Boomer Labs and JokerMartini release Vexus 2.0

3ds Max scene and render pass manager gets Deadline integration, 'universal render engine support'.

Friday, March 17th, 2017

NewTek previews LightWave Next

Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave.

Thursday, March 16th, 2017

YCDIVFX releases Offline Render 1.5 for Unity

Capture in-engine footage in 16-bit multilayer EXR format. Now supports forward rendering, 360-degree output.

Thursday, March 16th, 2017

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for Maya

Now shipping: fluid simulator gets new FLIP solver for liquids, updated gaseous fluid solver, new forces.

Friday, March 10th, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for SketchUp

Update adds new UI, new library of 200 physically based materials, V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Gnomon releases Creature Modeling for Production

Master organic and hard-surface modelling in ZBrush and Modo with this seven-hour guide from Guerilla Games' Ben Erdt.

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Artomatix unveils style transfer service for games artists

Cool AI tech automatically upreses PS2-era textures to today's games, or converts scanned textures to stylised ones.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Amazon buys Thinkbox Software

Buyout of Deadline and Krakatoa developer will bolster Amazon Web Services' cloud rendering offerings.

Wednesday, March 8th, 2017

Autodesk to raise price of its software maintenance plans

Cost of maintaining a perpetual licence of Max or Maya to rise 38% by 2019, phased in year by year.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Epic Games unveils new VR editing tools in Unreal Engine

In-VR mesh and animation editing tools now available as free public preview. Support for OpenSubdiv and USD also due.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Blackmagic ships new control panels for DaVinci Resolve

Grading software gets two low-cost hardware control surfaces. Free version now available for Linux.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Autodesk releases Maya 2017 Update 3

Sizeable update to Maya adds new motion graphics, animation, hair grooming and fluid simulation tools.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Ephere releases Ornatrix V5 for 3ds Max

Hair, fur and feathers plugin can now generate hair from particles. New grooming and LOD workflows.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017