Eye candy: IDV's epic 2018 SpeedTree VFX showreel
Watch innocent CG trees meet their ends at the hands of superheroes, spacecraft crashes and King Kong.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
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See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
IDV ships SpeedTree Cinema 8
Update to the tree-generation tool adds PBR support; new modelling, animation and export options. Price of a perpetual licence down $500.
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
Eye candy: the 2016 SpeedTree VFX showreel
See amazing movie shots created with the digital vegetation tool, from Avatar to The Force Awakens.
Monday, August 1st, 2016
Bullet and Naiad creators win Academy Awards
This year's Sci-Tech 'Oscars' reward advances in destruction physics, voxel data and digital vegetation.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
IDV launches SpeedTree Modeler for Unity 5
Create unique trees complete with LoDs, collision primitives and wind forces for use with the Unity 5 beta.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Reallusion 'pre-launches' iClone 6
Update to real-time animation app adds support for PhysX, SpeedTree plants, Allegorithmic Substances.
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
IDV releases SpeedTree 7 Studio and Cinema
Plant-generation tool gets support for Sub-Ds, Alembic, animated growth and seasonal changes.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
IDV releases SpeedTree Cinema and Studio 6.2
Vegetation-generation software gets new 'Wind Wizard' and extended import/export options.
Monday, August 6th, 2012
SpeedTree product line adds support for Cinema 4D
New 6.1.1 release of the vegetation-generation tool also improves FBX export to Maya, overall speed.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Get the tree system used on Avatar for just $895
SpeedTree Studio offers lower-cost alternative to the SpeedTree Cinema software used on the blockbuster.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011