NewTek ships LightWave 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
LayOut
Edit Blender scenes in VR/AR with new free tool BlenderXR
Place, edit and annotate assets in virtual and mixed reality with this neat open-source user interface.
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
Clarisse Builder launches
Supercharged edition of Isotropix's layout and look dev app puts all of Clarisse iFX's tools into a powerful new node-based environment.
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
Foundry ships Flix 5.4
Pro 'story development' tool gets new options when drawing storyboard panels in Photoshop and publishing to Premiere Pro.
Monday, July 9th, 2018
NewTek ships LightWave 2018
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Isotropix shakes up pricing for Clarisse
Floating licences of the 2D/3D renderer down $299. Command line edition CRender discontinued.
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
Weeds: the story of an indie short made by Disney artists
Discover how artists working in their personal time created a 3D short using the same tech as a Disney feature.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
Trimble cans SketchUp Make, launches SketchUp Free
Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
Gnomon releases Pre-Visualization for Film
Master modern previs workflows with ex-20th Century Fox previs supervisor Jason Michael Hall's essential guide.
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
NewTek previews LightWave Next
Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave.
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
See how The Simpsons is created at Gnomon tomorrow
Meet artists from the long-running animated sitcom at a free speaker event at Gnomon's LA campus.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Mekajiki releases new $99 storyboard tool Boardfish
Streamlined new board layout app is based on US motion design studio Swordfish's in-house tools.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
Trimble ships SketchUp 2017
3D modelling software gets new graphics pipeline and Extension Manager. Pro users get tables in LayOut, plus better DWG export.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016