cebas updates thinkingParticles 6

Updated: First 'Subscription Drop' extends volumeBreak node and new procedural spline modelling toolset.

Sunday, December 21st, 2014

NewTek ships LightWave 2015: price cut to $995

New Bullet constraints, new Match Perspective tool, new version numbering - and new lower price.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2014

Navié releases Effex 2.5 for Cinema 4D

Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014

Radius Effector 2 simplifies motion graphics in Max

Control thousands of objects with minimal keyframing in Eloi Andaluz's powerful thinkingParticles toolset.

Monday, May 26th, 2014

Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015

Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 13

Update adds cool new soft and hard body, particle and fluid simulation tools; more robust lighting workflow.

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Autodesk announces 2014 Extension releases

Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

The best new software from Siggraph 2013

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Blender to get sketch mesh editing, deformation blur?

Just two of fifteen Blender development projects to be funded by Google's Summer of Code 2013.

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Luxology ships Modo 701

New particles and dynamics tools, better sculpting workflows: read our full guide to the highlights here.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 12.5

Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology.

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave

Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2013