Autodesk to end maintenance plans and multi-user subs
Maintenance updates to old perpetual licences of tools like 3ds Max and Maya to end in May 2021.
Friday, February 28th, 2020
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Download the Maya 2019/2020 Bonus Tools
Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya modelling, layout and rigging add-ons, including 11 new tools.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2020
Autodesk to raise price of multi-user subscriptions
Cost of multi-user subs to 3ds Max and Maya to go up around 14%; M&E Collection up around 33%.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2020
Wacom launches $400 Wacom One pen display
Cheapest Wacom pen display yet connects to your Android phone as well as Windows and Mac PCs.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2020
Michael Christophersson ships Ramma 1.25
Neat tool auto-detects bad frames in rendered sequences. Now on Linux as well as Windows, macOS.
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
Autodesk ships Mudbox 2020
Smallest annual update to the sculpting software in recent history adds one new feature - a data link to Flame - and just two bugfixes.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2020
Mocap editing software gets option to declutter animation playback, plus support for unlimited Undos.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0
Long-awaited GPU rendering system Arnold GPU now out of beta and ready for production use. Subs prices down for single users.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2020 and Maya LT 2020
Varied update adds support for simulations in cached playback; new retopology and rigging tools.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets.
Friday, November 29th, 2019
Autodesk ships Flame 2020.2
Compositing and finishing software gets new machine-learning-based tools to identify and isolate human heads and bodies from footage.
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Foundry closes Athera
All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
ftrack acquires Cospective
Production tracking firm buys Academy Award-winning creator of shot review tools. What does the deal do for cineSync and Frankie?
Thursday, November 7th, 2019