cebas ships finalRender Drop 1
3ds Max production renderer adds support for Nvidia's AI-based OptiX denoising system, hybrid CPU/GPU texture baking, adaptive sampling.
Friday, March 30th, 2018
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Foundry ships Modo 12.0
First release in the Modo 12 Series overhauls the Mesh Paint tool, and adds a neat new Surface Strips system to MeshFusion modelling.
Thursday, March 29th, 2018
Unity Technologies releases Unity source code on GitHub
But don't get too excited: it's for reference only, not modification, and it's the C# source, not the C++.
Thursday, March 29th, 2018
e-on ships Vue 2016 R5 and PlantFactory 2016 R5
Environment-creation software gets new LOD export options, better Ptex support. Plant generator gets new Flower node.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.13
Free game engine gets experimental support for Nvidia's PhysX real-time physics system, more integrated cloud functionality.
Monday, March 26th, 2018
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.6 for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets hybrid CPU/GPU rendering, V-Ray Fur and support for Cryptomatte.
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
Unity Technologies reveals Unity 2018 product roadmap
See the new graphics features due in Unity 2018.1 to 2018.3, from new materials and animation options to the GPU lightmapper.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Allegorithmic unveils Project Alchemist
See the teaser for the next-gen AI and capture-based material authoring tool, due later this year.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Otoy reveals its roadmap for OctaneRender 2018 and 2019
Next-but-one releases to add light linking, trace sets, new RNDR framework with support for iOS and integrated graphics.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.19
Update adds live link plugins for Maya and MotionBuilder, material layers, physical units for lights.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Autodesk ships Mudbox 2018.2
First major update to the digital sculpting tool in years adds neat new dynamic tessellation system, plus support for HiDPI displays.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Get Introduction to the UV Toolkit in Autodesk Maya 2018
Master key UV workflows with Gnomon's detailed training video, using assets from artists at The Mill and Guerrilla Games.
Friday, March 9th, 2018
Foundry ships Modo Indie 11
Long-awaited update adds the Unreal Engine live bridge and tools from the Modo 11 Series itself, glTF 2.0 support. Free to current users.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018