Maxon launches short term licences for Cinema 4D
Payable three or six-monthly, but you don't get upgrades during that time. Perpetual licences still available.
Monday, March 7th, 2016
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Lightmap ships HDR Light Studio 5.3
Real-time lighting tool now lets users add area lights to a scene by 'painting' highlights onto surfaces.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.1
Update extends tools dev platform's Canvas visual programming system. Long-awaited Modo plugin now officially in beta.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Pixar unveils RenderMan 21
'Game-changing' update to renderer will feature GPU-accelerated Denoise, OSL support, new materials and lighting workflows.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Render Legion previews Corona 1.4 for 3ds Max
Next version of renderer to add adaptive image sampling, new denoising system. Cinema 4D version due this year.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Golaem releases Golaem 5.0
New Layout tool lets users edit timing or visual properties of crowd sims without re-running the simulation.
Friday, February 19th, 2016
Gnomon releases detailed Introduction to V-Ray
Get up to speed with the renderer with Psyop CG supervisor Stephen DeLalla's 10-hour training course.
Friday, February 12th, 2016
Luxion ships KeyShot 6.1
Update extends renderer's HDRI design and toon rendering capabilities and adds support for camera motion blur in animations.
Thursday, February 4th, 2016
AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.2
GPU-based renderer's interesting new scene format lets users export Maya Fluids sims to Cinema 4D, or C4D particles to Maya.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
Download the first demo of Redshift for 3ds Max
3ds Max users get their first chance to try the increasingly popular GPU based biased production renderer.
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016
Alexandra Institute ships Elementacular 1.3
Create realistic clouds without sims by converting any 3D geometry to a volume. Also works for fireballs.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Gnomon ships Creating a Sci-Fi Alleyway
Create immersive production-ready scenes with Devon Fay's six-hour guide to CG environment work.
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Joe Alter releases Shave and a Haircut 9.6
Maya hair plugin gets first big update in several years, improving viewport performance and grooming tools.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015