Video tutorial: modo 601's new retopology tools
See illustrator and modo 601 beta tester Richard Yot set out a fast, efficient modo retopology workflow.
Thursday, March 29th, 2012
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Forget video mapping: here's mocap mapping
Watch people interact live with a 3D projection of a mocapped character in NuFormer's cool teaser video.
Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Gnomon releases new Environment Sculpting DVD
Create detailed CG environments with David Lesperance's (literally) ground-breaking masterclass.
Thursday, March 22nd, 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
Gnomon releases new Maya character rigging DVD
Discover how to create a flexible production-ready rig with Insomniac Games' Axel Stanley-Grossman.
Thursday, March 8th, 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 '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
Autodesk previews nHair simulation system for Maya
There's no guarantee that the tools will actually make it into Maya 2013, but the timing looks suggestive.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new mCloth cloth sim system
New video shows cloth, particles and rigid bodies interacting via 3ds Max's MassFX unified simulations.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
See Wayne Robson Mudbox training DVDs for free
Autodesk's only Mudbox Master makes ten of his legendary tutorial DVDs free to view on his new site.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Watch ILM on the making of Rango's characters
See the studio discuss its 'three-day maquette' process in its appealing new making of video.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012