Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2014
Watch videos of the new crowd system, mParticles, Perspective Match and pan and zoom tools.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
simulation
Luxology ships Modo 701
New particles and dynamics tools, better sculpting workflows: read our full guide to the highlights here.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Motion Boutique releases Newton 2.0 for After Effects
Now shipping: After Effects physics engine gets cool new simulation tools, including basic soft bodies.
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Eye candy: Nvidia's Hawken PhysX trailer
See the new APEX Turbulence system in use to create swirly effects for the free-to-play mech shooter.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013
Videos: real-time hair in Luminous Studio
Watch hair being rendered in Square Enix's next-gen game engine - including a rather odd demo of a beard.
Monday, January 28th, 2013
Video tutorial: Blow stuff up in 3ds Max
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of new video training on creating believable destruction.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Eye candy: Juan Gonzalez's Mandelbulb animation
See what the Arnold renderer can do even outside big VFX studios with this 250-million-particle 3D fractal.
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Mir Vadim releases RayFire 1.60 for 3ds Max
Control how objects fracture with texture maps via the plugin's cool new RayFire Trace system.
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Meet Sparta: it's like ZBrush, but for particles
Lyouta Koduka's intriguing tool for 'sculpting' Maya, Softimage and 3ds Max simulations enters free beta.
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Tutorial: sculpting realistic clouds with fluids
See 3ds Max VFX guru Allan McKay's 45-minute video on fast-rendering dynamic clouds in FumeFX.
Friday, September 14th, 2012
IDV releases SpeedTree Cinema and Studio 6.2
Vegetation-generation software gets new 'Wind Wizard' and extended import/export options.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Preview: thinkingParticles 6 and thinkingParticles GE
3ds Max particle system to gain fluid and cloth sim tools, plus new edition for Unity and Unreal game engines.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Thinkbox's Ember will let you mix fire and water sims
New tool will act like a compositor for simulations, enabling artists to splice elements into hybrid sims.
Tuesday, July 17th, 2012