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Videos: the best of Siggraph 2015’s technical papers
Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from recreating fine skin details to simulating mayonnaise.
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Sneak peek: next-gen animation tool Akeytsu
Updated: artist-friendly rigging tool available in beta on 30 June. New perpetual licence prices announced.
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AMD unveils Radeon R9 Fury, Fury X and Nano GPUs
Massive raw compute performance and next-gen HBM memory ready new cards for 4K and VR gaming.
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Adobe rolls out Creative Cloud 2015 updates
Photoshop CC 2015 adds new normal mapping and poly reduction options, smart noise and film grain.
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Corona Renderer 1.1 for 3ds Max ships
Update to popular 3ds Max renderer adds new, faster Bitmap shader and improves handling of particles.
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Adobe: the tools we’ve had to take out of AE CC 2015
Ongoing overhaul of the core code has unintended consequences for After Effects' existing functionality.
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Video Copilot releases Element 3D V2.2
GPU-accelerated tool for rendering 3D models inside After Effects adds new options for working with grouped objects.
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Download Thibault Houdon’s free hi-res Clouds Pack
Get 115 free cloud photos, suitable for CG backplates or in matte work. Licensed for commercial use.
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Eye candy: the best game trailers from E3 2015
Watch our pick of the best five cinematics - and one honorable mention - from last week's games industry show.
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Maxon unveils Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini Engine
Updated: Free plugin to make Houdini's VFX tools accessible inside C4D now out in public beta.
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Get Christophe Desse’s free 3D character models
Download some of the Naughty Dog artist's creations, including an OBJ/FBX Space Soldier and a ZTL male human head.
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LuxRender 1.5 release candidate ships
Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. Work on a new 3ds Max exporter underway.
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You can do it! VFX releases Nyx Voltron
Handy new tool lets users live-link (almost) anything in 3ds Max to its equivalent in After Effects. Try it free until 31 July.
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AlphaVFX releases BulletFX for 3ds Max
New plugin offers 'highly optimised' GPU-accelerated version of the popular Bullet physics library in Max.
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Pixar and DreamWorks announce OpenSubdiv 3.0
Big update to open-source subdivision surfaces libraries boosts CPU performance 10 times.
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Science.D.Visions ships 3DEqualizer 4 Release 4
High-end camera tracker gets improved network calculation, expanded Python support, new monthly rental options.
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DAZ 3D ships Victoria 7
Popular stock figure gets new facial rig, plus OpenSubdiv and UDIM support to increase compatibility with other 3D apps.
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Check out free mesh conversion tool ArtMesh
Interesting work-in-progress app automatically converts triangular meshes to quads.
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Get Rosy, Renderpeople’s free 3D character model
Get this female figure in OBJ, C4D and MAX formats. 8K textures, two LoDs; licensed for commercial use.
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Get Igor Grinchesku’s 17 free UV checker maps
Bored of plain old black-and-white maps? Download 17 colourful free designs, in PNG and PSD formats.
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