The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.1.2
Updated: Open-source painting app gets early support for audio in the new 2D animation toolset.
Saturday, February 11th, 2017
Mac
Render Legion releases first Mac build of Corona for C4D
Free Alpha 6 build of the Cinema 4D renderer also adds the features from the latest 3ds Max release.
Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
Serif releases Affinity Photo for Windows
Now shipping: Promising sub-$50 32-bit image editor now available for Windows as well as Mac OS X.
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
Neoglyphic Entertainment ships NeoFur 2.0 for UE4
Real-time hair and fur plugin now supports motion blur, import of NURBS curves from DCC tools.
Monday, October 10th, 2016
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 8.1 and 8.1 Studio
Update makes Fusion Connect for Avid plugin available to users of the free edition of Fusion, and on OS X.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.0
Open-source digital paint package gets cool new 2D animation toolset, with export to commercial apps.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Tetraface releases Metasequoia 4.5 for OS X
Veteran Japanese 3D modelling app comes to Macs for the first time - and even gets RenderMan support.
Friday, April 8th, 2016
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 8, Fusion 8 Studio
Now officially shipping: formerly Windows-only compositor now available on Mac. Linux version due later this year.
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Amazon releases free Lumberyard game engine
Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Autodesk acquires iDraw, rebrands it as Graphic
Indeeo's GPU-accelerated vector drawing tool rebranded Graphic 3.0 and pressure sensitivity added.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Open source devs criticise Apple's OpenCL support
OpenCL drivers for OS X 'broken', Apple 'ignoring its creative users', say LuxRender and Blender devs.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
Sneak peek: see Fusion 7 running on a Mac
New teaser shows Blackmagic Design's formerly Windows-only compositing app running on OS X.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015