Autodesk ships Mudbox 2018.2
First major update to the digital sculpting tool in years adds neat new dynamic tessellation system, plus support for HiDPI displays.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
3D painting
Foundry ships Mari 4.0
Workflow-focused update gives the texture-painting app a decluttered new UI and better interoperability with other key VFX pipeline tools.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 2017.4
Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.8
Now shipping: Update extends the sculpting and painting app's Smart Materials and retopo systems, adds support for RenderMan rendering.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2017.2
3D texture painting app gets new Anchor Points system for creating smart multi-layer materials, free live linking plugin to Unity.
Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Allegorithmic ships Substance Painter 2.6
3D texture painting software gets free new Resources Updater plugin, plus new scripting options.
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
Blackstar Software launches Model3D
Streamlined iPad modelling app is aimed at pro users, and optimised for the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.
Friday, April 7th, 2017
The Foundry ships Mari 3.2
Videos: Update to texture-painting tool makes the node graph more intuitive to use, adds new non-destructive Bake Point node.
Friday, December 16th, 2016
Google releases open-source Tilt Brush Toolkit
Free set of scripts should help tools developers integrate the VR paint app with production pipelines.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Allegorithmic launches new free student licence
Now available: Substance Education licence lets students and teachers use Substance Painter, Designer and B2M for free.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.7
Big update to voxel sculpting and painting package adds 'completely remade' PBR shading system, plus neat new low-poly retopology tools.
Saturday, July 9th, 2016
See BodyPaint 3D's new GPU-based painting engine
The upcoming OpenGL engine in Cinema 4D's painting toolset should improve interactivity when texturing large assets.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
The Foundry releases Mari Indie 3.0
New update to $150 edition of Mari for game artists loosens restrictions on bit depth and object count.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016