Lucasfilm presents MaterialX open standard proposal
Lucasfilm has made available a proposal for an open, platform-independent standard for specifying the "look" of CG objects built using...
Expresii ink painting software released
After years of development Expresii has finally been released. The ink painting software uses fluid dynamics to simulate watercolor and...
Maxon on what’s next for BodyPaint 3D
Maxon discusses current and upcoming developments for BodyPaint 3D. More on Maxon's website.
ManvsMachine’s Versus
London-based design & motion studio ManvsMachine has created a video for Maxon using Cinema 4D R18. The video offers a...
Mental Ray for Maya 2017 public beta
After being replaced with Arnold as the default renderer for Maya, NVidia is supplying Mental Ray directly to Maya 2017...
Sava Zivkovic on the making of Twitch: Loadout
Belgrade-based artist Sava Zivkovic talks about "Twitch: Loadout", a project that he created together with Milan Nikolic, Iz Svemira and...
Fusion 8.2 now available on Linux for free
Blackmagic Design announced that its VFX and motion graphics software is now available as a native application for the Linux...
Massive for Max is out
Massive Software has released the plugin implementation of its crowd simulation software for 3DS Max. The plugin allows Max users...
Autodesk announces Maya 2017 with Arnold as default renderer
New features in Autodesk Maya 2017 include: integrated rendering with Arnold (which replaces Mental Ray as the default renderer), Time...
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation titles
VFX artist and music composer Niels Prayer pays homage to Isaac Asimov's Foundation books in this opening sequence he created...
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