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Hi-DPI

Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved.

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

Updated: Standalone render denoising tools get new integration plugins for Houdini and Clarisse.

Monday, April 15th, 2019

Interesting RAW-focused still image editor gets GPU-based import engine, new context-sensitive workflow, and 16-bit image export.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

Fastest major update in LightWave history adds multi-user bridge to UE4, new digital sculpting tools, nodal editing of OpenVDB volumes.

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019

Update extends the digital sculpting package's new dynamic tessellation system, adds option to merge multiple meshes into one.

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system.

Friday, December 28th, 2018

Lightweight subdivision surface modelling tool gets GoZ support for exchanging models with ZBrush.

Thursday, December 6th, 2018

Mocha Pro now has 360° tracking tool Mocha VR; Continuum gets 2D particle system particleIllusion.

Thursday, November 15th, 2018

Handy Photoshop 'superpanel' makes it easier to import, organise and work with reference images.

Friday, November 9th, 2018

Planar tracking software now includes the 360-degree tracking tools from Mocha VR, supports GPU-accelerated object removal.

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Lots of features, including a new physical camera model, but the GPU lightmapper hasn't made it.

Thursday, July 12th, 2018

Digital painting app gets dark UI theme; new Stamps brush type aimed at concept art. Other brushes now 'up to 75%' faster.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Neat Photoshop brush organisation plugin's 'Magic Eraser' system turns any brush into an eraser and back.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018