Superluminal ships Stardust 1.6 for After Effects
Versatile 3D particle system now supports volumetric rendering for effects like smoke, fire and dust.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
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Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2020.1 for Houdini
Versatile add-on makes modelling in Houdini more like other DCC apps. See the new features here.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Inkscape 1.0 ships
Open-source vector design tool reaches its milestone 1.0 release. Check out the new drawing, vector editing and export features here.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Get Shawn Olson's Wall Worm plugins for 3ds Max for free
Download the handy free suite of modelling, texturing and layout tools for 3ds Max game artists.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 1.0 for Houdini
Versatile hard-surface modelling toolkit brings workflow in Houdini more in line with other DCC tools.
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Aartform ships Curvy 3D 4.0
First update to the unusual sketch-based modelling tool in six years adds new mesh deformation and Boolean features, plus SVG import.
Saturday, December 28th, 2019
Andrei Sarmadac and Kun Shi release Rocket 3F 1.8
Streamlined modeling software gets new portable edition that can be run from a flash drive.
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Get promising Maya real-time Boolean plugin speedCut
Get Joe Wu's neat non-destructive real-time Boolean modelling add-on, currently in free open beta.
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.1
It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format.
Friday, August 16th, 2019
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.8
3ds Max particle and multiphysics system gets over 30 new nodes for working with volume data in OpenVDB format.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Alexey Vanzhula releases DM 1.5 for Houdini
Hard surface toolkit's new classic polygon modelling environment makes workflow in Houdini more like other DCC apps.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2019.1 and Maya LT 2019.1
Maya 2019.1 adds new options to use light expressions and overrides with render layers. Mainly bugfixes in Maya LT 2019.1.
Thursday, May 30th, 2019
Esri ships CityEngine 2019.0
Procedural city generation software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, improved integration with Houdini and Unreal Studio.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019