glTF files can now include accurate translucent materials
Real-time 3D file format gets new extensions for PBR material properties like index of refraction.
Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
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Linux Foundation launches the Open 3D Foundation
Founder members of new body to promote open-source games tech include Adobe, AWS and Intel.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
Adobe apologises to asset creators for Substance promos
Uncredited use of Greyscalegorilla and HDRI Haven content in videos for the Substance 3D Collection was 'a mistake'.
Monday, June 28th, 2021
Continuum 2021.5 ships
Effects plugin suite for compositing apps gets new tools for creating 3D particle systems, plus nine new GPU-acclerated cinematic effects.
Friday, June 25th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.0
Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.2
3D texture painting app gets better auto UV unwrapping, support for the new Adobe Standard Material.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 11.2
Major update gives Adobe's material authoring tool a complete new procedural modelling toolkit.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.0
Intuitive new 'virtual photography' app features physics-aware layout tools, Vulkan-based GPU rendering.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Adobe launches the Substance 3D Collection
Adobe's Substance applications get new names, new logos, new products and new bundle pricing.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Anastasiy ships MagicTints 2.1
One-click colour-matching app for concept art work and image-to-LUT tool now available as standalone software for Windows and macOS.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
Luxion ships KeyShot 10.2
Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Adobe ships Photoshop 22.4
Image-editing software now runs natively on ARM processors under Windows 10, like those in Microsoft's Surface Pro X tablets.
Monday, May 17th, 2021
Adobe releases Character Animator 4.2
Puppet animation software gets workflow updates including auto-recovery of damaged project files.
Monday, May 10th, 2021