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Compare Vulkan to OpenGL ES in ‘gnomes per second’
Imagination Technologies' demo of graphics APIs draws 40,000 gnomes in real time on a PowerVR G6430 mobile GPU.
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Get two free Renderpeople 3D character models
Updated: Get hi-res male and female figures in OBJ, C4D and MAX formats, both licensed for commercial use.
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Download two free 3D characters from xoio-air
Get male and female 3D scanned characters in OBJ and MAX formats, both licensed for commercial use.
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Gnomon ships Introduction to Maya 2016
Maya expert Eric Keller's 11-hour tutorial provides a complete guide to the industry-standard 3D app.
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Foundry ships ‘enhanced’ version of Nuke Studio
Updated: Nuke Studio 9.0v7 is now shipping. New audio and video editing tools; native stereo playback.
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Substance Painter 1.5 and Substance Designer 5.2 ship
Both Allegorithmic texturing tools get export presets for V-Ray, Arnold, Redshift and Corona; new viewport display options.
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Massive Software announces Massive 8.0
Update will let users simulate 20,000 AI-driven crowd characters in real time. New 3ds Max plugin coming too.
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Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1508
New Geometric Hierarchy tracking system reconstructs both an object's motion and internal deformation: handy for head tracking!
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Visit Gnomon’s free 3D Artist Career Paths event
See Blizzard veterans explain how to break into the industry at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Thursday 27 August, or watch online.
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3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 2.0
Pro photogrammetry app gets improved mesh and point cloud generation, new mesh editing tools.
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Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.2 in beta
Sizeable free update to renderer adds features from faster SSS and dielectrics to light-emitting fur.
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Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
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Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Multi Sensor
New tool will let users of his Brekel Pro software record mocap and point cloud data using multiple Kinect sensors.
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Raylight Games releases EasySkin 1.0 for 3ds Max
Handy-looking plugin reorganises Max's UI to speed up skinning workflow, adds new 'bubble' envelope system.
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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.9
Wide-ranging update adds new rendering and animation options, plus experimental support for DirectX 12.
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LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
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Maxon ships Cinema 4D R17
Now shipping: Update adds an interesting new 'Take System'; improved tracking, sculpting and spline tools.
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CLO Virtual Fashion unveils Marvelous Designer 5
Updated: 3D clothing design app to add direct positioning tool, better FBX import, interactive UV editing. Now in public beta.
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Google relaunches Zync render service in beta
VFX-friendly online service now available on Google Cloud Platform. Sign up to get $800 in free credits.
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Eye candy: Epic’s Showdown Unreal Engine 4 VR demo
Watch this epic bullet-time-inspired mech battle demo - then download all of the UE4 assets for free.
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