Modo News

Interviews

Interview with Seneca Menard

Seneca Menard gives us an overview of how Modo is used in video game production. This is an oldie, but goldie. You can view it on Vimeo.

| Posted Sat Aug 16, 2014

Plugin News

V-Ray for Modo public beta now open

Chaos Group has announced the public beta of their renderer for Modo. For more information, or to apply as a participant, please go to V-Ray.com.

| Posted Mon Aug 11, 2014 | source: Christian

Tutorials

The Foundry has released Rendering Animations in Modo, by Richard Yot. This course is their third course focused on the new rendering features and workflows available in Modo 801. More information can be found here.

Add Comment | Posted Fri Aug 8, 2014

Plugin News

HOT for Modo publicly available

The now famous HOT (Houdini Ocean Toolkit), a publicly-available framework for the simulation and rendering of ocean surfaces, is now available for Modo 701 and 801 users. It can be downloaded (along with its documentation) from The Foundry's forum.

| Posted Thu Aug 7, 2014

Kits

Packaging Design and Construction Kit for Modo updated for Modo 801

The aforementioned Kit has been updated to be compatible with Modo 801. Owners of previous versions of the Kit can find the update in the Registered Content section of their The Foundry Community Account. For more information about the Kit, visit The Foundry's website.

| Posted Wed Aug 6, 2014

Tutorials - General

How to approach complex hard surface modeling projects – Mi-24 helicopter overview

A tutorial by André Cantarel with tips on how to tackle complex hard surface modeling projects. Watch it on Vimeo.

Add Comment | Posted Tue Aug 5, 2014

Resources

10 free generic tree models

Midge Sinnaeve has released 10 free high resolution generic tree models in .obj format for use in any 3D package. Textures are not included but trees are unwrapped with material IDs set up and ready to use. Download from The Matissa.

| Posted Tue Aug 5, 2014