Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5.5
Update to texture-creation tool adds ability to author materials in Nvidia's MDL language, new Linux edition.
Friday, August 26th, 2016
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Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1608
3D tracking app gets illumination tracking to help match-light shots, new workflows for 360° footage.
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Side Effects Software unveils Houdini roadmap
New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
DGDM ships SLiB VPR 2.0 for Redshift
Newly updated $15 Maya plugin streamlines scene debugging and look dev using the Redshift renderer.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Open-source game engine Godot reaches 2.1 release
Free engine gets new plugin API, work-in-progress online asset library, and improved font support.
Saturday, August 13th, 2016
Corel ships Painter 2017
Digital paint software gets new texture painting tools for overpainting rendered 3D models like ZBrush sculpts; improved UI and workflow.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 2.7
Image-based modelling software gets new model and point cloud viewing capabilities, plus beta support for synchronised shooting.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2016
The Foundry releases Katana for Windows
Now shipping: Katana 2.5 makes powerful look dev tool available to non-Linux users for the first time.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Joe Alter previews Shave and a Haircut 10
Big update to Maya hair plugin to add full GPU support, powerful grooming and sculpting options.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4
New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 7.0, RV 7.0
Update to production-tracking tool and integrated viewer uses EDL data to enable users to review shots within the latest cut.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion on Linux
Fusion 8.2 makes the compositor available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. Free and $995 editions available.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2017
Videos: Games-focused edition of Maya gets animation Time Editor, UI and workflow enhancements.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016