Software
Aerialod – height map renderer
Ephtracy has released a free tool for visualising heightmaps. Aerialod is an interactive path tracer that allows you to import and render heightmaps. Find out more and download from the product's website.
Software
Ephtracy has released a free tool for visualising heightmaps. Aerialod is an interactive path tracer that allows you to import and render heightmaps. Find out more and download from the product's website.
Software - 3DS Max
Mads Drøschler has released a free tool for converting V-Ray and Corona scenes to Arnold. Supported materials include V-Ray material, V-Ray 2 Sided material, V-Ray Light material, V-Ray Blend Material and Corona material. Many map types are also supported. To see the full list, visit Mad's website.
Tutorials - 3DS Max
Eloi Andaluz Fullà has released a tutorial explaining several handy tips for getting the most from 3DS Max's modifier stack including Edit Poly tricks, using morphers for destruction, referencing, and more. Watch it on YouTube
Software
BlackRay is a new real-time renderer and game engine for 3DS Max in development by Hamid Memar. (more...)
Software
Unity Technologies has announced that its prices will rise in 2020. Currently, a Plus license costs $35 per month and a Pro license costs $125 per month. From January 1, 2020, a Plus license costs $40 per month and a Pro license costs $150. This is the first price increase since 2016 and free users can relax as there are no changes to the Personal edition. Find out more on the Unity Blog.
Short Films
Industry News
Google has announced that it is to discontinue its Daydream View VR headset and that VR support will not be a part of its latest flagship phone the Pixel 4, nor will it be integrated into any other future devices. Find out more on Venture Beat.
Blender
Adidas is the latest company to join the Blender Development fund according to a recent tweet by the Blender Foundation. Adidas joins as a silver sponsor alongside companies like Google, Ubuntu, Intel, Steam and more. You might wonder what a sports apparel wants with Blender, but apparently, they used it in the past for visualisations.
Maya Plugins
Befores and Afters has published an article on how industrial robots can be controlled directly from within Maya using a plugin called Mimic. This can be useful for controlling complex camera rigs that need to precisely repeat movements for VFX that use miniatures and physical models. Read the article in full on Befores and Afters.
Software
Kinetic Thoughts has released Pulldownit 4.7 for Maya. (more...)
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