Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector
Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.
Friday, April 5th, 2024
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Lumion releases Lumion 2024.0
Check out the new features in the real-time visualization tool, including better, faster ray traced rendering, with support for temporal denoising.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2
Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.0
Major update to the 3D clothing design app adds soft body physics, automatic optimization for games, and a live link to Unreal Engine.
Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D Update 2
Cinema 4D renderer gets bridge to Enscape, live link to Vantage, support for MaterialX materials, and updates to V-Ray GPU.
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio live link for Unreal Engine
New plugin lets visualization artists use lighting design tool HDR Light Studio for more precise control over models being rendered in UE5.
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023
Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.3
Sizeable update to the popular lightweight NURBS modeller adds radial menus, better filleting - and a new live link to Blender.
Monday, October 9th, 2023
QuadSpinner unveils Gaea 2.0
Check out the new features in this major update to the next-gen terrain design tool, including a new erosion system, UE5 bridge and 'God Mode'.
Friday, October 6th, 2023
Adobe unveils new Substance 3D Connector
Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
ArmorPaint 0.9 ships
Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.
Friday, September 8th, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Check out Plasticity's new Blender bridge
Popular lightweight NURBS modeller gets add-on live-linking it to the open-source 3D software.
Friday, August 4th, 2023