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Autodesk software now free to schools worldwide
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers.
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Insydium previews X-Particles 3
Cinema 4D particles plugin to get FLIP solver for liquids, smoke and fire, plus some cool new modifiers.
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e-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2015
3ds Max, Maya and C4D instancing plugin gets intuitive new EcoSystem brushes, plus support for LoDs.
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cebas ships thinkingParticles 6
Fluid solver and soft bodies create 'first integrated multiphysics for Max'. Lots of other cool new tools, too.
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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.5
Big update to game engine adds animation retargeting, raytraced soft shadows, improved AO and SSS.
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Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.0
Much-anticipated next-gen games texture-painting tool finally ships. Check out the key features here.
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Autodesk releases Meshmixer 2.6
Free app for mashing up 3D models gets simplified 3D printing UI, new Orientation tool for optimising prints.
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IKinema adds graph editor to WebAnimate
Free browser-based service for retargeting mocap data gets tools for stitching together motion clips.
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Sneak peek: interactive renders in Corona Renderer
See the new 3ds Max renderer's CPU-based interactive preview tackle billion-poly instanced scenes.
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Tech video: Adobe’s #3DPhotoMagic demo
Experimental tool lets users drag 3D models into photos and matches alignment and lighting automatically.
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Navié releases Effex 2.5 for Cinema 4D
Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools.
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Download 25 free hi-res tree models in FBX format
Updated: Get TD Midge Sinnaeve's models - now including five new cherry trees, complete with textures.
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The extraordinary making of David Levy’s PLUG
In a three-year labour of love, the Prometheus concept artist taught himself VFX to finish his debut short.
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The Foundry to launch free edition of Nuke Studio
Non-watermarked, non-commercial version of the software to replace Nuke PLE early in the new year.
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The Foundry announces pricing for Nuke Studio
New editorial, VFX and finishing system to ship for over $3,000 less than the cost of NukeX and Hiero.
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The Foundry details new features of Nuke 9, NukeX 9
New native flipbook panel replaces FrameCycler, plus big speed boosts, particularly to EXR workflow.
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Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.
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Quixel releases Quixel Suite
Updated: new versions of NDO and DDO now officially out of beta. New batch options and 16K support too.
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Act-3D unveils Lumion 5
Real-time architectural visualisation app adds new artistic render effects, plus basic crowd animation tools.
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Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps unveiled
Jasper Brekelmans updates his low-cost mocap tools for Kinect for Windows v2. Track up to six actors.
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