Sneak peek: Houdini 15
Updated: See the new crowd sim and simulation slicing options, plus the new Principled PBR shader.
Monday, September 28th, 2015
new features
Red Giant Software releases Magic Bullet Suite 12.1
Updated: Suite of GPU-accelerated grading tools gets new layered grading option, better support for DaVinci Resolve.
Friday, September 25th, 2015
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 5
Updated: 3D clothing design app gets new direct positioning tool, better pattern editing, faster sims. Now shipping.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Shoran Software releases RenderPal 2.12
Renderfarm manager gets support for multiple jobs in the Submitter; new Max and Maya-specific options.
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.9
Core renderer gets support for refractive dispersion, better volumetrics. Maya plugin gets initial support for Bifrost.
Monday, September 21st, 2015
Unity 5.2 ships
Game engine adds support for Windows 10, native integration with Visual Studio, plus new lightmap baking and Biped import options.
Friday, September 11th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3.1
Toolkit for turning source images into games texture maps gets new PBR shaders, new emissive and opacity outputs.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 2.9.7
Open-source paint tool gets better PSD support, new tangent normal brush engine to paint normal maps.
Friday, September 4th, 2015
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R17
Now shipping: Update adds an interesting new 'Take System'; improved tracking, sculpting and spline tools.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.9
Wide-ranging update adds new rendering and animation options, plus experimental support for DirectX 12.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 2.0
Pro photogrammetry app gets improved mesh and point cloud generation, new mesh editing tools.
Thursday, August 27th, 2015