Ephere ships Ornatrix V4
Updated, now shipping: 3ds Max hair plugin gets new groom preset system, plus better brush tools, MassFX dynamics, Alembic export.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
feathers
Peregrine Labs releases Yeti 2.0
Maya fur plugin gets speed boost, better dynamics, new sculpting tools. Price down to CAD $699, too.
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Ephere ships Ornatrix V3
3ds Max hair tool adds option to model hair with standard poly tools, improved Nitrous viewport preview.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015
Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 1.3
Maya fur plugin adds procedural feather geometry, new grooming tools, support for OpenSubdiv.
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Yeti fur plugin will not be sold in the United States
Patent wrangle with Shave and a Haircut developer Joe Alter stops Maya add-on being sold in the US.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Peregrine Labs releases Yeti 1.1 for Maya
Promising new fur-and-feathers generation plugin adds support for the Arnold and V-Ray renderers.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012