AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.2
GPU-based renderer's interesting new scene format lets users export Maya Fluids sims to Cinema 4D, or C4D particles to Maya.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016
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Adobe ships After Effects CC 2015.2
Updated Cineware 3.0 plugin now preserves Takes and Physical or Sketch and Toon render settings in imported C4D files.
Friday, January 29th, 2016
Autodesk releases Meshmixer 3.3
Update to mesh-editing tool adds support for creating multi-material prints, plus new mesh Unwrap option and SVG export.
Monday, January 25th, 2016
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.8
Update to renderfarm management system expands job-submission capabilities of the ArtistView UI.
Monday, January 25th, 2016
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 3 R2
Updated: Free R2 update adds new edge wear presets, Quixel-like Dynamask system to the powerful collection of Mari tools.
Friday, January 22nd, 2016
FrostSoft ships PixelBerg 1.8 for Cinema 4D
Promising real-time PBR render engine now supports C4D's standard renderer for final-quality images.
Friday, January 15th, 2016
Project Dogwaffle team unveils Howler 10
Updated, now shipping: VFX-friendly paint package to get new automated video-repair tools, better particle and foliage painting.
Friday, January 15th, 2016
See the hottest Blender tools in progress for 2016
Check out Blender.org's list of code branches to watch this year, from this nifty new fracture modifier to OpenVDB support.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Graphine releases Granite SDK 3.0
Update to UE4 texture-streaming system lifts restrictions on layered textures, halves processor usage.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Triumph releases Blend4Web 15.12
Turn Blender scenes into interactive 3D apps that can be viewed in any modern web browser - and now, on the Oculus Rift.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Blackmagic halves price of DaVinci Resolve Studio
On OS X, at least, thanks to the new $500 Mac App Store edition. Free 12.2 update also now available.
Saturday, January 2nd, 2016
Alexandra Institute ships Elementacular 1.3
Create realistic clouds without sims by converting any 3D geometry to a volume. Also works for fireballs.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
Nvidia ships Iray for 3ds Max and Maya 2016
Share physically based materials between host apps or mental ray with the plugins' new MDL format.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015