Exocortex Technologies ships Alembic plugin suite
Make better use of the open-source data-interchange format in 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, Arnold and more.
Monday, March 5th, 2012
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Chaos Group ships V-Ray for Softimage
New Softimage port of the industry-standard renderer now out of beta and available for use.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Exocortex Technologies releases ImplosiaFX
Create animated destruction with the ace Softimage developer's custom shatter and fracture plugin.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Thinkbox releases XMesh
Developer releases new animated geometry caching system for 3ds Max; Maya and Softimage to come.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Exocortex releases Species rigging plugin for Softimage
Blend stock body types to create a base mesh, then apply a rig created by Animal Logic's Eric Thivierge.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Eric Mootz releases emNewton 2.0 for Softimage
New ICE plugin mimics effects of gravity on particle systems. Simulation times happily less astronomical.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
The making of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's titles
Watch a breakdown showing how Blur Studio created the oil-drenched 150-second opening sequence.
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
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
Fabric Engine brings Bullet physics to web browsers
Ex-Softimage staff release public beta of revolutionary new online application development system.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Chaos Group releases beta of V-Ray for Softimage
Industry-standard renderer finally available for Softimage users: register to download the beta today.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Exocortex ships Momentum 3
Softimage multiphysics simulator gets fracturing engine and cool new option to control simulations by 'sculpting' forces.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
OC3 Entertainment releases FaceFX 2012
New version of leading automated facial animation system now also supports full-body movements.
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online
Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011