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New features in Pitiwazou's useful Asset Management add-on for Blender include: (more...)

Sweden-based Stiller Studios has produced a video with a creative reenactment of John Lasseter's classic "Luxo Jr." CG short, using motion control robots (and a CG ball). Watch it on YouTube.

CLO Virtual Fashion has disclosed information on the upcoming version of its cloth design and simulation software. New features include: add buttons and button holes on any location of a 3D garment, Steam tool to de-wrinkle and even out small areas, Scene Time Warp, Solidify tool to maintain the folds and wrinkles of any pattern piece, Offset Pattern Outline, Delete Avatar and Chalk to draw chalk lines on garments. (more...)

RealtimeUK has created a trailer for Sparkypants Studios' Dropzone video game. RealtimeUK used the chance to push the studio's character skills further. Watch the video and find out more on RealtimeUK's website.

New features in Corel's photo and image editing software include: Export Edit History allows to document and share your edit sessions, enhanced text tools, interactive gradient fill, support for 15 new camera RAW profiles, real-time performance for commonly used editing tools, improved stylus and graphics tablet support, etc. (more...)

Next Limit has announced the upcoming release of v4 of its renderer. New features include: (more...)

London based matte painting artist Jacek Pilarski is offering a new free (or pay-what-you-like) pack of sky images in 10k to 28k resolution (TIFF format from RAWs), featuring a variety of clouds from different angles and altitudes, and panoramas with up to 17k resolution. More on Gumroad.

Slovak artist Marek Denko has posted his latest personal project online, together with a making of. The image was created with 3DS Max and V-Ray. More on Marek Denko's website.

Knitbox is a collection of digital assets being developed by Pingo van der Brinkloev using Houdini for procedural creation of 3D fabrics. Watch a video of an alpha version on Vimeo.

Side Effects Software offers a look at Houdini's roadmap, discussing key areas of the software and providing sneak peeks of upcoming features. Watch it on Vimeo. (Note: jump to 5:20 for the sneak peeks)