FXhome ships HitFilm 4 Pro
Editing, compositing and effects app gets new 3D rendering, animation options, plus $299 Boris FX titling plugin 3D Objects thrown in free.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
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Ephere ships Ornatrix V4
Updated, now shipping: 3ds Max hair plugin gets new groom preset system, plus better brush tools, MassFX dynamics, Alembic export.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Luxion ships KeyShot 6
Big update adds node-based material editor, Python scripting and new animation tools to renderer. HD edition gets unlimited resolution.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1511
3D camera tracking app gets new weight-painting and mesh-editing tools, faster decoding of RED files.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.10
Update optimises rendering for VR and shading for mobile devices, adds support for Visual Studio 2015.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.11
Update increases render speed by 'up to 4x' on interior scenes, adds new global shader override option.
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 4.2
Maya crowd animation system now displays 'tens of thousands' of agents in the viewport without lag.
Friday, November 6th, 2015
Autodesk to discontinue turnkey Flame systems
High-end finishing system now available as a software-only product for Linux - and soon, for Mac OS X.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Corona Renderer 1.3 for 3ds Max ships
Sizeable update adds new layered material, animated proxies, vector displacement, better anisotropy.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Abvent ships Twinmotion 2016
Updated: Real-time viz tool now supports Google Earth topology, photogrammetry & point cloud data.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.6
Latest update smooths 4K texture painting and adds new drag and drop workflow for material layering.
Friday, October 30th, 2015
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 4.0 for 3ds Max
First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015
Shotgun Software releases Shotgun 6.3
Update to production-tracking and asset-management system speeds media browsing and client reviews.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015