The release adds some really big changes, including new modifiers, Fire simulation improvements, Open Shading Language support for Cycles, a vastly improved Bevel tool and much more!
The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.65. We focused on making this the most stable release in the 2.6 cycle yet, fixing over 200 bugs.
Submitted by metalliandy on September 27, 2012 - 10:09am
After months of development, Tears of Steel, the fourth Blender Institute Open Movie has been released!
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It’s out! Watch it on youtube now, or download it later… links to downloads will appear in this post once mirrors have been synced. Torrents will also appear. Have fun! We’re happy!
The release adds some really big improvements, including a totally rewritten mesh system that supports Ngons!
The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.63. The 2.6x series is being targeted at including all work that happened in branches or patches past years.
The update adds numerous new rendering features and other updates including revamped DirectX 11 tessellation, increased and improved DX11 support and tessellation, multi-layer navigation mesh, improved glass rendering, geometric light beams, point light shafts, time of day based filmic hdr tone mapping, improved transitions between levels of detail, improved volumetric fog features and improved distance cloud shading!
It is now available for download via subscription accounts and for those wishing to get a trial
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Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2013 animation software delivers new rendering, motion graphics, 3D animation, and simulation tools empowering artists to focus more on creative, rather than technical challenges.
Submitted by metalliandy on March 28, 2012 - 9:57am
Epic have released the March 2012 update for UDK !
The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including a new ‘Create Sub-Archetype’ feature added to Unreal Content Browse, the ability to use the ‘Screen Capture’ option in Unreal Console to take a screenshotMobile and Texture paint workflow automation will now allow you to duplicate textures and hook them up to a new material instance with a single button click!
The update, which is free for registered users, contains a new features such as Vector Displacement Maps and BPR to Geo along with significant advancements to FiberMesh, NoiseMaker, Interface Enhancements, Render Enhancements and Auto Updating!
The update adds numerous new rendering features and bug fixes over previous releases and now include now includes Autodesk's Scaleform technology, along with DirectX 9 rendering improvements such as Parallax Occlusion Mapping, SSDO, Particle Global Illumination and a new “Very High” graphics configuration to support the new higher levels of rendering quality.
Submitted by metalliandy on January 23, 2012 - 3:46pm
If you are looking for some great sites to gather inspiration from, then look no further than Vincent Mayeur!
The mulch-talented Environment Artist, who is currently working at Crytek UK, has a stunning portfolio and a knowledge packed blog, which are both updated on a regular basis.
Submitted by metalliandy on January 16, 2012 - 11:36am
A new GPU accelerated version of the popular glu3D fluid dynamics plugin for 3dsMax has been released by 3daliens!
The new CUDA powered plugin increases the speed, detail and number of particles that simulations can use for better results than were previously possible
Submitted by metalliandy on December 22, 2011 - 8:46am
Eat3d tutor and VFX guru Hristo Velev has released a new free tutorial on Thinking Particles!
The tutorial covers surface splash, which is a useful technique for the emission of particles from the leading edge of a moving object against the ground
That’s a useful technique I employ a lot – emission of particles from the leading edge of a moving object against the ground:
In this video, Chad Ashley of Digital Kitchen from Chicago talks about how they use Autodesk 3ds Max for their 3d animation motion graphics and commercials work.
Submitted by metalliandy on April 6, 2011 - 7:51am
Guru particle developer Jahka has been hard at work developing a new set of quick effect operators for Blender 2.5 where the user can simply selecting a mesh, hitting spacebar and typing “Make Fur”, “Make Smoke” or “Make Fluid" into the space provided.
This allows an extremely efficient and quick way of getting a good base for all your particle needs
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