Autodesk unveils new M&E Industry Collection

Cheaper than the Entertainment Creation Suites it replaces on 1 August, though it omits Softimage.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Eye candy: The Foundry's 2016 VFX reel

See adrenaline-pumping VFX work created with Nuke, Mari and Katana - including most of the Oscar long list.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Autodesk releases Maya 2016 Extension 2

Videos: Update adds complete motion graphics toolset, new rigging tools and updates to Bifrost. See them in action here.

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017

Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Autodesk buys Solid Angle

Acquisition of Arnold renderer will help drive a 'more aggressive' move to the cloud, firm tells CG Channel.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2016 Extension 3

Videos: See the new Quick Rig tool, new blendshape handling system, improved symmetrical modelling and UV editing.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Autodesk ships Stingray 1.2

Update to game engine adds new animation workflows, multicore compilation, HTC Vive support.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Autodesk lays off 925 staff

Around 10% of the workforce to go as the company moves from perpetual software licences to a rental-only model.

Friday, February 5th, 2016

Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2016 Extension 2

Subscriber-only update adds option to import or export weight maps, new baking and LOD functionality.

Friday, December 11th, 2015

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2016 Extension 2

Video: See the updates to the Max Creation Graph and new real-time decals workflow for the TextPlus tool.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

Autodesk to discontinue turnkey Flame systems

High-end finishing system now available as a software-only product for Linux - and soon, for Mac OS X.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Autodesk Labs unveils Autodesk Raytracer for Max

Free tech preview offers 'easy-to-use physically based rendering' in 3ds Max, both locally and in the cloud.

Thursday, October 8th, 2015

Autodesk unveils 3ds Max and Maya 2016 Extension 1

Videos: see all the new features in both apps, including new games functionality and new 3D text tools.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015