SpeedTree Cinema 8.2 ships
Tree-creation software gets new toolset for blending meshes captured via photogrammetry into its procedurally generated trees.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
vegetation
e-on software shakes up Vue and PlantFactory
Newly updated digital nature tools available as rental-only product bundles, not individual purchases.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
Abvent ships Artlantis 2019
Architectural rendering software gets new site insertion tool and exposure slider. Old Render and Studio editions unified into one.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018
Download Disney's data set for Motunui island from Moana
Explore the actual production data, now available for research and testing. OBJ format, Ptex textures.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
F12 ships The Grove Release 5
Blender-based tree-creation tool gets support for wind animation. Results can be exported to other apps in FBX or Alembic format.
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Download 11 free 3D scans from Megascans 2018
Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
IDV ships SpeedTree Cinema 8
Update to the tree-generation tool adds PBR support; new modelling, animation and export options. Price of a perpetual licence down $500.
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
Crytek releases CryEngine 5.4
Now officially released. Free game engine gets support for Substance Designer materials, new Vulkan renderer, and terrain blending.
Thursday, September 21st, 2017
Easy Treez turns rough poly models into procedural trees
Neat plugin lets you use Maya's standard tools to control the form of the animated CG trees it creates.
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017
E-on software ships PlantFactory 2016 R3
Plant-creation tool gets new pruning algorithms when manually painting plants; improved export.
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
Ephere releases Ornatrix V5 for 3ds Max
Hair, fur and feathers plugin can now generate hair from particles. New grooming and LOD workflows.
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
F12 ships The Grove Release 4a
Update to biologically accurate tree creation software promises 100% boost in tree generation speed.
Thursday, December 1st, 2016