Shiko 3DS Max free character rig released!
Character TD Ahmed Shalaby has released his free character rig for 3DS Max, along with a number of tutorials showing...
Plant Models vol.3 released
Maxtree has released a new volume of plant models that offers 80 high quality 3D flower models for gardens. They...
Generative Designs
German artists and programmers Christoph Bader and Dominik Kolb have been working on developing generative algorithms that simulate growth processes....
Wanderers short film
Swedish character animator, scriptwriter and director Erik Wernquist has made a great short film on the subject of space exploration,...
Demolition Toolkit preview
AlphaVFX has posted a number of videos showing an upcoming multi-physics plugin for 3DS Max that features a finite element...
FragNoiser
A scripted tool by VFX Arabia for adding details to fractured models' internal faces, cracks, etc. Watch a video and...
Meshmixer 2.7
New features in Autodesk's modeling tool for combining parts from different 3D models and outputting them to 3D printers include:...
Mental Ray GPU ambient occlusion
Mental Ray developers are sharing research they've been doing for implementing GPU-accelerated interactive Ambient Occlusion. More on the Mental Ray...
SpeedLooks 4 released
LookLabs announced the release of SpeedLooks 4, the latest version of its advanced grading and color correction software, which brings...
Black Friday sales 2014
(Updated) A number of companies have started offering discounts for the yearly Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale, including: Alex Roman is...
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