Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.0

Update to GPU-based renderer adds displacement, per-object motion blur; speeds up hair renders 20 times.

Tuesday, June 10th, 2014

Videos: see the new features in Maya 2015

Major update adds new FX tools, new skinning system, lots of smaller features. See them all in action here.

Wednesday, March 19th, 2014

Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 1.3

Maya fur plugin adds procedural feather geometry, new grooming tools, support for OpenSubdiv.

Friday, December 13th, 2013

Next Limit ships Maxwell Render 3

Sizeable update to the physically based renderer adds new tools for for suns, seas and surface scattering.

Thursday, December 5th, 2013

Side Effects Software ships Houdini 13

Update adds cool new soft and hard body, particle and fluid simulation tools; more robust lighting workflow.

Thursday, October 31st, 2013

Autodesk announces 2014 Extension releases

Updated: Max, Maya and Mudbox extensions now available: nothing for Softimage or MotionBuilder this time.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2013

Blender's Cycles renderer released via Apache licence

Switch from GPL licence designed to attract big studios and software houses to contribute to development.

Monday, August 19th, 2013

The best new software from Siggraph 2013

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro

Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Smith Micro announces Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014

Upcoming releases of the figure tools to add Bullet physics, Pixar sub-Ds, interactive raytrace preview.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Marius Silaghi releases TurboSmooth Pro for Max

Handy new plugin offers more controllable semi-sharp creases, based on Pixar's subdivision tech.

Saturday, September 29th, 2012