Service Pack 2 from Autodesk for 3ds Max® 2012 and 3ds Max® Design 2012 software includes fixes for issues with stability and performance based on customer feedback.
3ds Max 2012 Service Pack 2 is a cumulative update, it includes the following Hot Fixes and Service
Packs:
Hot Fix 1 – Autodesk 3ds Max 2012
Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 Service Pack 1
Hot Fix 2 – Autodesk 3ds Max 2012
Readme (pdf)
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Matrox Convert DVI now has Mac Support
Mac support for the award-winning Matrox Convert DVI and Convert DVI Plus HD-SDI scan converters is now available for you to download.
Now Mac users can also benefit from these easy-to-use HD-SDI scan converters to make the most of their computer-based content in broadcast and live event environments. Mac software release 1.0 provides support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion).
Download release 1.0 for Mac
Now Mac users can also benefit from these easy-to-use HD-SDI scan converters to make the most of their computer-based content in broadcast and live event environments. Mac software release 1.0 provides support for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion).
Download release 1.0 for Mac
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Pixologic Unleashes ZBrush 4R2!
Pixologic has released Zbrush 4R2!
ZBrush 4R2 is a free upgrade to all registered ZBrush users.
ZBrush 4R2 introduces significant new sculpting features, as well as major enhancements within the Best Preview Render (BPR) system.
DynaMesh, the new base mesh generator, will allow you to realize your concepts via a workflow that ignores the traditional geometry barrier. To gain an unparalleled accuracy with your brush, the new Lazy Curve Mode allows precise strokes to your mesh whether in symmetry mode or not. The capability to apply an environment HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image) to the new LightCap system will give your finished images a remarkable level of believability.
Pixologic will send upgrade emails to the address that is on record from your purchase of or upgrade to ZBrush 4.
Click here to purchase ZBrush 4R2
More Zbrush 4R2 information Here.
ZBrush 4R2 is a free upgrade to all registered ZBrush users.
ZBrush 4R2 introduces significant new sculpting features, as well as major enhancements within the Best Preview Render (BPR) system.
DynaMesh, the new base mesh generator, will allow you to realize your concepts via a workflow that ignores the traditional geometry barrier. To gain an unparalleled accuracy with your brush, the new Lazy Curve Mode allows precise strokes to your mesh whether in symmetry mode or not. The capability to apply an environment HDRI (High Dynamic Range Image) to the new LightCap system will give your finished images a remarkable level of believability.
Pixologic will send upgrade emails to the address that is on record from your purchase of or upgrade to ZBrush 4.
Click here to purchase ZBrush 4R2
More Zbrush 4R2 information Here.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
CalDigit and Mac OS X Lion
CalDigit has announced support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion throughout their line of storage solutions and interface cards.
Because of CalDigit’s close relationship with Apple, support for the HDPro2, HDOne, CalDigit RAID Card/HDElement, CalDigit VR and CalDigit VR mini is built right into Lion, and does not need any additional drivers installed. However, new versions of companion software such as RAID Tool and RAID Shield can be downloaded from CalDigit’s support page at http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp.
CalDigit’s line of USB 3.0 and 6G SATA products also support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Drivers for these products can be downloaded from CalDigit’s support page at http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp.
Because of CalDigit’s close relationship with Apple, support for the HDPro2, HDOne, CalDigit RAID Card/HDElement, CalDigit VR and CalDigit VR mini is built right into Lion, and does not need any additional drivers installed. However, new versions of companion software such as RAID Tool and RAID Shield can be downloaded from CalDigit’s support page at http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp.
CalDigit’s line of USB 3.0 and 6G SATA products also support Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Drivers for these products can be downloaded from CalDigit’s support page at http://www.caldigit.com/support.asp.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hotfix 4
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hotfix 4 includes several important fixes, refer to the readme for more information.
Readme: English
Important notes:
- Hotfix #4 includes an update to Maya Composite. You must uninstall your existing Maya Composite before installing this update. Mac and Linux users: the update is included in the Hotfix 4 installer. Windows users: use the separate download below.
- For installation on Mac OS X, if you have newer components on your machine (such as QuickTime or DMM), a warning message may appear at the end of installation indicating a failure. This message indicates a component failure, not a failure of the Maya installation.
- Every hotfix is cumulative; it contains the fixes from the hotfix(es) that preceded it. For example, Hotfix #2 includes the fixes released in Hotfix #1, therefore you do not need to download and install both hotfixes.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Maxon Cinema 4D Release 13 Announced
Next Generation Simplifies Character Animation, Adds Stereographic Capabilities and Physical Rendering.
Today, MAXON announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, stream-lined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
As MAXON commemorates its 25-year anniversary and its most successful year to date in 2010, Harald Egel, MAXON founder and CEO, observes that today’s work environments are marked increasingly by designers creating content in remote locations, working on various platforms and production pipelines, as well as producing more 3D stereoscopic material.
Today, MAXON announced CINEMA 4D Release 13, the next generation of its industry- leading 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application. With all new character tools, integrated stereographic capabilities, stream-lined multi-artist collaboration and physical rendering, CINEMA 4D Release 13 builds on the company’s 25-year legacy of enabling digital content creators around the world to produce highly engaging content quickly and easily for a variety of industries.
As MAXON commemorates its 25-year anniversary and its most successful year to date in 2010, Harald Egel, MAXON founder and CEO, observes that today’s work environments are marked increasingly by designers creating content in remote locations, working on various platforms and production pipelines, as well as producing more 3D stereoscopic material.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Nuke and NukeX 6.3v2 Released
Hot on the heels of the highly anticipated NUKE and NUKEX 6.3 release, NUKE and NUKEX 6.3v2 is now available!
Post-launch we became aware of a couple of bugs that could cause users a headache, so we've worked round the clock to fix them quickly...
We've fixed a memory problem in NUKE, which was causing a notable slowdown in rendering speed when using the 3D Particles System.
There was also an issue loading NUKE on OSX and Linux when the language was configured to something other than English. That's also now fixed.
Check out the full list of additions and improvements made to NUKE and NUKEX 6.3
Post-launch we became aware of a couple of bugs that could cause users a headache, so we've worked round the clock to fix them quickly...
So, what's been fixed?
We've fixed a memory problem in NUKE, which was causing a notable slowdown in rendering speed when using the 3D Particles System.
There was also an issue loading NUKE on OSX and Linux when the language was configured to something other than English. That's also now fixed.
Check out the full list of additions and improvements made to NUKE and NUKEX 6.3
Monday, July 25, 2011
Matrox MXO2 and CompressHD support for Lion now available
Release 2.3 for Mac is now available for Matrox MXO2 Family and CompressHD.
Release 2.3 provides the following new features for Matrox MXO2 Family and CompressHD:
- Support for Mac OS X Lion v10.7.
- Added closed captioning workflow support for web deliverables (.mov) using Matrox MAX technology in Apple Compressor. When an SCC (CEA-608) closed caption file is associated with your source media file in Compressor, Matrox MAX technology now embeds the closed caption data to the encoded video file when encoding at 1:1, or when downscaling.
- Updates to address specific customer issues and to improve overall stability.
The timely release of the new driver means that you can immediately take advantage of the great new features of Lion while continuing to reap all the productivity benefits of your Matrox MXO2 devices with Final Cut Studio and many other applications.
Monday, July 18, 2011
The Foundry NUKE and NUKEX 6.3 now available.
The most anticipated release of the year is now available! The vast array of improvements and additions to NUKE and NUKEX 6.3 will blow you away.
This is our BIGGEST EVER release of NUKE, expanding the parameters of traditional compositing.
Production proven on Commercials and Episodic Television as well as Film, NUKE and NUKEX put more control into the hands of artists, ensuring they can stay in the software for longer and avoid round-trips to other departments.
Find out more and secure your copy today.
So, what's new?
3D Particles (X)
NUKEX's true 3D particle system integrates seamlessly with NUKE's 3D workspace.
Artists can create a range of particle effects quickly and effectively within the composite including breaking windows, dust, fire and rain. No need to go back and forth to an external 3D rendering package.
Planar Tracker (X)
Dramatically speed up common compositing tasks such as sign replacement, element inserts and clean plate generation, with NUKEX's Planar Tracker.
Any new element to be matched to a planar surface can easily be tracked, placed and animated.
Denoise (X)
Our Sci-Tech® Award winning research team have built on their 2007 FURNACE work to produce a completely new Wavelet-based Denoise algorithm, resulting in cleaner and more visually pleasing results with less artefacts.
Grid and Spline Warping
We've completely rewritten the Spline and Grid Warping tools in NUKE to make them more intuitive and accurate to use. The point and spline UI is shared with RotoPaint allowing the exchange of curves, attachment of spline and grid points to trackers, editing of animation in the curve editor / dope sheet and Python scripting support.
Audio Scratch Track
The Audio Scratch Track works with NUKE̢۪s curve editor, allowing artists to match their VFX to audio cues and generate animation curves from audio waveforms.
Displacement Shader
This surface shader applies dynamic tessellation and displacement of 3D geometry at render time, resulting in quicker and higher quality 2D-3D stereoscopic conversion. This also has a similar effect on other 3D VFX compositing tasks such as virtual environment creation.
Deep Compositing
Deep Compositing allows artists to work with 'deep images' containing multiple opacity or colour samples per pixel. This allows rendering of CGI elements without predetermined holdout mattes, avoiding the need for re-renders when content changes.
And there's more..!
This is our BIGGEST EVER release of NUKE, expanding the parameters of traditional compositing.
Production proven on Commercials and Episodic Television as well as Film, NUKE and NUKEX put more control into the hands of artists, ensuring they can stay in the software for longer and avoid round-trips to other departments.
Find out more and secure your copy today.
So, what's new?
3D Particles (X)
NUKEX's true 3D particle system integrates seamlessly with NUKE's 3D workspace.
Artists can create a range of particle effects quickly and effectively within the composite including breaking windows, dust, fire and rain. No need to go back and forth to an external 3D rendering package.
Planar Tracker (X)
Dramatically speed up common compositing tasks such as sign replacement, element inserts and clean plate generation, with NUKEX's Planar Tracker.
Any new element to be matched to a planar surface can easily be tracked, placed and animated.
Denoise (X)
Our Sci-Tech® Award winning research team have built on their 2007 FURNACE work to produce a completely new Wavelet-based Denoise algorithm, resulting in cleaner and more visually pleasing results with less artefacts.
Grid and Spline Warping
We've completely rewritten the Spline and Grid Warping tools in NUKE to make them more intuitive and accurate to use. The point and spline UI is shared with RotoPaint allowing the exchange of curves, attachment of spline and grid points to trackers, editing of animation in the curve editor / dope sheet and Python scripting support.
Audio Scratch Track
The Audio Scratch Track works with NUKE̢۪s curve editor, allowing artists to match their VFX to audio cues and generate animation curves from audio waveforms.
Displacement Shader
This surface shader applies dynamic tessellation and displacement of 3D geometry at render time, resulting in quicker and higher quality 2D-3D stereoscopic conversion. This also has a similar effect on other 3D VFX compositing tasks such as virtual environment creation.
Deep Compositing
Deep Compositing allows artists to work with 'deep images' containing multiple opacity or colour samples per pixel. This allows rendering of CGI elements without predetermined holdout mattes, avoiding the need for re-renders when content changes.
And there's more..!
Friday, July 1, 2011
AJA New Updates Available for FCP 7 and FCP X
AJA announced software and driver updates early this week and continues development with another update today.
AJA have just released a new 9.0.3 software release for KONA, Io Express and Io HD users that solves a possible Kernel Panic problem for Final Cut Pro 7 users with OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), in addition to other improvements.
For FCP X users AJA have released an updated KONA X Beta software version for KONA 3G, KONA 3, KONA LHi and KONA LHe.
You can find the new AJA Mac and Windows software, plug-ins, and release notes at: http://www.aja.com/support/index.php
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Foundry MARI 1.3v2 introduces NUKEMARI Bridge!
The Foundry builds a bridge between NUKE Compositing and MARI Paint
MARI 1.3v2 delivers a focused workflow to provide NUKE artists with MARI's dedicated 3D paint tools, making digital environment and projection work more efficient and final composited scenes more believable.
What is it?
NUKE <> MARI bridge allows compositing artists to directly address common and time-consuming challenges faced when using 3D projection techniques to build digital environments:
- Manage reference photography and paint seamless 3D projections.
- Easily fix warping and stretching artifacts.
- In-paint holes and occluded areas, often exposed from adjusted camera views.
- Remove unwanted markers and scene objects.
- Build invisible set-extensions.
Simple to setup, quick and easy to use - models, projections and images are sent from NUKE to MARI and back in a single step, or over a network when artists need to collaborate, share skills or save time.
Seamless results, intuitive painting.
Follow the link for detailed information
http://vimeo.com/22989271
Friday, June 3, 2011
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hot Fix 2
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hotfix 2 includes several important fixes, refer to the readme for more information.
English Readme PDF.
Important notes:
These new updates are now patches and not full downloads as before. You do not and should not Remove your installation of Maya 2012
English Readme PDF.
Important notes:
- For installation on Mac OS X, if you have newer components on your machine (such as QuickTime or DMM), a warning message may appear at the end of installation indicating a failure. This message indicates a component failure, not a failure of the Maya installation.
- Every hotfix is cumulative; it contains the fixes from the hotfix(es) that preceded it. For example, Hotfix #2 includes the fixes released in Hotfix #1, therefore you do not need to download and install both hotfixes.
These new updates are now patches and not full downloads as before. You do not and should not Remove your installation of Maya 2012
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The Foundry MARI 1.3 now available
MARI 1.3 is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extreme projects. MARI was developed at Weta Digital to handle the massively complex, highly detailed look development work demanded of the texture department by projects such as DISTRICT 9, THE LOVELY BONES, and AVATAR.
Complete details and video at the Foundry!
WHAT'S NEW IN MARI 1.3?
- Ptex - Per-Face Texture Mapping
- Displacement Preview *
- Snapshots
- Environment Mapping
- Tiled textures
Complete details and video at the Foundry!
Monday, May 23, 2011
Autodesk Softimage 2011 Service Pack 2 Available
The latest service pack for Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 software is now available for download on the Autodesk website. Softimage 2011 SP2 includes several important fixes.
Just to be clear this is for 2011 and includes these bug fixes below.
- For more information on this service pack, please visit the Autodesk Softimage Services & Support page.
Just to be clear this is for 2011 and includes these bug fixes below.
The full list of fixes is as follows:
FELX-1993: Scene Corruption and Failed Imports Using Models Containing Corrupted Materials
FELX-1991: Repair Shader corruption for previously persisted scenes
IMPORTANT: If problems still occur when working with external material libraries, change them to be internal.
Also included are the fixes that are found in HOTFIX 1 and 2 which addressed the following issues:
FELX-1702: Disconnected shaders when importing Referenced Model
FELX-1651: Scene Corruption due to Material
FELX-785: 3rd party renderers crash on Linux
FELX-670: Custom renderer DirtyList isn't cleared properly
FELX-120: UVunfold fails to load when in suite license mode
FELX-88: Scene corruption - Softimage crashes when you try to load scene after saving it
UDEV00258435: Saved scene is corrupt
Friday, May 20, 2011
Imagineer releases mocha v2.6
| new release! version 2.6 for mocha, mocha Pro & mocha AE improved Nuke support, faster tracking & stability improvements | |
New point release for all current mocha products: 
· Upgrade is free to all customers with a valid mocha v2.x, mocha Pro, and mocha AE v2.5 license or support contract. |
Monday, May 16, 2011
Update 2 for AutoCAD/LT 2011
Autodesk has released Update 2 for AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD LT 2011. 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this update can be found at the following links:
AutoCAD 2011 Update 2
AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 2
This update is only for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and cannot be applied to vertical products that are based on AutoCAD 2011.
Important: Before installing Update 2, you must install Update 1.1 for for your respective product. Update 2 does not include the fixes from Update 1.1 so both updates must be installed separately. If you have already installed Update 1.1, you can proceed with installing Update 2. The previous updates can be found at the following links:
AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1
AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 1.1
Before installing Update 2, I strongly recommend you review the associated readme file for installation instructions, deployment notes, and details about the primary issues that are resolved by Update 2.
AutoCAD 2011 Update 2
AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 2
This update is only for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and cannot be applied to vertical products that are based on AutoCAD 2011.
Important: Before installing Update 2, you must install Update 1.1 for for your respective product. Update 2 does not include the fixes from Update 1.1 so both updates must be installed separately. If you have already installed Update 1.1, you can proceed with installing Update 2. The previous updates can be found at the following links:
AutoCAD 2011 Update 1.1
AutoCAD LT 2011 Update 1.1
Before installing Update 2, I strongly recommend you review the associated readme file for installation instructions, deployment notes, and details about the primary issues that are resolved by Update 2.
Friday, May 13, 2011
The Foundry Nuke 6.3 Beta is now available
The Foundry have released Nuke 6.3 Beta.
Important Notes:
It is available to customers with an existing Nuke license key and valid maintenance.
Be aware that this is a beta build, some features are not yet fully implemented, and its performance cannot be relied upon in a production environment.
Follow the link for complete details, introduction videos and download information.
Don't have a seat of Nuke?
You can purchase Nuke at the Motion Media online shop.
Nuke(X) evaluations are available for 30 Days.
Contact an Account Associate at Motion Media for more details.
Ph: 310. 450-4000
Important Notes:
It is available to customers with an existing Nuke license key and valid maintenance.
Be aware that this is a beta build, some features are not yet fully implemented, and its performance cannot be relied upon in a production environment.
Follow the link for complete details, introduction videos and download information.
Don't have a seat of Nuke?
You can purchase Nuke at the Motion Media online shop.
Nuke(X) evaluations are available for 30 Days.
Contact an Account Associate at Motion Media for more details.
Ph: 310. 450-4000
Autodesk Mudbox 2012 Service Pack 1 Released
Service Pack 1
Mudbox 2012 Service Pack 1 addresses stability issues, performance issues with the Freeze brush, interaction issues with Wacom® tablets, and other fixes across several areas including the Grab tool and file import/export operations.
Be sure to delete your Mudbox Settings before install (find them in your ......DocumentsMudbox12-x64settings directory for WIN 64)
Grab it here:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=17019428&linkID=11937426
Release Notes (with bug fix list):
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/mudbox_2012_sp1_release_notes.pdf
- Craig Barr on the Autodesk Area |The MudRoom
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Autodesk Maya 2012 Hot Fix 1
Maya 2012 Hotfix 1 includes enhancements to Python scripting with the new Maya Python API 2.0. This new API performs better and faster, offering programmers a more idiomatic experience of Python. The new Python API is similar in structure to the original Python API, making transition easy. To offer the most flexibility, programmers can use both Python APIs in code, respectively, to extend and customize Maya.
For supporting documentation, see www.autodesk.com/developmaya.
In addition, Maya 2012 Hotfix 1 also includes an updated DMM™ (Digital Molecular Matter) plug-in for Maya from Pixelux Entertainment™ that lets you solve up to 2500 tetrahedrals. On Mac OSX and Linux systems, DMM now supports performance improving multithreading. The update also includes the following fixes:
- DMM no longer stops unexpectedly on Linux systems.
- The DMM shelf item no longer disappears after a Maya session is restored.
- Issues with Passive Regions has been fixed on all platforms.
Get the Hot fix 1 for Maya 2012!
Purchase Maya 2012 at the Motion Media online shop.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Sitni Sati Updates plug-ins for 3ds max 2012
Sitni Sati updates FumeFX 2.1c and AfterBurn 4.0d for use with 3ds Max 2012.
Current customers can download the updates from their Members login below.
http://www.afterworks.com/MEMBERS
Get your FumeFX and AfterBurn plugins at the Motion Media online shop.
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