Mark Jackson ships Red9 Studio Pack 1.33 for Maya
Crytek TD's free rigging toolset gets new UIs for simplifying mocap data, adding smart noise to animation.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
new features
Sneak peek: the new features in V-Ray 3.0
Next release to boost brute force raytracing and much more, VRay.info reports from End User Event 2013.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Otoy ships Octane Render 1.2
Big update to GPU-based renderer adds volume fog, bokeh effects; better multi-threaded performance.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Pixologic releases ZBrush 4R6
Free update adds cool ZRemesher retopology toolset, better ways to trim geometry and smooth UVs.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Pixar releases RenderMan Pro Server 18
New features include path tracing for faster re-rendering, geometric area lights, Beam Diffusion SSS.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Video: new R&D work in Autodesk's Project Geppetto
Watch characters interacting automatically with chairs and stairs in 3ds Max's crowd-animation system.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
EIAS3D releases EIAS 9.1
Free update to animation tool adds option to render larger production assets; faster, anti-aliased previews.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Adobe ships After Effects CC, includes Cinema 4D Lite
Update also adds 'live link' with Cinema 4D, better Warp Stablizer, roto tools and 3D Camera Tracker.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.5
Better cost-reporting tools in the renderfarm manager turn your 'money faucet' into a responsive pipeline.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013
e-on software pre-releases The Plant Factory
Updated: restrictions on the original Studio and Vue editions now lifted in response to user demand.
Monday, June 10th, 2013
Polygonal Design releases Unfold3D Generation 8
UV unwrapping tool now handles million-triangle meshes and outputs multi-grid UVs for use in Mari.
Thursday, June 6th, 2013
Blender to get sketch mesh editing, deformation blur?
Just two of fifteen Blender development projects to be funded by Google's Summer of Code 2013.
Friday, May 31st, 2013
Pilgway ships 3D-Coat 4.0
Now out of beta: voxel sculpting package gets new Live Clay dynamic mesh system and 3D paint tools.
Thursday, May 30th, 2013