Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
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Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad
Much-anticipated iPad edition of the sculpting app lets artists work on the move. Read FAQs on its feature set, its limitations, and its price.
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro
Paid standalone edition of the 3D particle generator supersedes the old free edition, but can be run indefinitely in trial mode.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
Imbalance releases Ragdoll for Blender 1.0
Much-praised Ragdoll Dynamics physics system, used by top VFX and games studios, is now available for Blender as well as Maya.
Friday, March 1st, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.5
Big update to the compositing app adds initial USD support, new Multi-merge tool for layer-based work.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
Boris FX releases free edition of Particle Illusion 2023
Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
Autodesk releases Open RV
The open-source edition of RV is out. See how it differs from the commercial edition of the Academy Award-winning shot review tool.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.1
Compositing software gets support for AI-based Magic Mask system and more GPU-accelerated tools.
Monday, November 14th, 2022
Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.
Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Download the new free edition of Auto Character Setup
Updated: cut-down edition of popular auto-rigging system ACS2 now also works with Modo Indie.
Sunday, December 12th, 2021
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3
Free grading and editing software is now 'up to 3x' faster on Macs with Apple's new M1 processors.
Friday, August 20th, 2021
Pilgway ships 3DCoatTextura
New sub-€100 3D texturing app can be used to paint or bake 16k PBR texture maps for use in other DCC software or game engines.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021