Chaos Group ships V-Ray 1.7 for Softimage
Free update adds support for image sequences and more ICE features, like vertex colours and weight maps.
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
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e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Substance tools to get Final Fantasy XV render tech
Updated: Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 middleware shipping in Substance Designer 4.3. See a cool demo video.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
e-on software ships The Plant Factory 2014.5
Free update extends import/export options for vegetation-creation tool, and relaxes its contentious EULA.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
Sneak peak: viscous fluids in RealFlow 2014
Updated: watch Next Limit's complete FMX presentation, showing all the new features of RF 2014.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Autodesk ships FBX Review for Mac and iOS devices
Free asset-review tool comes to Macs and iPads on top of Windows; adds support for geometry caches.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 2.2 for 3ds Max
Fluid simulation system gets internal self-illumination, simulation morphing controls, PRT and OpenVDB support.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Autodesk shakes up effects and finishing tools line-up
Updated: Smoke 2015 now shipping on a pay-as-you-go-only basis. Flame 2015 family also available.
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
Act-3D unveils Lumion 4.5
Real-time architectural rendering tool gets improved shadows; options to merge elements between scenes.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Coolorus 2.0 for Photoshop ships
Newly updated $12 add-on puts an attractively designed Painter-style colour wheel inside Photoshop.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 3
Now shipping: Unique digital painting app to get improved Photoshop integration, Wacom tablet support.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2014
Next Limit to cut price of RealFlow
RealFlow 2014 will add new $2,500 node-locked licence type and make Realflow RenderKit free to use.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
The Foundry ships Modo 801
'Monster' across-the-board update includes node-based shading, new animation tools, better dynamics.
Friday, April 25th, 2014