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Digital painting app gets dark UI theme; new Stamps brush type aimed at concept art. Other brushes now 'up to 75%' faster.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Varied update adds new integrated VR viewport, new hard-surface animation options, improved modelling and UV packing tools.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Free patch improves speed and stability when sculpting in ZBrush; adds a few new workflow features.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Powerful procedural modelling plugin for LightWave gets new toolsets for automatically generating windows and railings.

Monday, June 18th, 2018

Texture baking now 'up to 5x' faster on dense meshes; save system reworked to cut project file sizes.

Friday, June 15th, 2018

Neat Photoshop brush organisation plugin's 'Magic Eraser' system turns any brush into an eraser and back.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2018

Update improves Mari's handling of colour spaces and selection groups. Mac users get the same features - but in Mari 3.4, not 4.1.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

Big update to hair plugin adds new physics system, clumping controls, option to generate woven fabrics.

Monday, June 11th, 2018

Renderfarm management tool gets fast new Postgres-based backend architecture. Supervisor licences now free to download and use.

Monday, June 11th, 2018

Tool for converting 3D scenes to browser apps gets new physics module, support for skeletal animation in 3ds Max.

Wednesday, June 6th, 2018

Free update to tree generation tool adds new controls for dead branches, plus big improvements to workflow and simulation quality.

Monday, June 4th, 2018

V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

3D clothing design tool gets new UV editor, transform controls for add-ons like props and buttons.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018