SpeedTree product line adds support for Cinema 4D
New 6.1.1 release of the vegetation-generation tool also improves FBX export to Maya, overall speed.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
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Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MediaSync workflow
'Best interop with After Effects just got better' claims blog post for latest seven-minute preview video.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Get XParticles: XPresso-free particle sims for Cinema 4D
Developers Steve Pedler and Mike Batchelor release their versatile alternative to Thinking Particles.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.2 for Maya
Latest update to crowd-simulation system adds support for Linux and the render engine of your choice.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
AGF Multimedia releases DarkCorner for After Effects
GPU-accelerated plugin calculates ambient occlusion from the Z-depth data embedded in your renders.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Evermotion adds instancing to NOX render engine
Latest update to the free unbiased renderer for 3ds Max and Blender rewrites entire geometry engine.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Chaos Group ships V-Ray for Softimage
New Softimage port of the industry-standard renderer now out of beta and available for use.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Marius Silaghi releases Form 1.0 for 3ds Max
New plugin adds ZSphere-alike modelling tools to 3ds Max for quickly roughing out organic forms.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11
Now out of bugfixing and available to purchase, to judge from the new 'Buy Now' button on the NewTek site.
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Blender 2.62 adds better Booleans, motion tracking
Latest release of the open-source 3D package also adds multi-GPU support to the new Cycles renderer.
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Creative Dimension releases 3DSOM Pro 3.5
Update to image-based modelling app adds WebGL export and option to generate transparency maps.
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Autodesk previews new Deformable Poly for 3ds Max
New object type to offer faster, more controllable deformations on heavy multi-million-polygon meshes?
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
HP announces iMac-style all-in-one Z1 workstation
All the usual disadvantages of having the display and CPU in one unit, but it sure does look pretty.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012