Autodesk unveils 3ds Max and Maya 2016 Extension 1
Videos: see all the new features in both apps, including new games functionality and new 3D text tools.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
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FXhome releases PhotoKey 7 Pro
Photoshop greenscreen keying plugin gets new light spill removal system, RAW support, revamped UI.
Sunday, August 9th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana
KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
Peregrine Labs releases Yeti 2.0
Maya fur plugin gets speed boost, better dynamics, new sculpting tools. Price down to CAD $699, too.
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow 2015
Fluid simulator gets new GPU based solvers, better OpenVDB support, new artist and TD tools.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.1 for Maya
Sizeable update adds two new VR camera types, extends V-Ray RT GPU, boosts performance all round.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12 in beta
Free Lite edition now rebranded plain DaVinci Resolve; $995 Studio edition now adds Linux support.
Friday, July 31st, 2015
Solid Iris Technologies releases Thea Render 1.5
Hybrid renderer gets new advanced material options, plus support for Allegorithmic's Substances.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
Sneak peek: see the new features in RealFlow 2015
Updated: Watch videos of all the key features, including the new GPU-accelerated Dyverso solvers and OpenVDB meshing.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
E-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2015.5
3ds Max, Maya and C4D instancing plugin gets revamped file browser, better compatibility with PlantFactory.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2015
See the proposed dev schedule for Blender 2.8
Mainly bugfixes for a year, then a major update in 2016 - which may not be 100% backwards-compatible.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps released
Updated: Kinect-based mocap tools now support Oculus Rift. New free script for viewing the point cloud data in Unity, too.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 7
Updated: v7's new wizard for setting up cloud-based renderfarms now available for Google Cloud Platform and Amazon EC2.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2015