3ds Max sneak peek: image-based lighting in mental ray
New Skylight Illumination from IBL option lets mental ray render scenes using an environment map properly
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
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Sneak peek: new technology in Mudbox 2014
But unlike previous sneak peeks, the menu options are blurred out in the video. Post your guesses here.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new retopology tools
Watch the new resurfacing workflow, including a new Quad Draw tool like that in digitalRaster's NEX plugin.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Sneak peek: Softimage's new camera sequencer
Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's updated Nitrous viewport
'Will it be in 3ds Max 2014?' teaser video shows improved performance on multi-million-poly scenes
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Chaos Group to preview V-Ray 3.0 at Siggraph Asia
Features lined up for future releases include Alembic and deep image support, metaballs, new materials.
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Sneak peek: depth of field and motion blur in iray
Speed difference between iray and mental ray in 3ds Max 2013 is 'amazing', claims artist Juan Gea.
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Sneak peek: CAT tools and Bokeh effects in 3ds Max
See character animation controllers in use on non-character objects, and funky viewport depth of field effects.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's updated Nitrous viewport
See the Grab Viewport command outperforming a software render when creating a preview animation.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MassFX physics system
New video shows real-time simulation of rigid bodies and mCloth - but is it GPU-accelerated?
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new 'Send To' workflow
Updated: now with an actual video showing data transfer between Max and Maya as well as MotionBuilder.
Monday, March 5th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MediaSync workflow
'Best interop with After Effects just got better' claims blog post for latest seven-minute preview video.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Autodesk previews new Deformable Poly for 3ds Max
New object type to offer faster, more controllable deformations on heavy multi-million-polygon meshes?
Thursday, February 16th, 2012