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Flowbox releases Flowbox 1.3
Promising new roto tool adds stabilisation for roto shapes, improved shape tracking and interpolation, and Nuke export.
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New Gnomon video: Multi Pass Rendering and Compositing
Master advanced workflows like deep compositing with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's detailed four-hour tutorial.
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Download free 3D scans of a female figure and a xenomorph
Get SnapTank's hi-res scans of human and alien figures free until 31 March. OBJ format, textured.
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Download 15 free scanned 3D characters from xoio-air
Get a useful range of male and female figures in OBJ and MAX formats. Can be used commercially.
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Eye candy: the Unreal Engine 2017 sizzle reel
See sneak peeks of the Final Fantasy VII remake, Injustice 2 and other new titles created in UE4.
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Greyscalegorilla releases Gorilla Grade LUTs
Top C4D tools provider ships 100 readymade looks for After Effects, Nuke and other compositing tools.
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Anastasiy releases MagicSquire 1.5
Updated: New add-on lets users organise Photoshop brushes and tools presets via drag-and-drop.
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StemCell converts 3ds Max, Maya files to UE4 and Unity
New TurboSquid tech converts files saved in the native format of one 3D app to that of another. Support for Blender, C4D due.
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PUX releases Hard Mesh 2
Neat hard-surface modelling plugin lets Maya users create complex Booleans, then continue to edit the combined geometry interactively.
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3d-io ships Unwrella 3.10
Long-established automatic UV unfolding plugin for 3ds Max and Maya gets fast new flatten unwrap mode for hard-surface objects.
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AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall RT by 25%
New licences of the GPU-based production renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and C4D now cost €299.
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3ds Max 2018 will include Arnold, not Mental Ray
Max 2018 to include a limited-use version of Arnold in place of Iray or Mental Ray when it ships this April.
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Sneak peek: Blender’s new Eevee real-time render engine
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.
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Reallusion releases Character Creator 2.0
Free(ish) tool for creating rigged 3D human characters gets support for PBR shading, image-based lighting.
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New Gnomon video: Creating Props for Games, Vol 2.
Master PBR shading workflows in Substance Painter and UE4 with Riot Games' Nick Reynolds' detailed guide.
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ActionVFX releases 15 free blood mist elements
Download high-quality practical elements to simulate bullet hits. 2K resolution, 60fps; commercial use.
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YCDIVFX releases Nyx Sidekick in free beta
New live-linking tool turns Houdini into an 'effects co-processor' for 3ds Max. It's currently free to try.
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Boris FX releases Sapphire 10 Units
Popular suite of effects plugins now available as nine modular units, priced from $195 to $595 apiece.
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Eye candy: Autodesk’s 2017 VFX reel
See the best new VFX created in Max and Maya: from blockbusters like Deadpool to The Mill's amazing commercials.
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Sneak peek: Unreal Engine 4.16’s new physics tools
Check out the neat new clothing simulation options and Immediate Mode physics system due in the next release.
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