e-on software shakes up Vue and PlantFactory
Newly updated digital nature tools available as rental-only product bundles, not individual purchases.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
Cinema 4D
Next Limit releases RealFlow | 3ds Max 1.0
Create RealFlow simulations inside 3ds Max with the new cut-down plugin version of the fluid simulator.
Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Get two free Renderpeople animated characters
Download free animated characters in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya and FBX formats. For commercial use.
Sunday, November 25th, 2018
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D Beta 2
Update adds node-based material editor, new skin and hair shaders, automated conversion of C4D and V-Ray materials.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
Chaos Group acquires V-RayforC4D from LAUBlab
Buyout expected to speed up development of C4D edition of the renderer, but makes it rental-only.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio Carbon Drop 4
Real-time lighting design tool gets new gamma control for images, plus option to batch import HDRIs.
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.2.1
Update to the renderer adds a Modo-style Round Corners shader and normal map blending; further speeds up adaptive subdivision.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Ephere announces Ornatrix for Cinema 4D
Popular 3ds Max hair, fur and feathers tool coming to Cinema 4D. Sign up to join the beta program.
Monday, October 15th, 2018
Insydium ships the X-Particles 2018 public release
Subscriber update to the Cinema 4D particle simulation tool promises 16x faster particle collisions and 2.5x faster fluid sims.
Friday, October 12th, 2018
IKMAX lets you rig characters in 'seconds, not minutes'
3DtoAll's plugin aims to let 3ds Max, C4D and Maya users 'avoid tedious s**t' in rigging and skinning.
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
Insydium's Bridge tool loads old Cinema 4D plugins in R20
Free tool already loads old versions of X-Particles and Cycles 4D; may work with other third-party plugins.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
Maxon ships more free Cinema 4D plugins via Maxon Labs
New Solidify tool and workarounds for features deprecated in R20 added to online library of add-ons.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
AXYZ design ships anima 3.5
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation plugin's new 'alive' technology synchronises cameras and geometry with the host app.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018