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Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 1.3
Games texturing tool to get new Smart Materials system, texture bakers, improved viewport display.
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Nvidia releases new mental ray Alembic import shader
Free download adds support for hair and subdivision controls for NURBS and sub-Ds. Works with Maya 2015.
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Epic to offer $50,000 grants for indie Unreal projects
Money available for shorts and visualisations as well as games - and even student class projects.
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Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.6
VFX-friendly paint tool gets new greenscreen tools, new automatic repair system for damaged video.
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Download Eisko’s free hi-res 3D scan of a female head
Get this ultra-detailed scan in FBX format with 4K texture maps, plus a bonus Marmoset scene file.
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Thinkbox Software previews Sequoia
New demo videos show upcoming app converting dense point cloud scan data to workable 3D meshes.
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iPi Soft ships iPi Motion Capture 3.0 product line
Updated: markerless mocap system now captures up to three actors from 4 Kinects or 16 PlayStation Eyes.
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The Captury releases Captury Studio 1.0
Intriguing new markerless mocap system promises to capture any actor, anywhere - including animals.
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Sneak peek: Blender 2.74
Check out the Viewport 2.0-style viewport AO and depth of field; better hair dynamics and planar tracking.
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Unreal Engine 4.7 ships
Engine now publishes games in HTML5 format to play in a browser; better foliage rendering options.
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Mixamo unveils Mixamo 2.0
Overhauled online animation service to get faster, WebGL-based online store, improved contextual search.
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Autodesk launches Memento
Free professional desktop software turns scan data or photos into 3D meshes and cleans them for export.
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Corona Renderer 1.0 ships
Long-awaited commercial release of 3ds Max renderer adds interactive rendering, SSS, big speed boosts.
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Krita 2.9 ships
Open-source paint app's 'biggest release yet' adds HDR painting and more Photoshop-like workflows.
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AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.7.1
Updated: Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D now also available for Mac. Price down, too.
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Side Effects unveils beta of Houdini Engine for UE4
Plugin for using Houdini content inside UE4 now available in April. Check out the new GDC demo reel.
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Allegorithmic launches Substance Database 2.0
Library of readymade Substances for use in Unity, UE4 and 3D tools now includes 650 PBR materials.
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Sketchfab’s models of the month: February 2015
See the best real-time assets uploaded to the website this month, including this beautiful game art.
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VFX breakdowns of the month: February 2015
Check out the month's best tech demos, including some stunning work from The Mill and Blur Studio.
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Eye candy: Autodesk’s 2015 Games Customers Reel
A two-minute gallop through the best recent game CG, from Assassin's Creed Unity to The Order: 1886.
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