Fabric Engine 1.13 available, upcoming releases detailed
Fabric Software has updated its platform for building high-performance graphics applications. Changes include: Ability to reload Fabric extensions in a...
Iray Maxwell GPU support in Max 2015 SP2
The developers of Iray at NVidia have issued a patch that allows Iray to render with NVidia's Maxwell GPUs in...
VRMT – virtual reality world builder
Defective Studios is developing an immersive virtual reality world creation tool inspired by Bruce Branit's short film "World Builder". VRMT...
C4Dome 2 HDR lighting plugin released
C4Dome 2 is a plugin for Cinema 4D that offers a toolset for HDR lighting. It comes with a number...
Digital preservation of historic artwork
FutureMag has an interesting report on CG techniques being used for capturing and digitally preserving historic works of art, as...
Simulating thin liquid sheets and efficient denting of rigid bodies
Stanford professor Ron Fedkiw has updated his website with simulations of denting and bending of rigid bodies as well as...
PBRTK – physically based viewport shader for Max
MoPho Games has released a script that adds a physically-based viewport shader to 3DS Max for previewing what game art...
Autodesk software now free for students and educators worldwide
Autodesk announced that it is making its software available for free to students, teachers and educational institutions around the world....
MBPlumage for Houdini
Michael Buettner, author of the MBFeatherTools Softimage plugin, has released MBPlumage, an asset for Houdini that features styling, animation and...
Adobe’s project Animal – character animation tool
Adobe recently previewed a new character animation tool they're developing: a markerless real-time mocap software that allows to control a...
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