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Streamlined new board layout app is based on US motion design studio Swordfish's in-house tools.

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Free update to Maya shader manager adds support for metadata, multiple shader libraries.

Friday, December 9th, 2016

Check out the ex-OctaneRender dev's promising unbiased renderer, designed for Nvidia gaming GPUs.

Friday, December 9th, 2016

Now shipping: Promising sub-$50 32-bit image editor now available for Windows as well as Mac OS X.

Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Videos: New virtual reality painting and sculpting tools come free with the new Oculus Touch controller.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2016

Promising real-time fur system with self-shadowing and physics now available for Unity as well as UE4.

Thursday, December 1st, 2016

Now shipping: New tool promises intuitive stroke-based workflow and some neat time-saving features.

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016

New plugins provide powerful workflow, proxy and array functionality for 3ds Max users.

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

Promising new plugin implements Blender's powerful GPU-based renderer and node-based materials inside Cinema 4D.

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Updated: Free iOS and Android app displays multi-million-poly assets in real time. Now includes new MatCap material.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

OpenCL-based GPU render engine will be integrated into Cinema 4D over the next few release cycles.

Monday, October 31st, 2016

Now in free public beta: Trimble's new online version of SketchUp even runs on Linux or Chrome OS.

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016