Side Effects releases Houdini Engine Indie free
Edit Houdini content inside Unity, UE4, Maya, Max or C4D with the indie game dev tool, previously priced at $99/year.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
Cinema 4D
Tachyon Render promises real-time PBR in Cinema 4D
Promising new C4D renderer uses game engine techniques for fast, accurate physically based shading.
Friday, March 11th, 2016
Maxon launches short term licences for Cinema 4D
Payable three or six-monthly, but you don't get upgrades during that time. Perpetual licences still available.
Monday, March 7th, 2016
Lightmap ships HDR Light Studio 5.3
Real-time lighting tool now lets users add area lights to a scene by 'painting' highlights onto surfaces.
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Render Legion previews Corona 1.4 for 3ds Max
Next version of renderer to add adaptive image sampling, new denoising system. Cinema 4D version due this year.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Maxon working on new core architecture for Cinema 4D
Already partly rolled out in C4D R16 and R17, but the full switchover will take 'several more releases'.
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
Imagineer Systems ships MochaBlend C4D
Plugin turns mocha's 2D camera tracks into 3D motion inside Cinema 4D. It even converts roto splines into animated geometry.
Monday, February 15th, 2016
Adobe ships After Effects CC 2015.2
Updated Cineware 3.0 plugin now preserves Takes and Physical or Sketch and Toon render settings in imported C4D files.
Friday, January 29th, 2016
FrostSoft ships PixelBerg 1.8 for Cinema 4D
Promising real-time PBR render engine now supports C4D's standard renderer for final-quality images.
Friday, January 15th, 2016
Maxon to offer subscription options for Cinema 4D
Firm to 'explore new ways to offer Cinema 4D in a time-limited fashion' alongside its perpetual licences.
Thursday, January 14th, 2016
Insydium releases X-Particles 3.5
Cinema 4D particles tool gets new audio modifier and trail deformer. Price of floating licences reduced.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2015 CG discounts
We round up 50 seasonal deals on CG tools, including Modo, Corona, LightWave, Painter and Poser Pro.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
AAA Studio cuts price of FurryBall RT by 40%
Price of the GPU-based Maya renderer cut permanently to €359. New Cinema 4D version out now.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2015