Foundry ships Modo 14.0
First Modo 14 Series release adds Ghost and X-ray display modes, plus the option to draw annotations on the viewport in asset reviews.
Friday, March 20th, 2020
price increase
Autodesk to raise price of multi-user subscriptions
Cost of multi-user subs to 3ds Max and Maya to go up around 14%; M&E Collection up around 33%.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Unity subscription prices to rise in 2020
Cost of new Plus subscriptions to rise 14%; new Pro subscriptions up 20%. Existing subs unaffected.
Friday, October 18th, 2019
Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Chaos Group launches V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Adobe releases After Effects CC 15.1
Nifty new Master Properties system for managing nested comps, plus revamped puppet animation tools.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Adobe raises Creative Cloud prices in North America
First price hike in six years increases cost of monthly subscriptions between 5 and 14%.
Monday, March 19th, 2018
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.2
Material authoring software gets support for the AxF material format, plus seven new filters and noises.
Friday, October 20th, 2017
Autodesk to raise price of its software maintenance plans
Cost of maintaining a perpetual licence of Max or Maya to rise 38% by 2019, phased in year by year.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
Creative Cloud for teams prices to 'rise' next week
End of Adobe's introductory discount offer raises price of new All Apps subscriptions by $240 per year.
Monday, November 16th, 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
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5
Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
The Foundry announces Modo 901
Price of an individual licence up $300, but MeshFusion comes free. See the new modelling, UV and rendering tools here.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2015