September 22, 2019
Get Squiggly Rigs' expressive free Maya character rigs, designed for educational and demo reel use. Read More »
October 25, 2017
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here. Read More »
December 12, 2016
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added. Read More »
November 16, 2016
Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development. Read More »
July 15, 2016
Education edition now available to colleges for $75/year, and free to high schools and instructors. Read More »
May 11, 2016
Master the 3D texture painting app with the new free learning edition, or use it to create demo reel material. Read More »
April 14, 2015
All the toolsets of Nuke Studio, but limited to HD output. Check out what you can and can't do with it here. Read More »
October 10, 2014
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers. Read More »
March 7, 2014
Got an educational email address? Download the GPU-based renderer plus 3ds Max and Blender plugins. Read More »
September 24, 2013
Learning edition has the tools of the $1,495 Producer edition, but renders are marked and export is limited. Read More »
July 25, 2013
Learning edition of the environment tool gives access the full feature set of Vue 11.5 Infinite and xStream. Read More »
April 24, 2013
Students and teachers can now get a copy of the GPU-accelerated Maya renderer for under $130 a year. Read More »
September 27, 2012
Free 18-month educational licence almost identical to the $3,695 Studio edition: now available worldwide. Read More »
August 3, 2012
Affordable camera tracker gets new UI and node-based solver set-up, new 'two-track' release schedule. Read More »
June 27, 2012
Pay $195, and you get to use it for life, minus network rendering or export at resolutions above HD. Read More »
June 26, 2012
Get the visualisation tool without paying a cent - and unlike the trial version, there are no watermarks. Read More »
June 14, 2012
Try Vue's new spline tools and EcoSystem stacking for free via the educational edition of the software. Read More »
June 12, 2012
New 18-month educational licence almost identical to the $3,695 Studio edition, minus network rendering. Read More »
March 11, 2011
New instancing plug-in for 3ds Max and trial version of the atmosphere generator now available. Read More »