Otoy releases OctaneRender for Blender beta
Blender joins growing list of apps to work natively with the GPU-based renderer. Calls for Modo growing.
Friday, August 16th, 2013
LightWave
NewTek announces ChronoSculpt
New tool for sculpting animation caches lets users refine work or "paint out" simulation errors by hand.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Otoy ships Octane Render 1.2
Big update to GPU-based renderer adds volume fog, bokeh effects; better multi-threaded performance.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Download 150 new Xfrog plant models for free
Get 38 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
pmG ships messiahStudio 6
Updated: Extra videos show the cult animation and rendering tool's new Skelevision interactive rigging view.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave
Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11.5
Well-received update adds Genoma rigging system, better After Effects interoperability, nice modelling tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Eye candy: Juan Gonzalez's Mandelbulb animation
See what the Arnold renderer can do even outside big VFX studios with this 250-million-particle 3D fractal.
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Download 140 Xfrog plant models for free
Get 31 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Eye candy: Ruin
OddBall Animation's gorgeous post-apocalyptic short has strange echoes of Spielberg's debut feature.
Monday, March 19th, 2012
e-on software ships Ozone 6
Atmospheric plugin for all major DCC apps gains new cloud-editing tools and improved render speed.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012