Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa for Cinema 4D
Updated: C4D port of particle renderer now shipping. Costs $400 less than the Max or Maya versions.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Cinema 4D
Download Wave Deformer for Cinema 4D
Johannes Kollender's neat free plugin creates animated ocean waves from any polygonal surface.
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Mindbomb Apps releases Gfx Hotkeys 4.0
Useful iOS reference app now lists keyboard shortcuts for 79 editing, 3D, compositing and tracking tools.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
AXYZ design releases an(i)ma 1.6
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation system gets new cloning tools and V-Ray 3.0 compatibility.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
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
AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4.5
Update to the GPU-based renderer adds progressive rendering. Modo and Softimage editions mooted.
Tuesday, November 26th, 2013
Insydium announces X-Particles 2.5 for Cinema 4D
Powerful particle plugin adds new Fragmenter object, particle painting, plus wet maps, spray and foam.
Friday, November 15th, 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
Maxon upgrades Cineware as part of After Effects update
Use Cinema 4D's Physical renderer inside the AE viewport as part of the After Effects CC (12.1) release.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R15
Updated and now shipping: New release features better GI, AO and network rendering - and even architectural grass.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
Navié releases Effex 2.0 for Cinema 4D
Plugin expands into full 'modular VFX framework', including particles, fluids and volumetric modelling.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Render Rocket readies LaunchPad
New tool to let users submit jobs to firm's cloud-based render farm from inside 3ds Max, Maya or Cinema 4D.
Thursday, July 18th, 2013