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Hardcuts Launches Alpha Access for Fast Voxel-Based Hard-Surface Sculpting
Hardcuts is a new standalone hard-surface sculpting tool with a simple pitch: fast voxel booleans, less clutter, more shape-making. The alpha is available now, free to try, and might be a rather good way to spend a quiet Easter weekend.
Blender 5.0 hits release candidate!
Blender 5.0’s release candidate is live. Expect ACES 2.0, smarter Geometry Nodes, and a sleeker UI before the final launch later this month.
Free WaveManager Brings Procedural Motion to Maya
WaveManager for Maya adds procedural wave motion to any rig via expressions: no keyframes, full control, free download.
Blender user survey 2025 – time to tell the team what you really think
Blender’s asking you for feedback again: join the 2025 survey and help shape how the software is used across film, game and animation workflows.
Cross Sections Without Tears: Free Plugin for 3ds Max
Free plugin for 3ds Max generates multiple 2D cross sections on any axis, with spacing, offset and weld options
Blender’s 2024 User Survey Results: The Good, the Bad, and the ?
Over 7,000 Blender users shared their thoughts in the 2024 survey, highlighting satisfaction levels and areas for improvement.
Blender 3.5, Wuhu!
Hey you, are you ready for the latest update of Blender? With Blender 3.5, the Blender Foundation brings an improved hair system and built-in hair assets, support for vector displacement maps, a viewport compositor and a new timing mode for Grease Pencil, improvements to the Pose Library and much more.
Flying in the Unreal Editor!
If you work all day in 3D software such as Unreal, sooner or later you will either configure your workstation or go mad - pushing and rotating the mouse is easy, but neither efficient nor comfortable. Not to mention the ergonomics. But wouldn't it be great if there was a device that was built to move in 3D? And that would work natively with Unreal?
Womp: Simple 3D for everyone?
"No downloads or grey apps with 1,000 buttons. Just your browser and your creativity". The website www.womp.com presents itself colourfully and confidently and promises to make 3D modelling easy for everyone. Womp, an online 3D application, is currently still in the alpha phase and is still free to try out. The Womp team promises that Womp Alpha will remain 100% free. A "Pro version" with a wider range of functions is planned for later - the current version has only been released for about a month. A price does not yet seem to have been set.
Microsoft 3D Movie Maker now open source!
Filmmaking like it's 1995: Microsoft makes the source code of 3D Movie Maker freely accessible. Out of time, or timeless retro charm?
Blender 3.0 Scheduled for December 2021 Release
The Blender Foundation announced that Blender 3.0 was scheduled for release on 1 December 2021.
3ds Max and Maya Indie soon available worldwide!
Let's continue with the good news: After Nuke, Max and Maya are now apparently at the start with "worldwide" indie versions.
Substance Painter 2020.2 Adds UDIMs
Substance Painter 2020.2 introduced cross-tile painting, UV-tile masking and baking, faster exports and smaller projects.
Autodesk Releases 3ds Max 2021!
3ds Max 2021 is here—with PBR texture baking, Python 3, native Arnold 6 integration and more.
Flame 2020.3 with Maya and Mudbox Workflow
Flame 2020.3 is here and brings a new Send to workflow to the VFX, compositing and finishing application.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2020.3 Available
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2020.3 with numerous fixes, an Arnold support update and more.
AMD Supports Blender with €120,000
After Epic Games and Nvidia, the next patron steps up: AMD is supporting Blender development with a further €120,000 per year.
Interview with Blender Founder
Blender founder Ton Rosendaal in an interview: history, future and interesting facts about the creation of the open-source tool.
Wacom: New Pro Pen 3D
New pen from Wacom: With the new Pro Pen 3D, up to three buttons can now be assigned. The pen is therefore aimed primarily at 3D artists.
Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category – Still Life & Illustration
The animago AWARD 2017 is just around the corner. That means that this year too, the best entries in 3D animation & still, visual effects, visualisation & design will be honoured. See a selection of CG stills from 2016 here.
Looking Back at animago 2016: “Best Still” Category: Vehicles
CG art at the very highest level – in our still galleries we show you the greatest CG stills submitted to animago 2016 last year. This time on the subject of "Vehicles".
Workflow: From Max to Modo!
To Modo in two steps: With this plug-in, you can export 3ds Max scenes to Modo and edit them there. V-Ray is also supported.
New Shelf for Substance Painter
Allegorithmic has released Substance Painter version 2.4. Here is an overview of the new features.
animago Pictures 2016: CONFERENCE
The two-day conference programme at animago was packed with presentations by Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Digital Domain, Pixar, Disney Animation Studios, and many more speakers. Here are a few impressions from the talks.
Render Farm Manager RenderPal Version 2
The render farm manager RenderPal V2 supports a large number of renderers and 3D applications such as Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Nuke, After Effects, Modo and more. Version 2.14 was most recently released.
Sneak Peek DP 06 : 16
DP issue 06:16 will arrive with our subscribers on 9 September and be available on newsstands on the 12th. Here you can see what you can probably expect.
Autodesk Showreel 2016
Autodesk's latest showreel presents recent work from software customers including Fido, Framestore, Rockstar, Blur and many more.
New Core for C4D
CTO and Managing Partner Harald Schneider has outlined the future plans for Cinema 4D on the Maxon blog.
Dosch Design Introduces New Products
The manufacturer is adding new packages across every area of its product range
The Big Screen for Everyone – RTT Presents RTT DirectAutoCAD Conversion Tool
Until now, high-end visualization solutions such as RTT DeltaGen were used almost exclusively by larger companies. The new RTT DirectAutoCAD conversion tool changes that, allowing smaller architecture and design studios to use the industry-leading RTT DeltaGen visualization software. The tool will be available shortly, optionally bundled with RTT DeltaGen 8.0.
Softimage XSI 7 Announced
XSI 7 includes the new ICE platform (Interactive Creative Environment), a node-based programming environment for more intuitive work; shipping is planned for SIGGRAPH in August
Autodesk Plans to Acquire Moldflow
With the Moldflow acquisition, Autodesk is extending its digital-prototyping strategy into the plastic-parts market.
Peter Mehlstäubler Is the New Managing Director of Nemetschek Allplan GmbH
Effective January 15, 2008, Peter Mehlstäubler has been appointed Managing Director of Nemetschek Allplan GmbH. In the newly created General Manager role, he will be responsible for product and development organization as well as product marketing through Nemetschek sales companies in Germany and abroad.
Bryce 6.1 Adds Native Intel Mac Support
Bryce 6.1 now runs natively on Intel-based Macs and requires Mac OS X 10.4.
Maya 2008 and 3ds Max 2008 Now Shipping
Autodesk has begun shipping Maya 2008 and 3ds Max 2008 through resellers and online channels.
SIGGRAPH 2007: Quest3D 4.0 Presented as Pre-Release
The Dutch manufacturer presented the pre-release of version 4.0 of its 3D software Quest3D to visitors at SIGGRAPH in San Diego.
Remko Jacobs, CTO of Act3D, explains to DIGITAL PRODUCTION what new things the current version has to offer.
Siggraph 2007: Five Years of 3D Software Provider Bitmanagment Software GmbH
Founded in 2002, the company is now a leading provider of Internet-enabled real-time 3D rendering.
Autodesk Faced the Discussion About the Future of 3D
On July 11, DIGITAL PRODUCTION invited guests to the well-attended panel discussion on the subject of “Where Does the Future of 3D Lie” at the renowned Munich PresseClub. Guest was Michel Besner, Senior Director of Product Management Media & Entertainment Division at Autodesk.
Siggraph Follow-up 2004: Softimage XSI 4.0
Softimage proclaimed “3-Democracy,” the democratization of the 3D market, at the show - and used it to promote massive price reductions for the XSI 4.0 3D package.
Maya 5 Now Available
Maya 5 is now available, with early downloads for maintenance customers registered for eSupport.