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A graduation short film written and directed by Alyce Tzue, produced by a team of artists at San Francisco-based Academy of Art University. Watch it on Vimeo.

Berlin-based artist Robert Seidel presents his latest experimental short. Vitreous was created with 3DS Max and custom tools, and was originally conceived as a media façade artwork. It later developed into a large-scale projection of 4 × 14 Meters at the German Filmmuseum in Frankfurt. Watch the video on Vimeo.

A script by Henrique Melo that offers an easy way to export/import selection sets in 3DS Max. Watch a video on Vimeo and download it from the author's website.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Disney Research have devised a method for improving the resolution and detail in the geometry and appearance of dynamic 3D capture. Their method uses a simple binocular setup with 9 colored lights that are spectrally and temporally multiplexed within a period of three frames. The design minimizes shadows and the amount of motion compensation. More on Disney Research's website.

AnimSchool has released v2.0 of its free Malcolm rig for Maya to the public. Malcolm 2.0 was re-rigged to accommodate wardrobe changes. AnimSchool has added tons of wardrobe and hairstyle options to him, with new geometry to support all kinds of configurations, including bare feet. The character's face is advanced, malleable, yet he plays nearly in real-time. More on AnimSchool's website.

MintViz has published a brief review of NVidia's recently released Iray+ for 3DS Max: "... delivers quality results with minimal effort with well-placed tools that make the workflow that extra bit smoother". More on MintViz.

The Foundry has surprised Modo users with a free update to its flagship 3D application that brings tools for digital matte painting and virtual camera creation as well as bug fixes. New features include: (more...)

Autodesk has released Extension 2 for Maya LT 2016. New features include: automated LOD generation, export/import skin weight maps, Turtle texture baking improvements, etc. More on Autodesk's website.

New features in Thinkinetic's massive rigid body dynamics solver and fracturing plugin for 3DS Max and Maya include: (more...)

After some months of beta testing, the company dedicated to online model publishing and sharing has made available the ability to display animated models to all Sketchfab users. Different types of animations are supported, such as skeleton-based animation (model rigged with bones), solid animation (translation, scale, rotation), and morph targets (great for animating faces). Each model can contain different animation tracks and loop modes, and users can switch between them while viewing your model. (more...)