Modo News

The Foundry has released the first installment in the Modo 10 Series, the new version of its flagship 3D application. New features in Modo 10.0v1 include: assets created in Modo look virtually the same in Unity or Unreal Engine, get realistic detail into real-time assets more easily through a streamlined texture baking workflow and new ways to export to popular engines featuring simple, automated steps. Read on for more. (more...)

The Foundry announced the upcoming release of Modo 10.0v1, an update to its flagship 3D application. The new version improves creation of real-time content for games and virtual reality. New features include: assets created in Modo will look virtually the same in Unity or Unreal Engine, ability to get realistic detail into real-time assets more easily through a streamlined texture baking workflow and new ways to export to popular engines featuring simple automated steps. Modo 10.0v1 will be available in the second quarter of 2016 and will be followed by the releases of Modo 10.1 and Modo 10.2. More on The Foundry's website.

New features in the latest version of 9b Studios' toolkit for creating lighting setups for high-quality rendering include: (more...)

Errata: According to a recent post by Gelmi on The Foundry's forum, no fluid simulation software was used on the video.
Brazil-based Gelmi studio has created a spot full of fresh CG fruit. Modo was used, among other tools. Watch it on Vimeo.

(Updated) New preview videos have been made available and the author of the software has stated that v2 is expected to be released before the end of the month. Watch the videos: SLIK 2 Overview, Using SLIK 2 to set up a portrait lighting studio, SLIK2 Compositing.
A video preview has been made available by the developers of the Studio Lighting Illumination kit for Modo, showing features that will be brought by the upcoming version. According to developer Yazan Malkosh, v2 of the kit is expected to be released soon. Watch the video on Vimeo.

PSOFT has released a sneak preview video of a new modular rigging plugin that is being developed for Modo. There is little information on the PSOFT website regarding this plugin, so we will update this story as we find out more.

The Foundry has surprised Modo users with a free update to its flagship 3D application that brings tools for digital matte painting and virtual camera creation as well as bug fixes. New features include: (more...)

Hang Li is a surfacing artist from Beijing, China, and he recently posted his latest realistic human head study. Hang used a combination of Mari, Maya, Nuke, and Arnold to create these latest renders. You can view more about this project on Hang's ArtStation page.