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3DS Max Scripts

PropLine 1.2

Shawn Olson has updated his parametric spacing tool that allows to distribute props and models along splines. New features include: (more...)

| Posted Mon Jul 13, 2015

Films

ArtFX has released a new entertaining underwater short with great CG work. The film was produced by its students in collaboration with French state film school La Fémis. Watch the short and making of on Filmnosis.

| Posted Mon Jul 13, 2015

Modo Plugins

RenderMan plugin for Modo

A RenderMan integration plugin for Modo is under development. The plugin is currently in alpha and a preview video has been made available by the developer. Watch it on Vimeo and find out more on The Foundry's forum.

| Posted Mon Jul 13, 2015

Maya Plugins

RocketComp for Maya

RocketComp is a new Maya plugin by Andrew Hazelden that exports Maya rendered scenes to compositing and image editing software. With a single click, your entire Maya scene is analyzed and a new compositing project file is created containing all of your rendered footage. (more...)

| Posted Mon Jul 13, 2015

Films

Proximity short film

A great short by US director Joshua Cox with restrained performances. Created with 3DS Max, RayFire and V-Ray. Watch it on Filmnosis.

| Posted Fri Jul 10, 2015

Software

RealFlow 2015 presentation video

The video of the presentation covering RealFlow 2015's new features given recently by Next Limit's Luis Miguel Mora is now available online. Watch it on Vimeo.

Comments (1) | Posted Fri Jul 10, 2015

Blender Add-ons

PRMan for Blender

PRMan for Blender is a Blender addon for using RenderMan 20 and beyond. The development is being headed by Pixar's Brian Savery, and builds upon an initial addon developed by Matt Ebb for exporting scenes to the 3Delight (RIB-compliant) renderer. PRMan for Blender can be used with the free non-commercial version of RenderMan. A tutorial is available showing how to install and use the addon. More on GitHub.

Comments (1) | Posted Fri Jul 10, 2015

Houdini Plugins

V-Ray for Houdini on the horizon

According to Chaos Group's Andrey Izrantsev, an alpha version of V-Ray for Houdini will be made available soon. More information to follow.

Comments (12) | Posted Fri Jul 10, 2015

Films

Alike short film teaser images

The new short film co-directed by Daniel Martínez Lara, founder of Pepe-School-Land and director of Changes, together with animator and character designer Rafa Cano Méndez, is now finished after years of hard work and being sent to festivals. The short was created with Blender. The official poster of the film is now available as well as some teaser images. More on Alike's production blog.

| Posted Thu Jul 9, 2015