Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2015 CG discounts
We round up 50 seasonal deals on CG tools, including Modo, Corona, LightWave, Painter and Poser Pro.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Free Resources
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall RT by 40%
Price of the GPU-based Maya renderer cut permanently to €359. New Cinema 4D version out now.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
KeyShot 6 HD, KeyShot 6 Pro for ZBrush now shipping
Lower-priced, unlimited-res editions of renderer for ZBrush users now available, including new Pro edition.
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Trimble ships SketchUp 2016
Architectural modeling tool gets improved 3D drawing workflow, updated texture library. Pro users get new online collaboration system.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Smith Micro ships Poser 11 and Poser Pro 11
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
FXhome ships HitFilm 4 Pro
Editing, compositing and effects app gets new 3D rendering, animation options, plus $299 Boris FX titling plugin 3D Objects thrown in free.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Softimage
Create fast OpenGL test renders of VR content in a range of panoramic formats, complete with ICE effects.
Monday, November 16th, 2015
The Foundry releases Colorway 2.0
Iterative look design tool gets streamlined for team collaboration. Free until January, then available on subscription only.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Luxion ships KeyShot 6
Big update adds node-based material editor, Python scripting and new animation tools to renderer. HD edition gets unlimited resolution.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.10
Update optimises rendering for VR and shading for mobile devices, adds support for Visual Studio 2015.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.11
Update increases render speed by 'up to 4x' on interior scenes, adds new global shader override option.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 4.2
Maya crowd animation system now displays 'tens of thousands' of agents in the viewport without lag.
Friday, November 6th, 2015