Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25
3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
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Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.0
Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Insydium buys Terraform4D
Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
iToo Software releases RailClone 4.3 for 3ds Max
Parametric modelling plugin gets big speed boost, plus new macros for generating walls and floors.
Friday, May 7th, 2021
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.22
Real-time VFX and motion graphics tools get new GPU-agnostic hybrid ray tracing system, plus native support for Substance materials.
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Download free Houdini motion graphics toolset MOPs
Neat set of open-source assets streamlines the creation of common motion graphics effects.
Saturday, June 16th, 2018
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.2
Material authoring software gets support for the AxF material format, plus seven new filters and noises.
Friday, October 20th, 2017
Adobe rolls out Photoshop CC 2014
Big new update adds Focus Mask tool, new blur types, and better, OpenCL-based GPU acceleration.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
nEyeMaker for Maya creates ultra-customisable eyeballs
Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat.
Monday, October 28th, 2013
Planetside ships Terragen 3
Updated: landscape generator gets better GI, Linux render nodes. Both commercial editions now shipping.
Friday, August 16th, 2013