Laubwerk overhauls procedural Plants Kits
Ultra-detailed plant models now support translucency. Use them natively in Max or C4D, or in other apps via Python.
Monday, July 14th, 2014
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Luxion unveils KeyShot 4.1
Intuitive standalone renderer to get caustics, procedural materials and a rather cool-looking new toon shader.
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 3.5
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Disney releases BRDF Explorer
Newly open-sourced tool analyses BRDF data, enabling comparison to data from real-world materials.
Friday, August 31st, 2012
Print your 3D designs in black rubber at Shapeways
3D printing firm adds experimental new Black Elasto Plastic to its line-up of available materials. Kinky.
Monday, May 28th, 2012