Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.1
Physically based renderer adds spotlights, OpenVDB and UDIM support, smart selective sampling.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
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Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R7
Eagerly awaited free update brings intuitive new poly modelling and instancing tools to the sculpting app. New 64-bit edition, too.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 4.5
3D clothing design tool adds support for multiple avatars, plus FBX and OBJ export for animations.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2015
RE:Vision Effects releases DE:Noise 3
Newly GPU-accelerated tool fixes artefacts in film and video footage, and even GI flicker in 3D renders.
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
Basefount Technology releases Miarmy 3.6
Control armies via natural language with the crowd simulation tool's new human language logic system.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Otoy unveils four new versions of OctaneRender
Updated: New video shows the GPU renderer inside Houdini. Nuke, MotionBuilder and UE4 to come.
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Side Effects releases Houdini 14
Check out the new crowd pipeline, grooming tools, revamped UI and spectacular multiphysics system.
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
IKinema launches free trial of WebAnimate Pro
Rig characters and retarget motion capture data in your browser, using a simple drag-and-drop workflow.
Monday, January 12th, 2015
Blender 2.73 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new 2D animation tools, updated video editor, clutter-free fullscreen mode.
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Check out 2015's hottest Blender R&D projects
Blender Foundation chairman Ton Roosendaal previews the software's upcoming features: from stereo 3D to Alembic and Ptex support.
Monday, January 5th, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow RenderKit 2014
Free RF tool for meshing particles at render time gets better Arnold support, system for surface spray.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
cebas updates thinkingParticles 6
Updated: First 'Subscription Drop' extends volumeBreak node and new procedural spline modelling toolset.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014
GenArts ships Sapphire 8
Updated: New node-based Builder lets users create custom effects for host compositing and editing apps.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014