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Zbrush4 R2 is packed with new features that have talked about for some time. Below are a couple of videos of Ryan Kingslien demonstrating the Dynamesh feature.

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DAZ 3D has released new Advanced and Pro editions of DAZ Studio 4 aimed at power users and content creators.

New features in DAZ Studio 4 Pro:
- Weight-Map Brush – Paint TriAxTM and traditional weight-maps for your figures.
- Transfer Utility – Transfer rigging, grouping, and shapes from one object in your scene to another.
- Polygon Group Editor Tool (New) – Create/Edit polygon groups on any model.
- GoZ Bridge
- 3D Bridge for Adobe Photoshop
- FBX Exporter
- Texture Atlas

New features in DAZ Studio 4 Advanced:
- Auto-Fit
- Progressive Rendering
- Multi-Layered Image Editor
- 64-Bit Support
- 64-Bit for Dynamic Clothing
- Morph Loader Advanced

Daz Studio 4 Pro
Daz Studio 4 Advanced

Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 are now available for purchase.

New features:
- Vertex Weight Map Creation Tools (Poser Pro 2012 only)
- Subsurface Scattering and Rendering
- Real-Time Preview Improvements
- Vertex Weight Map Rigging
- Constraint Channels and Objects
- Workflow, Tools and Library

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ClockStone® FBX Viewer is a free* software tool to view numerous different 3D file types as used by Autodesk® 3ds Max, Maya, AutoCAD and others: FBX, 3DS, DXF, DAE (Collada), OBJ.
The viewer is based on ClockStone’s DirectX 11 engine and supports a large number of advanced real-time features, such as rendering coloured soft shadows for any type of light source, applying post-process filters, etc.

Features:
Real time shadows:

• Coloured / transparent shadows
• Soft shadows
• Anti-aliased shadows
• Numerous shadow map implementations (PCF, VSM, ESM, EVSM, MEVSM, PCSS)

Post Render Effects

• Depth-of-field with Bokeh
• Bloom
• Ambient occlusion

FBX Viewer

Pixologic has revealed the new features for Zbrush 4 R2. Alongside the Best Preview Render, a new cut tool and LightCap materials, R2 boasts a new feature called Dynamesh, which solves one of the long-standing issues with ZBrush. Dynamesh retopologises the object, giving you a nice medium-density mesh for you to add details. Other new functions include a ‘repeat stroke’ action which is very useful if you want to use a subtle stroke again and again to build up detail.

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Smith Micro has unveiled Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 at Siggraph 2011.
Like DAZ Studio 4 earlier this year, both versions of the popular figure design and animation software gain support for weight maps, along with an extensive weight painting toolset in the Pro edition. Both new releases will also see a number of display and rendering improvements, including support for subsurface scattering and an updated OpenGL display.

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Autodesk has announced its latest round of software Advantage Packs at Siggraph 2011.
Softimage, Mudbox and the creative finishing tools – Flame, Flare and Smoke – will have incremental upgrades: new ICE options in the case of Softimage, support for large texture datasets in the case of Mudbox, and new stereo viewing modes and import/export options in the case of the finishing tools.
New features in Maya will include Alembic support, Bullet physics and a new Node Editor.
New features in 3ds Max will include a new render pass system, support for iray in the ActiveShade render preview window, and enhanced interoperability with After Effects and Photoshop.

The updates, which are only available to users on Subscription contracts, are due to ship by late September.

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3DCGソフト「CINEMA 4D Studio R12」の無償学生版の申し込みが開始されました。
ライセンスは使用期限付きのものになりますが、それでもかなり魅力的なサービスです。学生の方は是非申し込みしてみるといいでしょう。

申し込みには学生だと証明できる書類等をいくつか用意しなければいけません。もちろんソフトの使用は教育目的のみに限ります。

詳細情報

3DCGソフトのHoudiniが使用された映像を集めたデモリールです。
Houdiniはその強力なパーティクル機能からVFXへの活用が近年注目を集めており、このデモリールでもその魅力が伝わってきますね。

Houdini Demo Reel 2011 from Go Procedural on Vimeo.

フリーソフトの「Mandelbulb 3D」ではフラクタル形状の3Dを生成できます。

また、アニメーションも作成可能なので手間をかければかなり高品質なアニメーションを作ることも可能です。



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Fxhome has released a new layer-based editing and compositing package for under $150.
The feature list of HitFilm Standard suggests that it includes a reasonable basic range of editing, effects, keying and grading tools. As you might expect of a 1.0 release, the toolset has a long way to go before it rivals After Effects – but at just $149, it is $850 cheaper.
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Pixologic has released the first official version of Sculptris since developer Tomas Pettersson went to work for the company last year.
Features:
- Dynamic Tessellation
- GoZ (for transferring of data to Zbrush)
- Immersive Interface
- Symmetry Mode
- Optimizing Brushes
- Mask System
- Projection Painting
- etc
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Digiteyezer has announced an English-language version of its iFace3D app, which turns the iPhone 3 and above into a low-cost facial scanning system.
The app, which also works with the iPad 2 and iPod Touch 4, requires the user to capture a smooth, 15-second pan around the subject’s face. The resulting geometry can then be exported in OBJ format, or for online use.
IFACE3D, is available on the Appstore at 2,99€ with an unlimited use of the application.
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“PD Howler is a fast digital painting and animation program made by an artist for professionals alike.”
Features:
- GUI Improvements
- Lighting Tool
- Improved & Fabulous Bristle Brushes
- New Symmetry modes & Kaleidoscope
- Color FX
PD Howler 1.0 is available for pre-order ahead of its release for $109.
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Lightstorm3D is to release a set of deformation tools for Maya 2011/2012 Windows on 30 May 2011. The toolset will contain four separate tools, including a collision deformer and a texture deformer.
“The Collision Deformer allows you to collide objects with polygon geometry, using projected collisions (directional, concentrical and cylindrical). This method does not require a dynamics simulation.”
“The Texture Deformer displaces shape components using Maya’s shading node networks. RGB channels of the texture output are mapped to XYZ displacement vectors.”
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Corel® Painter™ 12 is the world’s leading digital art software, offering the most realistic form of digital painting available in the digital art realm.
New features:
* Kaleidoscope painting
* Mirror Painting
* Real Watercolor
* Real Wet Oil
* Clone source palette
etc
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CGWORLD.JP によると
Golaemは、ドイツのシュトゥットガルトで開催されたFMX2011（Film and Media Exchange）にてAutodesk Maya用のキャラクター制御プラグイン「Golaem Crowd」を発表した。この「Golaem Crowd」は、アカデミー賞受賞経験を持つVFX社のMikros Imageと共に実現したプラグインである。
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e-on software has announced the availability of Vue 9.5 xStream and Infinite, its professional solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments.
Release 9.5 of Vue adds a number of important new features including:
* Interactive Texture Placement: a new texture manipulation gizmo allows texture maps to be rotated and scaled interactively, directly on the mesh. Users can now place and rotate textures to any position, angle and scale and preview the result in real-time.
* Fast Hybrid Depth of Field: Vue 9.5 features a new hybrid 2.5D algorithm to allow depth of field (DOF) to be rendered 4 times faster than traditional DOF methods.
* Advanced Cloud Control: editing, animating and cloud rendering performance greatly improved. Cloud restriction zones allow users to include and edit out specific cloud regions. The new cloud offset animation capability produces breathtaking renders of clouds sweeping over terrains and other scene objects.
* Multiple UV Layers: support for models containing separate UV layers (e.g. diffuse, bump, specular, noise, dirt, etc) is now included for better compatibility with other 3D applications.
* Atmospheric Relighting: the Vue relighting functionality was extended to allow adjustment of all ambient and indirect lighting.
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The modo for SolidWorks Kit facilitates the use of SolidWorks® models inside of modo. SolidWorks parts, bodies and assemblies’ original appearances and decals are retained when loaded into modo. The Kit provides options for efficiently importing data, providing access to modo data structures that conserve memory and leverage instanced geometry across the scene. Inside modo, users are presented with a familiar SolidWorks-style layout and navigation controls, along with drag and drop support for changing materials and selecting lighting environments.
There is a free modo Webinar on the new modo for SolidWorks Kit taking place on April 28th, 2011.
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GIGAZINEによると
「Photoshop」や「Illustrator」など、クリエイター向けのソフトウェアを数多く手がけるAdobeが新たな課金方法を導入しました。
高機能である反面、高価なことでも知られる「Photoshop」が月額「わずか」7000円で利用できるようになるという画期的なプランとなってるほか、Adobeがソフトウェアのリリース間隔を変更することを発表しています。
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