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Autodesk Labs releases Project Memento
Free tech preview provides simple, semi-automatic tools to clean up laser scan and photogrammetry data.
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Sneak peek: Raylight’s XrayCat 1.5 for Max
Updated with official trailer: 3ds Max animation toolkit to get new Pose Manager, better joystick controllers.
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Chris Zurbrigg unveils Playblast/Reference Viewer
Scrub through Maya animations and reference footage in sync with this neat alternative to QuickTime.
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Basefount releases Miarmy 2.5
Maya crowd-simulation system gets option to scale crowd agents dynamically, new auto-avoid option.
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Eye candy: the 2013 Maxwell Render demo reel
The focus is on animation, not ultra-realistic still images, but Next Limit's new reel remains a thing of beauty.
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Video: layered materials in Unreal Engine 4
First in a new series of tech demos lifts the hood on Epic Games' next-generation game engine.
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Arion 2.5 to add new Caustics and Shadows AOVs
Update to hybrid physically based renderer will also feature importance-sampling system for HDR lighting.
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The Leap Motion: control Maya by waving at your screen
Early users say both the Kinect-like controller and its Maya app are potentially powerful, if still frustrating.
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Iray Nitro: see Iray+ running on 260 Nvidia GPUs
New Lightworks video hints at near-instant results possible with cloud-based GPU rendering pipelines.
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Planetside ships Terragen 3
Updated: landscape generator gets better GI, Linux render nodes. Both commercial editions now shipping.
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Eye candy: Platige Image’s new Witcher 3 trailer
Gritty trailer for CD-Projekt RED's new RPG features supernatural deeds in super-natural environments.
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Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
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Eye candy: SpyFox
Spot-on '60s student spy parody features world's most adorable minions this side of Despicable Me.
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The Lone Ranger: the best VFX you never noticed?
Forget the plot: the backdrops are out of this world. ILM explains how it created the film's CG environments.
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Blender’s Cycles renderer released via Apache licence
Switch from GPL licence designed to attract big studios and software houses to contribute to development.
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Motiva releases Exposure Control plugin for V-Ray
Handy free plugin lets 3ds Max users simulate real-life film stocks and bleach bypass effects.
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Wacom announces new Cintiq Companion tablets
Specs look good for Wacom's new Windows 8 and Android tablets, but you will pay for the power.
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Eye candy: the Diablo III: Reaper of Souls cinematic
Moody teaser for the RPG's new DLC features show- (and life-) stopping appearance from the Angel of Death.
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Video: Crytek’s tasty new CryEngine tech demo
Engine update shows off physically based skin shading, automated LODs, procedural GPGPU weather.
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MakerBot releases Digitizer desktop 3D scanner
Only $1,400, but still pricier and - on paper, at least - less accurate than Matterform's upcoming model.
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