Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa MX and MY 2.6
Heavy-duty particle renderer for 3ds Max and Maya gets faster, more controllable DoF and motion blur.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
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Otoy releases OctaneRender 3.0
Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
NewTek previews LightWave 2016
Updated: See the new scene editor and a side-by-side performance comparison with LightWave 2015.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
See the hottest Blender tools in progress for 2016
Check out Blender.org's list of code branches to watch this year, from this nifty new fracture modifier to OpenVDB support.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Alexandra Institute ships Elementacular 1.3
Create realistic clouds without sims by converting any 3D geometry to a volume. Also works for fireballs.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds Max
Sizeable update boosts render speed by up to 50% and adds over 25 new and updated features.
Friday, December 18th, 2015
NewTek announces new LightWave pricing
Cost of new licences up, upgrades from the current version down. Also: new volumetric and PBR engine due in LightWave 2016.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
Richard Rosenman ships Ultraflares
Neat new plugin adds over 200 customisable lens flares and light effects to Photoshop and Painter.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana
KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 2.0
Updated, now shipping: Big update to next-gen 2D/3D tool adds new layout, look dev & rendering options.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Act-3D releases Lumion 5.3
Real-time visualisation tool can now create normal maps automatically and render 'poster-res' images.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
Navié releases Effex 2.5 for Cinema 4D
Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Try new Maya-style menus in Blender 2.72
Now officially released: update adds optional Hotbox-style pie menus, improved texture-painting system.
Monday, October 6th, 2014