Foundry releases Katana 7.0
Heavyweight lighting and look dev software gets new Native USD framework to power up USD workflows. Live Rendering now 'up to twice as fast'.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
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Free tool: HeliumX AI for After Effects
Free generative AI plugin creates images and textures inside After Effects from text prompts, or even frames of a composition.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
See the new ZBrush features from ZBrush Summit 2023
Check out the upcoming features in the digital sculpting software, including a neat new Replay system, and integrated Cinema 4D noises.
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Foundry cuts price of Education Collective
Students can now get one-year licences of Nuke, Katana, Mari and Modo for $99, if they don't already get them free as part of a course.
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Polygonflow's Dash automates world building in UE5
Unreal Engine add-on lets users assemble environments via drag and drop and simple text prompts.
Friday, August 18th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Check out xStudio, DNEG's open-source playback tool
Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.
Monday, July 31st, 2023
Adobe releases Photoshop 25.0 in beta
Latest beta build of the software adds new Generative Expand tool based on Adobe's Firefly AI toolset.
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
Inkscape 1.3 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets new Shape Builder for creating complex forms, '2-4x' speed boosts on multi-core CPUs.
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 8.2 for Maya
New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
Maxon ships ZBrush 2023.2
Check out the latest features in the sculpting software, including the new Anchors brush and updates to Spotlight and the Morph brush.
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
See the roadmap for Blender's Animation 2025 project
Intial release schedule announced for the major overhaul of Blender's rigging and animation systems.
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Infinigen: a free generator for procedural 3D environments
Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.
Thursday, July 13th, 2023