Autodesk has released the latest version of its free collection of Maya scripts and plugins. New tools in this release include:  (more...)

UV Set Editor is a script that brings similar features to Maya's UV Set Editor to 3DS Max.  Features include the ability to load all existing UV channels simply by selecting the object, the ability to create new UV channels, fast access to create pre-configured UVW Unwrap modifier, the ability to duplicate channels and more.  Find out more on Scriptspot.  

CGI Vault has announced that its textures and panoramas are now free for download under a Creative Commons Attribution license. The library contains up to 16K texture sets  and panoramas up to 50K. Find out more on CGI Vault's website.

Rapid Tools has releasedOctopus 2, a new version of its octal menu system for 3DS Max that offers a fully scriptable and customizable menu system. (more...)

London-based motion design and VFX Studio Mainframe has announced a free public beta of its new motion design software Cavalry. Cavalry promises the user a new procedural application with ambitions to make take on the existing heavy-hitters in the animation, design, creative coding, film, generative art, data visualisation, experiential and advertising industries.  (more...)

Army of One Games has released a new scattering plugin for Unreal Engine 4. Simple Scatter has been designed to bring scattering workflows familiar from the scattering plugins found in 3D DCC packages to Unreal. (more...)

Steve Rabin has released his book Game AI Pro 3 free online. Formerly published by CRC Press , who still hold the rights, the book's 42 chapers are all available to download in PDF format. Volumes 1 and 2 are also available. Read it on gameaipro.com

Sans Gravité by Charline Parisot, Jérémy Cissé, Fioretta Caterina Cosmidis, Flore Allier-Estrada, Maud Lemaître-Blanchart and Ludovic Abraham is now available to watch online. The film follows Oscar, an astronaut who dedicated his life to space but when returns to Earth, finds himself lost.  The film did very well on the festival circuit with 203 selections and 17 awards. Watch it on Vimeo.