Foundry unveils Kanova: a volumetric sculpting tool for VR
Interesting new app based on Mischief's ADF technology will be free on Steam in early access.
Thursday, April 12th, 2018
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Sneak peek: 3Delight integration in Katana 3.0
Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
AMD ships Radeon ProRender plugins for macOS
Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.
Monday, April 9th, 2018
See legendary concept artist Cecil Kim reveal his new game
Discover how Kim's firm Section Studios created its latest game at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus. Watch free online.
Saturday, April 7th, 2018
Autodesk ships Flame 2019
Effects and compositing software to get new grading and look dev features, HDR Waveform scope, and improved real-time playback.
Friday, April 6th, 2018
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.1
Big update to the renderer adds toon shader, adaptive sampling, two denoising systems, progressive rendering, native Alembic support.
Friday, April 6th, 2018
Master Environment Creation for VR Using Photogrammetry
Create a detailed, production-ready immersive environment inside Unity with Gnomon's step-by-step guide.
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
Clarisse adds support for Nvidia's OptiX denoising
2D/3D rendering system gets fast, AI-based image denoising for both the 3D viewport and final renders.
Friday, March 30th, 2018
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
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