Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.5
Big update to game engine adds animation retargeting, raytraced soft shadows, improved AO and SSS.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
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Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.3
Update to game engine adds subtle GI, AO and shadow translucency effects, improved collision geometry.
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
Knald Technologies releases Knald
Updated: New GPU-accelerated tool generates games texture maps from photographic source images.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R15
Updated and now shipping: New release features better GI, AO and network rendering - and even architectural grass.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Quixel releases beta of dDo Photoshop 'super-plugin'
Powerful new tool automates process of creating realistically distressed games textures, looks awesome.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
AGF Multimedia releases DarkCorner for After Effects
GPU-accelerated plugin calculates ambient occlusion from the Z-depth data embedded in your renders.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Quixel releases nD02: new normal mapping tool
Generate and preview normal and AO maps entirely inside Photoshop with this intuitive new plug-in.
Friday, November 25th, 2011