The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including the New Foliage Editor, Map Templates, Mobile Workflow and Lighting Improvements and a Simplygon Static Mesh Reduction tool!
New Foliage Editor
Quickly paint instanced foliage and decoration using the new foliage system.
Submitted by metalliandy on June 27, 2011 - 9:12am
Steve Warner has creating a very interesting and informative article about creating a better demo reel with ZBrush 4, which has been published over at Pixologic.com
Submitted by metalliandy on June 24, 2011 - 10:05am
Autodesk have released Service pack 2 for Mudbox 2012
The service pack includes a massive amount of new features, optimisations and bug fixes!
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Mudbox 2012 Service Pack 2 addresses stability issues including an issue with the settings that caused Mudbox to quit during startup. For more information and a list of what's fixed refer to the Release Notes:
Submitted by metalliandy on June 23, 2011 - 8:55am
Version 2.4.5 of the Windows Explorer Thumbnail Generator for Windows 7, Vista & XP has been released and includes a few new bug fixes
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MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.
Submitted by metalliandy on June 22, 2011 - 9:30am
Anders Nielsen has released an another update for his fantastic Array Modifier script which improves the current Array tool in Max.
The update fixes a few bugs, adds new optimisations to the script and now includes the ability to Rotate by Spline path, Rotate the Array Incrementally and adds the option to used splines to selected link parent
Submitted by metalliandy on June 22, 2011 - 8:28am
The Blender Foundation have officially released Blender 2.58!
With a insanely huge amount of bugfixes, optimisations and new features, including an all new Warp Modifier, Multi-resolution Render Baking, Empty Images Display, New Constructive modifiers for Sculpting, Mesh Inset and Camera Locking, Blender 2.58 is really set to be a strong release
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The majority of work for 2.58 went into fixes with over 200 bugs fixed since last release but there are also quite a few useful additions worth checking out.
The sculpting application intelligently and adaptively subdivides and add geometry as you sculpt, which renders normal topologically based workflows a thing of the past!
The SDK will allow developers to fully utilise the power of Kinect on the windows platform, which has until now, been solely in the court of the mod scene.
Submitted by metalliandy on June 20, 2011 - 8:30am
Version 2.4.4 of the Windows Explorer Thumbnail Generator for Windows 7, Vista & XP has been released and includes a few new bug fixes
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MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.
Submitted by metalliandy on June 18, 2011 - 11:47am
3Point Studios has released an update for the fantastic3Point Shader Lite, which is a toolset for creation and presentation of high-quality real- time rendered materials in the Autodesk 3ds Max and is free for non commercial use.
Submitted by metalliandy on June 16, 2011 - 8:13am
Version 2.4.3 of the Windows Explorer Thumbnail Generator for Windows 7, Vista & XP has been released and includes a couple of new features, optimisations and bug fixes
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MysticThumbs generates thumbnails of many image types not natively supported by Windows. It does this transparently and in the background for Explorer so you don't have to run a separate application to preview your images.