Blender News

Films

Liten short film

A short with an aesthetic study of nature and birth created by Celine Mougel, Eva Virlouvet and Sophie Garrigues at ATI Université Paris 8. Watch it on Vimeo.

| Posted Thu Oct 17, 2013

Software

RealFlow 2013 v7.1.2.0147

Next Limit has released a new patch for its fluid dynamics software. New features include: (more...)

| Posted Thu Oct 17, 2013

Reels

Cube Creative's showreel

Paris-based Cube Creative have posted online their latest reel. Watch it on Vimeo.

| Posted Thu Oct 17, 2013

Software

Photomatix 5.0 beta

HDRsoft announced that a beta of v5 of its HDR image creation software is available. New features include: (more...)

| Posted Wed Oct 16, 2013

Industry News

Pixar's Universal Scene Description

Pixar has made available information on their website regarding their Universal Scene Description system, which aims to bring standardization and efficient exchange of scenes among 3D applications. More on Pixar's website.

| Posted Tue Oct 15, 2013

Software

Lumion 4.0 preview

New features in Act-3D's real-time architectural visualization software include: motion graphics animation of text and objects, improved grass that sways in the wind, support for importing native SketchUp files, improved motion blur, better oceans, falling leaves and more. Watch the video on YouTube and find out more on Lumion's website.

| Posted Tue Oct 15, 2013

Breakdowns

Rayman Legends trailer breakdowns

Toufik Mekbel and Mhamed Elmezoued have posted some great breakdowns for work they did for NKI (ex-Akama Studio) on the production of the Rayman Legends trailer: creatures simulation, creature hair, Barbara hair, slobber.

| Posted Sun Oct 13, 2013

Resources

GetCOREInterface: Max SDK development blog, Intro to Python in Max 2014 Extension

Kevin Vandecar from the Autodesk M&E API team is running a blog dedicated to 3DS Max customization and programming. Among his latest posts is one dedicated to the Python scripting capabilities brought by the latest Max extension. More on the GetCOREInterface blog.

| Posted Fri Oct 11, 2013

Software

Project Miller offers 3D printing previews

Project Miller is a software being developed at Autodesk Labs that allows to inspect models, visualize how they will print and identify problems in advance. An evaluation version is available for download. More on Autodesk Labs.

Comments (1) | Posted Fri Oct 11, 2013

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