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FBX

Maximum resolution of rendered output also raised to 4K, although the yearly rental price is up slightly.

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

Latest production build adds new UV unwrapping and packing tools, plus support for LODs in FBX files.

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.

Sunday, January 28th, 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018

It's a smallish update, but it adds new render options for Bifröst fluid simulations and extends the FBX export process for animations.

Thursday, December 28th, 2017

Recreate a horrific face-melting effect with this set of detailed training videos and full project files.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2017

Blender-based tree-creation tool gets support for wind animation. Results can be exported to other apps in FBX or Alembic format.

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Updated: Scan-based figures work in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya - and now Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine.

Sunday, November 12th, 2017

Videos: See the new Principled BRDF shader and procedural modelling tools in action. Lots of UV workflow improvements, too.

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017

Updated: Get this photorealistic female head based on scan data. Now rigged and ready to animate.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

Update to the tree-generation tool adds PBR support; new modelling, animation and export options. Price of a perpetual licence down $500.

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017