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
new features
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max
Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Nukeygara ships Akeytsu 1.0
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2017.2
Material authoring software gets support for the AxF material format, plus seven new filters and noises.
Friday, October 20th, 2017
Adobe releases Photoshop CC (October 2017)
Big update adds brush organisation options, automated stroke smoothing, natural media brushes from Kylebrush.com.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Adobe ships Dimension CC
Videos: Check out this intuitive new V-Ray powered rendering and compositing tool, targeted at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Adobe ships After Effects CC (October 2017)
Videos: see the new tools for editing 360-degree VR video and creating data-driven animation.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC
Videos: Commercial release of the 2D animation tool adds pose-to-pose option, new collision system.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Boris FX releases Continuum 11 and Sapphire 11
Now shipping. See videos of the new tracking, keying and VR tools in the popular effects plugin suites.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
Download the Maya 2018 Bonus Tools
Autodesk's set of handy free scripts and plugins now works in Maya 2018, but no new tools this time.
Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 2017.2
Now shipping: update adds 'direct roundtrip' workflow with 3ds Max and Maya; new lightmapping and particles options.
Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender 2.8
Updated: Read the full design document for the new workflow and 2D animation features, and Eevee, the real-time render engine.
Monday, October 9th, 2017
Autodesk 'to reinvest' in Mudbox development
Firm 'getting back on track' with a bugfixing Mudbox 2018.1 update. Feature update to follow soon.
Monday, October 9th, 2017