In this tutorial You will learn some sneaky technique for proper usage of Vray in 3ds Max.

In this video tutorial for Blender, Alex Telford takes You from concept to final image with Blender’s new render engine – Cycles. Through six parts You will learn how quickly model a fine gold jewelry and finally, we will bring the render to life using HDRI lighting.

These plugins will let you make the most use of a ZDepth pass that you often render out from a 3d application. It’s a pass that stores the information about the distance from camera for each pixel – there is really a lot you can do with this data.

In this video tutorial Simon Holmedal will show how to work (or play-around) with Thinking Particles to build event-based particle systems. He also shows how to combine TP with mograph so you can create a particle system then add a more complexity to your animation with your favourite Mograph-effectors.

In this video tutorial, Richard Bird gives an overview of how the “Tilt-Shift Effect” can be quickly recreated in post-production without the use of 3rd party plug-ins by remapping the depth of field, use of simple color correction and altering the frame rate.

Th Foundry education software packages are now available, including discounts on NUKEX, MARI and HIERO.

In this step by step tutorial Tibor Miklos show you how you can create 3 awesome circle animations with a few simple steps and default plug-ins such as CC Circle and Radio Waves.

The DAZ FREE 3D Software promotion is three award-winning 3D software products now available for the first time ever for free; this 3D software suite has a combined retail value of over $800!

In this video from Photoshop Product Manager, Zorana Gee, get an early look at a popular Facebook fan request – background save and the most powerful liquify tool.

Evermotion has just released a new set of architectural models. Archmodels vol. 107 includes 116 highly detailed models of lamps with textures, shaders and materials. It is ready to use, just put it into your scene. Scenes are not included. Total collection size: 0.92 GB in 16 files

cebas Visual Technology Inc. has just released a Hotfix for its Service Pack 7 of finalRender 3.5 and finalRender 3.5 SE as well as for the integrated and standalone finalToon.

Wave Generator is a wave generator tool for 3ds max with several functions, such as breaking waves, dynamics, foam and more.

SnowFlowPro is a 3D Studio Max plugin that creates realistic snow with ease! You just pick your desired objects and SnowFlowPro does the snow for you! Let the snow fall on your 3D objects and scenes with the click of a button. A variety of parameters ensures that you get the desired results in every [...]

Next Limit Technologies released a 2.6.1 patch for its unbiased 3D rendering engine Maxwell Render.

This video tutorial is about breaking wall using rayfire 1.55 in 3D max. It is really awesome.

Autodesk just released an update for Maya: Service Pack 1 for Autodesk Maya 2012 Subscription Advantage Pack and Service Pack 2 for Maya 2012.