Get 21 free hard-surface alphas for ZBrush and Substance
Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Mudbox
Autodesk 'to reinvest' in Mudbox development
Firm 'getting back on track' with a bugfixing Mudbox 2018.1 update. Feature update to follow soon.
Monday, October 9th, 2017
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2017 VFX reel
See the best new VFX created in Max and Maya: from Deadpool to The Mill's amazing commercials.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
3d-io ships Unwrella 3.10
Long-established automatic UV unfolding plugin for 3ds Max and Maya gets fast new flatten unwrap mode for hard-surface objects.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
Autodesk unveils new M&E Industry Collection
Cheaper than the Entertainment Creation Suites it replaces on 1 August, though it omits Softimage.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Group test: Nvidia professional GPUs 2015
Jason Lewis puts three of Nvidia's top-of-the-range Quadro cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Monday, July 6th, 2015
Gnomon releases Texturing Environments with Mari
DreamWorks veteran Jessica Canter's new 150-minute tutorial provides a broad-based guide to environment work.
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Discover the new features in Maya 2016
Videos: see the new sculpting tools, Delta Mush deformer, updates to Bifrost and revamped Hypershade.
Monday, April 13th, 2015
Autodesk to go subscription only on 1 February 2016
Firm to phase out perpetual licences of 3ds Max, Maya in favour of monthly or yearly pay-as-you-go pricing.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Amplify Creations releases Multi-Tile UV Bake Tool
Inexpensive 3ds Max plugin speeds up the process of baking multi-tile textures for Mari, Mudbox or ZBrush.
Friday, January 16th, 2015
Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
Quantum Human cleans and rigs characters in one click
Cool work-in-progress Maya plugin promises complete automatic character setup, including muscles and facial coding.
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015