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new features

Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017

Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.

Tuesday, December 5th, 2017

Nuke plugin toolset for streamlining common tasks on VR projects gets new stereo tools based on Ocula, plus support for 3D match-moving.

Monday, December 4th, 2017

Blender-based tree-creation tool gets support for wind animation. Results can be exported to other apps in FBX or Alembic format.

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.

Friday, November 24th, 2017

Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D gets new Unreal Engine plugin, multi-scene loader, physically based render engine.

Friday, November 24th, 2017

Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Support for 180° and 360° stereo rendering in Vue; new base geometries for leaves and flowers in PlantFactory.

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017

Node-based tool for authoring effects filters gets new workflow to support any 2D image-editing app.

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017

Mocap software for firm's optical tracking systems gets neat ability to 'self-heal' calibration drift, support for OptiTrack Active VR solutions,

Friday, November 17th, 2017

Photogrammetry software gets support for custom shaders, option to export textures in EXR format or as 32-bit TIFFs, 4K video output.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Big update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds support for viewport rendering and hybrid CPU/GPU renders.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017