Autodesk releases Maya 2017 Update 3
Sizeable update to Maya adds new motion graphics, animation, hair grooming and fluid simulation tools.
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
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Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.5 for Nuke
Nuke edition of the renderer gets support for volumetrics, render denoising, Adaptive Lights system.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Unity Technologies unveils Unity 2017 product roadmap
Features to include new cinematics toolsets, a scriptable rendering pipeline, and a new C# job system.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Autodesk releases Maya LT 2017 Update 3
Cut-down version of Maya for game artists gets revamped UV Editor, new Bake Deformer tool, updates to Viewport 2.0.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Arseniy Korablev releases Polybrush 1.6
3D sketching tool gets real-time viewport with pencil shaded and realistic display modes, ground fog.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.5
Update to texture-painting tool adds brush opacity, LUT-based colour management, option to bake 8K textures.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Basefount ships Miarmy 5.2
Maya crowd simulation software gets new blendshape pipeline for handling facial animation, plus new tools for editing simulation caches.
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.15
Update improves texture streaming and tonemapping, adds support for Nintendo Switch and HDR displays.
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1702
Update to 3D tracking software adds full native solving of 360-degree video, new lens calibration system.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Blender 2.78b ships
New update improves speed of Blender's Cycles renderer over 10x on shots with motion blur and hair.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Rotem Shiffman releases VFB+ 2.8 for 3ds Max for free
New version of advanced, renderer agnostic frame buffer tool for 3ds Max now available as freeware.
Monday, February 13th, 2017