Marcus Nordenstam discusses Bifrost
Naiad's co-author turned Autodesk product manager tells us how Maya 2015's new fluid simulator will stir up FX artists' workflows
Monday, March 31st, 2014
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Blender 2.70 ships
Next big update to the open-source 3D app adds volumetrics in Cycles, first of the long-awaited UI changes.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Gnomon ships five-hour Maya lighting masterclass
Frederic Durand's Direct Illumination in Maya and mental ray offers an advanced guide to CG lighting tools.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Pixar announces RenderMan for Katana
New free plugin gives users access to RenderMan Pro Server features within the lighting and look dev tool.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Otoy makes OctaneRender 1.2 free to students
Got an educational email address? Download the GPU-based renderer plus 3ds Max and Blender plugins.
Friday, March 7th, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.1
Games texturing tool gets new baking options and ability to group nodes. Eight new video tutorials, too.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Video: volume explosions in Unreal Engine 4
See an explosion go from FumeFX simulation to in-game effect in Epic's new Inside Unreal tech demo.
Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
Thinkbox Software ships Deadline 6.1
Renderfarm manager gets better scheduling, standalone Python API, V-Ray distributed rendering option.
Thursday, January 30th, 2014
Get Vertex 2: 300 pages of free games art training
Art By Papercut's free eBook offers tips and tutorials on everything from concept art to facial animation.
Monday, January 27th, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
Solid Angle releases trial version of Arnold
Developer's new website makes top raytrace renderer available to small studios. Rent it for just $8.50 a day.
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Project Dogwaffle team ships Howler 9.1
VFX-friendly paint app adds support for GPU-accelerated rendering, compositing-focused new Crop tool.
Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
See Unreal Engine 4 run on Nvidia's new Tegra K1
New 192-core mobile GPU beats last-gen consoles, brings high-end PC graphics to tablets, claims Nvidia.
Monday, January 6th, 2014