Eye candy: Epic's Infiltrator Unreal Engine 4 demo
Latest outing for the game engine shows physically based materials and some very nice HDR reflections.
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Windows
Krita 2.6 adds support for OpenColorIO, layered PSDs
Open-source paint tool will 'soon be the standard' for 2D work in VFX on Linux, says ex-Digital Domain TD.
Friday, February 8th, 2013
Southpaw Technology open-sources Tactic
Updated: Free asset-management system Tactic Team now runs on Mac OS X as well as Windows.
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
The Foundry ships Hiero 1.5
Shot management and review tool gets first official Windows version, multi-channel image support.
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Hollywood Camera Work releases Shot Designer app
Create animated blocking diagrams and shot lists with Per Holmes' handy new iOS and Android app.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Holomatix ships SprayTrace mental ray viewer for Maya
Updated: new plugin provides interactive preview of a mental ray scene - now with Mac OS X support.
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
digitalRaster ports NEX to Mac OS X and Linux
New 1.6 release makes the popular Maya modelling plugin available for all major operating systems.
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
The Foundry releases Windows beta of Hiero
New VFX shot-management tool now available on all three major OSs. Add-on shot viewer planned.
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
19lights ships Ginger HDR
HDR tonemapping plugin for After Effects and Premiere now officially available for Windows and OS X.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
Exotic Matter to release free version of Naiad
High-end fluid simulator to get learning edition - next release to ship on Windows and Mac OS X, too.
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
Di-O-Matic ships new versions of Facial Studio
Head-generation tool gets new LOD options and a new shape manager, plus a $199 Essential edition.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
The Foundry releases first Windows version of Mari
Demo of the Weta-developed 3D painting tool to appear on the DVD of 3D World magazine
Thursday, November 4th, 2010