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Mocap software for firm's optical tracking systems gets neat ability to 'self-heal' calibration drift, support for OptiTrack Active VR solutions,

Friday, November 17th, 2017

Photogrammetry software gets support for custom shaders, option to export textures in EXR format or as 32-bit TIFFs, 4K video output.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Big update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds support for viewport rendering and hybrid CPU/GPU renders.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Architectural modeling tool gets new options for section cuts and BIM data, plus native STL export.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

See six of the movie's key concept artists discuss their work at a free event at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Saturday.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

New website HDR Vault offers 14MP spherical HDRs of industrial and public spaces under a CC0 licence.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

Online library C4D Center updates its set of free .c4d materials. Register on the site for hundreds more free resources.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

Updated: Scan-based figures work in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya - and now Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

Download the Japanese studio's neat new free After Effects plugins tailored to 2D animation work.

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Updated with new Android version: Sketching app gets support for 100 megapixel images, predictive stroke system.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.

Friday, November 3rd, 2017