licensing

Unity acquires Pixyz Software

Buyout of Pixyz's CAD data preparation and import tools may also lead to new workflows for games artists in the Unity Editor.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

Shotgun is now ShotGrid

Autodesk's cloud-based VFX production tracking system gets new name, new licensing system, and new $40/month subscription.

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Maxon ships Cinema 4D S22

First subscriber-only update to Cinema 4D overhauls the UV unwrapping tools and rolls out Maxon's new viewport architecture.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2020

Bondware unveils Poser 11.2

Bondware's first update since buying Poser earlier this year adds 8GB of new stock content, but older licences may stop working.

Monday, September 16th, 2019

Maxon buys Redshift

Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 4.0

Big update reworks the layout and rendering tool's lighting pipeline and adds USD support. See the key features and pricing changes here.

Friday, February 1st, 2019

Adobe acquires Allegorithmic

We assess the potential impact of the buyout on the licensing and development of key Allegorithmic software like Substance Painter.

Thursday, January 24th, 2019