Foundry ships Modo 16.0
3D animation and rendering tool gets new modelling, deformation and task-automation features. $199 add-on NPR Kit 2 included for free.
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
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Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.1
Material-authoring software gets USD import and export, new nodes to create and render 3D textures.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.2
Scene layout and rendering app gets new Project materials panel, real-time environment shadows.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
U-Render releases U-Render 2022.4 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering toolset, SSGI and multi-materials.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
Maxon releases Trapcode Suite 18.1
Set of After Effects motion graphics plugins now runs on M1 Macs. Particular gets intial support for Layer Maps.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Maxon ships Universe 6.1
Online library of effects for editing and compositing apps gets Box Bokeh, ChromaTown and Sketchify tools, plus new Stretch transition.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Maxon ships VFX Suite 3.1
Suite of After Effects plugins for common visual effects tasks gets new physically based lens flare generation tool Real Lens Flares.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Magic Bullet Suite 16.1 ships
Maxon's colour correction tools for After Effects and Premiere Pro gets initial OCIO support, two new tools for creating light hazes in Looks.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2022 for Houdini
Free update to the modelling and retopology toolset reworks the user interface for use with pen devices.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5
Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
ftrack ships cineSync 5.0
Major compatibility-breaking update to the remote shot review tool adds layers system and support for OCIO 2 and OTIO.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
Autodesk ships Mudbox 2023
No changes to the digital sculpting and painting app beyond a new Linux installer, but the price of annual subscriptions is up again.
Monday, April 18th, 2022
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2023
Check out the workflow improvements in the new version of the character animation software.
Monday, April 18th, 2022