F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini
Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
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RealityCapture is now free to indie artists and studios
Popular photogrammetry software is now free to users with revenue under $1 million/year. Check out the other changes in RealityCapture 1.4.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2024.1
Real-time terrain generation software gets complete new rivers system, plus Polygon Layers for raising or flattening terrain.
Sunday, April 21st, 2024
Reallusion releases BuildingGen for iClone
New plugin generates procedural 3D buildings from modular parts, directly inside the real-time animation software.
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 6 R2
Free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Mari adds powerful new Node Editor and Ramp Editor.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.9 and 1.9.5 beta
Check out the new features in the stable version of the virtual reality sculpting software, and the experimental public beta release.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
After Effects' latest beta lets you import animated 3D models
Check out the experimental features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including the option to import and render 3D animations.
Friday, April 12th, 2024
Maxon releases Red Giant 2024.2 with new 3D tool Geo
Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
Nevercenter releases Silo 2024.2 and Milo 2024.0
Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, including native Apple Silicon support and better numerical input.
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.4
Check out the new features in the animation and motion graphics software, including a complete new particle simulation toolset.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector
Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Cell Fluids 1.6 for Blender is out
Promising lightweight Blender fluids add-on can now bake simulations for export to game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024