Modelling, texturing and rendering app finally gets character animation as part of its ‘most significant release ever’, not to mention dynamics, volumetrics and retopology tools
Free to registered users and available to download now: see videos of this major update to the industry-standard sculpting app here
Updates to the popular figure-design app available now, adding support for weight maps, constraints and subsurface scattering
New editions of the figure-posing software add advanced rendering tools, new rigging and skinning features and bridge to ZBrush
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Watch a model with 1,200 2k texture maps being painted in real time, with the help of Autodesk’s new Advantage Pack update
Doodle a masterpiece (or monstrosity) with 123D Sculpt, then slap a photo-based texture on top
Open-source movie star returns from retirement to endorse the developer’s Blender-compatible 3D input devices
Remarkable render engine resists reported ructions to return rebuilt and reimagined as a real-time raytracer
New geometry engine and simulation tools make upcoming release anywhere from 13 to 1,200 times faster than Houdini 11
Asset-management system to get slick new interface and workflow. Integration with cineSync Online to follow later in the year
Real-time rendering software does away with keyframes to provide non-animators with easy-to-use technical animation tools
3ds Max to get a major update; Maya gets Bullet physics and Alembic; Softimage, Mudbox and Smoke get smaller upgrades
New video hints at Sculptris-style workflow in the next update, along with better Booleans and arrays