T-Splines modelling system for Maya once again?
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
IKinema trials free online mocap-editing system
WebAnimate enables users to edit or retarget motion data in a web browser via a Maya-like interface.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Maide Control: control Maya or 3ds Max via your iPad
Clever app lets users to navigate 3D scenes or apply modelling commands via the touch screen.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
HDR Labs ships sIBL_GUI 4.0
Free tool for creating 'Smart IBL' setups for faster HDR renders gets new UI and performance boost.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
StretchMesh for Maya to be made open source
Kickstand to release source code for cult deformation plugin, but calls for funds to secure its future support.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
KeyShot to get native support for 3ds Max, Maya
New plugins will let easy-to-use real-time renderer to play nicely with DCC software, not just CAD apps.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti: new fur plugin for Maya
Powerful new tool offers topology and texture UV-independent grooming for use in VFX pipelines.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Xfrog Inc. releases Xfrog for Cinema 4D 5
Plant-generation tool updated to work with Cinema 4D R12 and R13, ships at temporary 30% discount.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall by 50%
Temporarily, at least. Purchase the GPU-based Maya renderer before 12 December and save $670.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011