InstaMAT Studio is now available
Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
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BCorona 2.0 lets you render Blender scenes in Corona
Unofficial Blender integration for the Corona renderer gets support for Blender 4.0 and an automated converter for Cycles shaders.
Friday, January 19th, 2024
Auto-Terrainer 2 for Blender turns low-poly meshes into 3D terrain
Neat Geometry Nodes-based add-on turns low-poly guide meshes into detailed, customizable procedural 3D terrain. The base edition is free.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.6
Check out the new AI features in the GPU-based ray tracing renderer, including automatic atmosphere and texture generation.
Friday, December 15th, 2023
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023
Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.7
Update makes the full Professional edition of the landscape generator available to indie artists for just $199. Check out the new features here.
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.2
Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.2
Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
DeepMotion launches DeepMotion Animate 3D 5.0
Big update to the browser-based AI mocap system makes it possible to capture up to eight characters from a single video.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.3
Sizeable update to the popular lightweight NURBS modeller adds radial menus, better filleting - and a new live link to Blender.
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Check out free browser-based AI mocap tool Rokoko Vision
Successor to Rokoko Video lets users extract full-body animation from video captured on two cameras or smartphones. Still free for single-camera capture.
Monday, September 4th, 2023
Speed up animation with Character Tracker for Maya
Neat plugin lets you use game-like navigation to control 3D characters to block out animations faster.
Monday, August 28th, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023