NewTek announces ChronoSculpt
New tool for sculpting animation caches lets users refine work or "paint out" simulation errors by hand.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
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Golaem announces Golaem Crowd 2.5
Maya crowd-simulation system gets ability to instantiate environment models, not just skinned characters.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Thinkbox Software expands Maya product line-up
Maya versions of the Frost point cloud meshing and XMesh geometry caching systems are on the way.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Dynamixyz announces Performer 7
Up-and-coming markerless facial mocap system gets new background solving and scripting options.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Tweak Software unveils RV 4.0
Image viewer and playback tool gets hardware-accelerated architecture, option to author GLSL shaders.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Blender 2.68 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new modelling tools, improved smoke sims, up to 30% render speed boost.
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
Shotgun Software releases Shotgun 5.1
Production-management system gets cleaner UI, handy workflow tweaks. Watch a bite-size video tour.
Monday, July 8th, 2013
Foundry to develop Sony Pictures Imageworks' Flix
Hybrid web-based storyboarding, previz and layout tool manages shots all the way from 2D boards to final animation.
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
Motiva ships Colimo 1.7
Free update to clever tool for relighting rendered images in real time includes native V-Ray support.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
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
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