The Foundry ships Mari 3

Updated, now shipping: Texturing app gets OpenSubdiv support; Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and UE4 shaders; native Modo integration.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Natron 2.0 ships

Big update to the open-source compositor adds Python support, roto painting and new dopesheet. Check out the new features here.

Friday, October 9th, 2015

Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 7

Updated: v7's new wizard for setting up cloud-based renderfarms now available for Google Cloud Platform and Amazon EC2.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5

Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.

Thursday, May 14th, 2015

Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 2.0

Updated, now shipping: Big update to next-gen 2D/3D tool adds new layout, look dev & rendering options.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

Inria ships Natron 1.2 plus new snapshot builds

Test upcoming features in the free, VFX-ready compositor, including the new script editor and Python API.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

LuxRender 1.4 ships

Free physically based renderer moves to new core architecture; renders 'at least two times faster'.

Monday, February 9th, 2015

Krita team releases stable beta of Krita 2.9

Open source paint app gets new Liquify tool, new colour selector, better PSD and RAW file handling.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2014

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya

Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014

The Foundry announces pricing for Nuke Studio

New editorial, VFX and finishing system to ship for over $3,000 less than the cost of NukeX and Hiero.

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014

Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1

New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Krita 2.8 brings open-source paint tool to Windows users

Updated: Now with an early build for OS X, too. Back it on Kickstarter to speed up Mac development.

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014

Eyeon ships Fusion 7

First full update to the compositing package in five years throws in the $995 Dimension stereo tools for free.

Thursday, June 12th, 2014