Chaos Group releases V-Ray for 3ds Max 3.20
New video: Service pack adds new VR cameras, GPU-based texture baking, option to render fluid sims.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
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Marmoset releases Toolbag 2.07
Turn models into photorealistic 3D presentations to view in a browser with the new Marmoset Viewer.
Friday, June 5th, 2015
10 tips for using Maya's XGen in production
Digital Domain's Stefano Giorgetti provides his tips for making best use of Maya's instancing system.
Thursday, June 4th, 2015
Digimania releases RenderDigimania 1.06
Updated: High-speed GPU-based renderer for animated series gets native Maya material export system.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015
Adobe acquires Mixamo
Online animation platform's core tech to be integrated into Photoshop; other services to be migrated to Creative Cloud.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5.1
The texturing tool gets lots of useful little workflow improvements in the node graph, plus a new HSV mode.
Friday, May 29th, 2015
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.5
Updated: Voxel sculpting package gets new PBR materials system, Photoshop-compatible layer groups, new UV options.
Friday, May 29th, 2015
Escape Motions releases Rebelle paint package
Updated, now shipping: Nifty $60 tool mimics how real watercolour and acrylic paint flows and blends.
Thursday, May 28th, 2015
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 4
Maya crowd-simulation system gets new options for blendshape animation, auto IK - and support for very big sims indeed.
Monday, May 25th, 2015
The Foundry reveals entire feature set of Modo 901
Videos: see the key features of this major update, including the new Advanced Viewport and FX tools.
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold for Cinema 4D
C4DtoA plugin lets Arnold render "most Cinema 4D features", plus scenes created using TurbulenceFD or X-Particles.
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.7
Update to renderfarm manager adds option to modify parameters after jobs have been submitted.
Friday, May 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