Basefount Technology unveils Miarmy 4.5
Maya crowd simulation tool to get new jump system for actors, plus tech developed for use on Ant-Man.
Monday, March 14th, 2016
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Otoy is cross-compiling CUDA for non-Nvidia GPUs
Story in VentureBeat retweeted by Otoy reports that the work will let OctaneRender run on AMD GPUs.
Friday, March 11th, 2016
IKinema announces LiveAction 2
Real-time tool for streaming, cleaning and retargeting mocap data gets built-in full-body rig editor.
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Faceware unveils new markerless mocap solutions
Updates due to firm's Analyzer and Retargeter facial mocap software, along with a new free PLE edition.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
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
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