Autodesk ships Maya 2022
Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
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Superluminal ships Stardust 1.6 for After Effects
Versatile 3D particle system now supports volumetric rendering for effects like smoke, fire and dust.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0 for Cinema 4D
Popular smoke and fire simulation software now available for Cinema 4D as well as 3ds Max and Maya.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.2
3D modelling and animation tool gets new mPath render engine, new Planar IK solver for character rigging, new Edge Chamfer tool.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.7 for Maya
Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat Art Directable Rest Shapes system lets you sculpt corrective shapes for existing sims.
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.1
It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format.
Friday, August 16th, 2019
Tighe Rzankowski releases Feather Tools For Houdini
Promising new feather-generation and animation toolkit has been used in Alt.VFX's commercial work.
Friday, June 28th, 2019
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.22
Real-time VFX and motion graphics tools get new GPU-agnostic hybrid ray tracing system, plus native support for Substance materials.
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Pixologic ships ZBrushCore 2018
Free update to ZBrush's cut-down edition adds new VDM brushes, Gizmo3D deformers and 3D text.
Friday, July 13th, 2018
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2018.1
Free patch improves speed and stability when sculpting in ZBrush; adds a few new workflow features.
Thursday, June 21st, 2018
Valkaari releases Delta Mush for Cinema 4D
Fix deformation errors without weight painting with this neat implemention of Rhythm & Hues' Delta Mush system.
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
Video: the future of modelling in Maya
See some neat work-in-progress tech for sculpting with adaptive topology, recorded at Siggraph 2015.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Mainframe North releases Mash 3.3 for Maya
Set of 27 handy motion graphics nodes now available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac OS X.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015