Massive Crowd Sim gets a free 101-edition
Massive 101 goes free for non-commercial use, with watermarked renders and a forum-based license login. Great for learning, risky for deadlines.
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iCrowds 2.0.0: Ragdolls arrive, dignity leaves
iCrowds Generator 2.0.0 adds ragdolls for Blender crowds, so collisions can look messy in the good way, with less setup.
City Life for Crowds: iCrowds Lands in Blender
iCrowds, the new Blender add-on from iCity’s creator, brings smart Sims-style crowds, seven simulation systems, and 100k agents to 3D production.
SideFX launches “How To Houdini” contest for Houdini 21
SideFX’s new “How To Houdini” contest rewards the best Houdini 21 tutorials with FX and Indie licences, merch, and "exposure" in the community.
Chaos Anima 6.2: cars that finally drive themselves (almost)
Chaos Anima 6.2 drives cars with people in them, adds brake lights, tags crowds, and eats less RAM, all wrapped into the Chaos ArchViz Collection.
Tomato Warfare: Milk VFX on Heads of State
Milk VFX Supervisor David Sadler-Coppard on how the team built thousands of CG tomatoes, exploding doors, and digital crowds for Heads of State.
The Hungarian Dressmaker – by PFX
Not every historic drama is created equal - "The Hungarian Dressmaker" rebuild a world barely out of reach of living memory, and we got a chance to talk to PFX artists and artisans about rebuiling 1940' s Bratislava and Biskupice
Population V2 Add-on for Blender Enhances Crowd Simulation
The lightweight Blender add-on Population introduces updates for faster, more flexible crowd simulations tailored for VFX and animation workflows.
Lightweight Crowds: “People Going Places”
People Going Places is a new free Blender add-on aimed at animating crowd simulations. It provides a streamlined approach to populating scenes with large numbers of moving characters without heavy resource consumption.
Now even more realistic 3D people with the new Anima?
AXYZ Design, a company specialising in architectural visualisation, has released the latest version of its crowd generation tool. Artificial intelligence should ensure noticeably more realistic motion sequences.
The Golaem Academy goes into the 2nd round!
The second edition for those who want to learn: Free educational offer for crowd simulation!
Coca-Cola Awakening | Making-of
This Orc Lieutenant is craving a caffeinated cold drink - and you're craving frozen VFXs, aren't you?
Golaem 8 Adds Real-Time Crowds
Golaem 8 improves crowd previs with real-time Unreal Engine simulation, Maya viewport shading, layout layers and cloth physics.
Golaem Academy Teaches Crowd Simulation
Golaem marked a decade of its crowd-simulation software with 16 free training sessions covering large-scale digital populations.
Crowd Simulation: Golaem 6 Released
Golaem 6 with many new functions: Including simple traffic tools and precise control of character behavior with more than 100 channel operators.
Crowds for 3ds Max
Massive Software wants to release its solution for crowds for 3ds Max too. The company has also announced version 8 of the crowd tool.
“Clash of Kings” at nhb
The preliminary rounds of the European Football Championship are currently underway—nhb Studios previously had German national team captain Bastian Schweinsteiger in the pipeline for the new commercial for the browser game "Clash of Kings".
Miarmy 4.7 Released
The new version of the crowd-simulation tool comes with features such as Buoyancy Mesh and Agent Renewal, better CCT and a Geometry Realtime Display.
Where Are They Running?
The Golaem Reel 2016 presents work created by leading VFX studios worldwide with Golaem Product's crowd-simulation product.
More Crowd Control with Golaem 5
Version 5 of the Golaem crowd-simulation tool for Maya adds the Layout Tool for greater control over smaller crowds.
Virtual Group Cuddling
This is the humorous name for a dense crowd of people, for example at a Christmas market. At the Blender Conference, Sybren Stüvel explained how to simulate such crowds in Blender.
Animating a Battle in Blender
Learn with this tutorial how to make thousands fight each other at once.
Audi Commercial Breakdown
With the Audi commercial “Mechanics”, the car company taps into the current “Walking Dead” series hype. The zombie crowd was created by Time Based Arts from London.
Miarmy 3.6 Available
The crowd tool has been revised in terms of animation, physical simulation and render features. Including a Zombie Agents Library.
Crowds in “The Hobbit”
Wired has published a video on "Crowd and Destruction" in the final part of "The Hobbit".
Golaem Crowd 3 Released
The new version now also multiplies unusual characters, features an improved animation engine and a Flock Behaviour for swarms.
Crowds with Miarmy
Basefount released Miarmy 2.0 for Maya, with an improved engine intended to provide more options and faster performance.
Siggraph: Golaem Crowd 2.0
The crowd-simulation tool Golaem Crowd 2.0 was officially released at Siggraph 2012, where the new workflow was presented.
Direct Rendering with Golaem Crowd 1.5
With the 1.5 update, a crucial feature has been added to the Golaem Crowd plug-in: direct rendering in the Maya render window is now intended to be possible.
Massive Importer 1.5
The Massive Importer 1.5 plug-in is said to allow crowds or an unlimited number of objects to be imported into 3ds Max.
Crowds with Maya
Golaem plans to present Golaem Crowd, a Maya-compatible crowd generator, at FMX.
animago CONFERENCE: Technical FX Pipeline on “2012”
Pixomondo FX crowd technical supervisor and Head of Technology Mohsen Mousavi led a team of FX technical directors and artists for Emmerich’s “2012.”
