Evermotion's NOX renderer now supports V-Ray scenes
0.41 update to free unbiased render engine adds script to process basic V-Ray lights and materials.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Blender
Science.D.Visions releases €499 version of 3DEqualizer4
Foundation edition makes high-end matchmover accessible to students. Full version gets an update, too.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2014
Solid Iris Technologies releases Thea Render 1.3
Updated: GPU render engine gets speed boosts, instancing and SSS; also physical sky and Z-clipping.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Evermotion releases Nox 0.40
Free unbiased renderer gets streamlined new GUI, new material editor and advanced colour picker.
Friday, December 13th, 2013
See Disney's snow simulation system recreated in Blender
Molecular add-on recreates Frozen's physics demo surprisingly accurately - albeit at much lower resolution.
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4.5
Update to the GPU-based renderer adds progressive rendering. Modo and Softimage editions mooted.
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
Eye candy: Caminandes: Gran Dillama
A hapless llama has a fur-raising time in the Blender Institute's latest, Chuck Jones-inspired, open movie.
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Blender gets new user interface team
New team to streamline current UI development efforts. Blender Guru's Andrew Price included as designer.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013
Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
The Blender Foundation responds to UI criticisms
Post on the Blender development blog points out difficulties of UI redesign, proposes working group.
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Video: what Blender's interface should look like
Watch Blender Guru's Andrew Price analyse the software's 'broken' UI, then comment on his own proposals.
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Video: why Blender's interface is 'broken'
Before you post your flames... watch Andrew Price's detailed and well-researched video in its entirety.
Friday, September 27th, 2013
The Peachy Printer: a DIY 3D printer for under CAD $100
Back the Kickstarter campaign and get a kit of parts to build your own photolithographic printer for $100.
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013