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

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

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

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

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

Download innoBright's free tech preview of Altus 1.0

Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

Gnomon ships Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot

See the modern matte painting workflow from end to end in Game of Thrones veteran Igor Staritsin's seven-hour video.

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Rokoko Electronics unveils Salto full-body mocap suit

Danish startup promises lightweight inertial capture suit for just $700. A further $150 gets you gloves on top.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0

Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Miguel Winfield releases MG-Picker Studio 1.5

Create flexible, scriptable custom picker GUIs for your Maya rigs, or use the free readymade templates.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015

Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 7.2

Renderfarm-management tool gets new file-conversion options, support for the NIM production tracker.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015