FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
particles
AAA studio releases FurryBall RT
Now shipping: Major rewrite of GPU-based Maya renderer boosts speed, but temporarily removes 3ds Max and C4D support.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
Corona Renderer 1.1 for 3ds Max ships
Update to popular 3ds Max renderer adds new, faster Bitmap shader and improves handling of particles.
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
The Foundry reveals entire feature set of Modo 901
Videos: see the key features of this major update, including the new Advanced Viewport and FX tools.
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
DNA Research ships 3Delight for 3ds Max 2.0
RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free.
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
BUF to release complete in-house set of VFX tools
Bcreative and Bpipeline product suites cover the studio's full range of tools, from 3D and compositing to asset management.
Monday, March 9th, 2015
FXhome updates HitFilm 3 Pro
Updated: Latest free update adds new Star Wars-style title crawl and support for DaVinci Resolve 11.
Monday, March 2nd, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow RenderKit 2014
Free RF tool for meshing particles at render time gets better Arnold support, system for surface spray.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max SP1
Lots of new features for a service pack, including support for hair, SSS and Light Caches in V-Ray RT GPU.
Friday, December 12th, 2014
Video Copilot releases Element 3D V2
Now shipping: update to After Effects 3D rendering plugin adds PBR, SSS, raytraced shadows, and more.
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014
The Foundry details new features of Nuke 9, NukeX 9
New native flipbook panel replaces FrameCycler, plus big speed boosts, particularly to EXR workflow.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Ambiera releases CopperCube 5
3D authoring tool for WebGL, Flash and mobile games gets terrain generator, new physics options.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.5
VFX-friendly paint app gets new cloud sculpting toolset, plus updated environment-creation tools.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014