Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.7
Big update to voxel sculpting and painting package adds 'completely remade' PBR shading system, plus neat new low-poly retopology tools.
Saturday, July 9th, 2016
3D painting
See BodyPaint 3D's new GPU-based painting engine
The upcoming OpenGL engine in Cinema 4D's painting toolset should improve interactivity when texturing large assets.
Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
The Foundry releases Mari Indie 3.0
New update to $150 edition of Mari for game artists loosens restrictions on bit depth and object count.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.6
Latest update smooths 4K texture painting and adds new drag and drop workflow for material layering.
Friday, October 30th, 2015
Rui Batista releases PolyPaint 1.5 for Cinema 4D
Handy 3D paint tool lets C4D users import RGBA vertex colour data from apps like ZBrush, or export it to Unity.
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.5
Updated: Voxel sculpting package gets new PBR materials system, Photoshop-compatible layer groups, new UV options.
Friday, May 29th, 2015
BUF to release complete in-house set of VFX tools
Bcreative and Bpipeline product suites cover the studio's full range of tools, from 3D and compositing to asset management.
Monday, March 9th, 2015
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 1.3
Games texturing tool to get new Smart Materials system, texture bakers, improved viewport display.
Friday, February 20th, 2015
The Foundry releases Modo Indie and Marie Indie
Licensed for commercial work, aimed at indie games artists, and priced at just $300 and $150 a pop.
Friday, December 12th, 2014
The Foundry ships Mari 2.6
Good update for games artists adds physically correct shading, layered GLSL shaders, in-viewport IBL.
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Allegorithmic announces Substance Painter
Updated: Radical new games texturing app now in open beta. Pre-order it on Steam and save $74.
Friday, March 7th, 2014
The Foundry ships Mari for Mac
Digital paint tool now available on OS X as part of Mari 2.5. Users of other OSs get a new shader API.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Pilgway ships 3D-Coat 4.0
Now out of beta: voxel sculpting package gets new Live Clay dynamic mesh system and 3D paint tools.
Thursday, May 30th, 2013