Side Effects Software ships Houdini 12.5
Major update adds better ocean-surface sims and cloud sculpting via DreamWorks' OpenVDB technology.
Friday, March 15th, 2013
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Luxology unveils Modo 701
Upcoming release to feature new particle engine, audio tools, "up to 175x" speed boost - and new price.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Luxology announces modo for Linux
Coming soon to a distro near you. Teaser screenshot also shows what may be new features in modo 701.
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Sneak peek: new technology in Mudbox 2014
But unlike previous sneak peeks, the menu options are blurred out in the video. Post your guesses here.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new retopology tools
Watch the new resurfacing workflow, including a new Quad Draw tool like that in digitalRaster's NEX plugin.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Sneak peek: Softimage's new camera sequencer
Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new grease pencil tool
Tech preview shows the work-in-progress tool in use to rough out animation directly over the viewport.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's updated Nitrous viewport
'Will it be in 3ds Max 2014?' teaser video shows improved performance on multi-million-poly scenes
Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Autodesk to unveil 2014 product line on 27 March
Join the Unfold event live in Montreal or watch it online, then quiz product managers via the Unfold website.
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R14
Updated: Download the demo to try the dynamics tools, brush-based sculpting and AE interoperability.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
LightWave 11.5 feature list 'announced'
Although probably not officially, given that it's on the Amazon EC2 cloud. Warning: may contain spoilers.
Friday, July 27th, 2012
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.3
Update to Maya/mental ray toolkit adds new colour bleed SSS shader, support for SprayTrace renderer.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Next Limit announces RealFlow 2013
Latest update to fluid simulator adds powerful new Hybrido 2 fluid solver and new node-based scene graph.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012