Otoy ships Octane Render 1.2
Big update to GPU-based renderer adds volume fog, bokeh effects; better multi-threaded performance.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Cinema 4D
Solid Iris Technologies ships Thea Render 1.2
Hybrid biased/unbiased renderer gets final-quality GPU-based engine, new 'field mapping' technology.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Adobe ships After Effects CC, includes Cinema 4D Lite
Update also adds 'live link' with Cinema 4D, better Warp Stablizer, roto tools and 3D Camera Tracker.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Download 150 new Xfrog plant models for free
Get 38 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Cool tech videos: X-Particles 2 for Cinema 4D
Update to the particle plugin to add fluids, XPresso integration, full multi-threading. Check 'em all out here.
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Maxon posts epic 200-part Cinema 4D video series
Dr. Sassi's JET Production Notes videos to be released on Cineversity between now and 18 March.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
e-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2
Updated: New trial version available of the vegetation instancing plugin for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Eye candy: Lux Aeterna
Cristóbal Vila's beautiful short, created in modo and Cinema 4D, journeys from distant galaxies to droplets of water.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Download 140 Xfrog plant models for free
Get 31 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Maxon releases ArtSmart plugin for Cinema 4D
Sign up on Cineversity and get the free motion-graphics tool for handling Illustrator files in Cinema.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012