Adobe releases Substance in Maya 2.0
'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.
Friday, July 19th, 2019
batch processing
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2
VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Serif ships Affinity Photo 1.7.1 and Affinity Designer 1.7.1
Updated: mainly bugfixes this time, but there is also some very cool integration with new page layout tool Affinity Publisher.
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
SiNi Software unveils Ami
New 3ds Max asset manager will let users create and share visual libraries of 3D models, with support for key proxy formats and LODs.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Quixel releases Quixel Bridge 2018.5
Free app for exporting Megascans assets to other software gets live links to 3ds Max, Houdini, Toolbag.
Thursday, November 8th, 2018
FXhome ships Imerge Pro
'World's first RAW image compositor' edits still images non-destructively, and provides some neat keying and grading tools.
Friday, October 26th, 2018
3d-io releases Exr-IO 1.02 for Photoshop
Updated: Handy free plugin lets PS load or save multi-layer EXR files. Now supports batch processing.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2017
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 2.7
Image-based modelling software gets new model and point cloud viewing capabilities, plus beta support for synchronised shooting.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
Download DJV Imaging's free flipbook viewer
Get Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's robust image sequence viewer and batch-processing tools.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
AXYZ design releases free aXYZHUB asset browser
Browse stock assets, then rescale and batch process them for import into your 3ds Max scenes.
Friday, June 20th, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3
Updated - now shipping: games texturing tool gets new bitmap paint system and batching capabilities.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012