The best Black Friday and winter 2018 deals for CG artists
Updated with a new batch of winter offers: save money on CG software and resources with these deals.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
HitFilm
Boris FX ships Mocha VR 5.6
Free update to the planar tracking tool for 360-degree footage adds support for stereoscopic workflows, improved horizon stabilisation.
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 6.0
All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1708
Camera tracking app gets improved export to After Effects and Fusion; support for HEVC video compression.
Sunday, August 27th, 2017
Download HitFilm Express 2017 for free
Free editing and compositing app gets new audio and 360 degree video tools; support for 4K footage.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 2017 and Ignite Pro 2017
All-in-one editing, compositing and VFX app gets 32-bit workflow, 8K res, new editing and grading tools.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5
Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
FXhome releases HitFilm 4 Express for free
Cut-down version of the editing, compositing and effects software gets new tools from the Pro edition.
Friday, April 29th, 2016
Red Giant releases Universe 1.6
Online library of add-ons for editing and compositing tools gets six new effects: from heat distortion to 1980s-style titles.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
FXhome ships HitFilm 4 Pro
Editing, compositing and effects app gets new 3D rendering, animation options, plus $299 Boris FX titling plugin 3D Objects thrown in free.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Andrew Hazelden releases RocketComp for Maya
Handy new plugin automatically builds a compositing project from render output in 10 leading 2D apps.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2015
Red Giant Software releases Universe 1.5
Online library of add-ons for editing and compositing apps gets six new tools, with three useful freebies.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
RE:Vision Effects ships new versions of RSMB, Twixtor
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015