Check out MattePaint 4.0
Online library of source images for matte painters now available as 16-bit DNG RAW and 32-bit EXR files, along with 360-degree HDRI skies.
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
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Sketchbook is no longer owned by Autodesk
Veteran free digital sketching app for Mac, PC, iOS and Android gets spun off to a new independent firm.
Friday, June 25th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.0
Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.2
3D texture painting app gets better auto UV unwrapping, support for the new Adobe Standard Material.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 11.2
Major update gives Adobe's material authoring tool a complete new procedural modelling toolkit.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Unity acquires Pixyz Software
Buyout of Pixyz's CAD data preparation and import tools may also lead to new workflows for games artists in the Unity Editor.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Shotgun is now ShotGrid
Autodesk's cloud-based VFX production tracking system gets new name, new licensing system, and new $40/month subscription.
Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
Luxion ships KeyShot 10.2
Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
AXYZ Design launches anima ALL subscriptions
All-in-one deal includes crowd animation tool anima and 1,600 3D characters for under $800/year.
Monday, May 31st, 2021
Otoy ships Sculptron 1.1
GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches gets initial support for Alembic, plus option to use procedural textures as alphas.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0
Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
3ds Max Indie and Maya Indie now available in Latin America
See the full list of countries where indie artists can get lower-priced 3ds Max and Maya subscriptions.
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Greyscalegorilla goes subscription-only
Greyscalegorilla Plus subs now give access to all of the firm's C4D plugins, resources and training.
Monday, April 26th, 2021