Software
Instant Terra 1.3 released
Wysilab has released the latest version of Instant Terra, its landscape modelling and texturing tool. New features include: (more...)
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
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Software
NVIDIA open sources PhysX
NVIDIA has announced that simulation engine PhysX is to go open source under the simple BSD-3 license for desktop and mobile applications. The EULA remains unchanged for applications that run on XBox One, Playstation 4, and Switch. (more...)
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
ZBrush Plugins
ZWrap released for ZBrush
Russian3DScanner has released ZWrap, a new plugin for ZBrush that allows the user to automatically apply predefined topology to a model. It's intended to be used to quickly convert scanned of sculpted assets to meshes that are suitable for use in production ZWrap is Compatible with ZBrush 4R8, 2018 and 2018.1 and costs $99 per year. A free 30-day demo is available. Find out more on the Russian3DScanner website.
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
After Effects
Watchdog – a new open source render manager for After Effects
AG_codeWerks has released an open source watch folder style render manager for After Effects. It can launch several instance of After Effects and work in a similar fashion to the native watch folder render queue but promises greater stability by not colliding several processes while accessing the control file. It also promises fewer resources to run in the background. Find out more on AG_codeWerks website.
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
Tutorials
Creating an architectural Cinematograph
Arqui9 Vizualisation has released a tutorial on how to add subtle animation to your still renders to create architectural cinematographs. Watch it on Youtube.
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
Tutorials - 3DS Max
Creating prints in snow and mud using Datachannel functions in 3DS Max
Effective TD's Eloi Andaluz Fullà has released an interesting tutorial on how to create the deforming snow or mud effect seen in Red Dead Redemption 2 using 3DS Max using the Datachannel modifier. Watch it on YouTube.
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Tue Dec 4, 2018
Katana
Katana 3.1 released
Foundry has released Katana 3.1 with improved 3D scene processing performance and changes to the Alembic library allowing multi-threaded rendering plugin's to be up to 5x faster. This release also updates the 3DelightNSI rendering plug-in with volume rendering speed and quality improvements as well as fast multiple scattering support and a new 3Delight Principled shader.
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Sat Dec 1, 2018
Maya
Getting started with Maya
Autodesk has released a new set of 3 tutorials to help new user get up and running with Maya, covering the UI, navigation, tools and then the modelling of a rocket. Watch them on Youtube: Video 1 | Video 2 | Video 3
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Sat Dec 1, 2018
