Tandent Vision Science launches Lightbrush Cloud
New online service splits images into surface colour and illumination maps, to create de-lighted textures.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
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Act-3D releases Lumion 9.5
Free update to real-time archviz software improves Collada import, adds 50+ wood and brick materials. Pro users get new plant models.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
Bondware acquires Poser and Poser Pro
Veteran figure design tool sold to the parent firm of reseller and stock content marketplace Renderosity.
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.19
Free game engine gets new procedural vegetation system, plus sizeable update to the Script Canvas visual scripting system.
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Serif ships Affinity Photo 1.7.1 and Affinity Designer 1.7.1
Updated: mainly bugfixes this time, but there is also some very cool integration with new page layout tool Affinity Publisher.
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Red Giant launches VFX Suite
Set of 9 GPU-based, VFX-focused After Effects plugins includes neat new tool Supercomp; updates to Primatte Keyer, Knoll Light Factory.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
R3DS ships Wrap 3.4
Unique tool for retopologising facial and full-body scan data gets accurate new BlendWrapping mode, new sculpting brushes.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
BrioVR lets you build VR and AR scenes in your browser
New cloud-based platform lets users turn standard 3D models into interactive VR and AR experiences.
Saturday, June 15th, 2019
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum & Sapphire 2019.5
Continuum gets better integration with C4D and Primatte keying. Mocha Pro and Sapphire now available for Flame.
Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Watch a free masterclass on designing futuristic vehicles
See concept designer Gurmukh Bhasin's 150-minute talk at Gnomon next week, or watch it free online.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Ryan Kittleson releases Ryan's Tools 1.3 for ZBrush
Handy free plugin fixes common niggles when sculpting, painting or working with cameras in ZBrush.
Sunday, June 9th, 2019
Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut
Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.
Thursday, June 6th, 2019