Richard Rosenman releases DOF PRO for After Effects
New After Effects edition brings the popular Photoshop motion blur tool to VFX and motion graphics work.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
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SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Adobe ships Photoshop 22.0
See Photoshop's new AI-based tools: automated sky replacement, Content-Aware Tracing, and eight eye-catching new 'Neural Filters'.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Adobe releases Character Animator 3.4
Puppet animation app's Speech-Aware Animation system creates head movements from audio files.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Adobe ships After Effects 17.5
Compositing app gets much-anticipated AI-driven Roto Brush 2.0 tool, plus motion-graphics-focused new 3D Design Space.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Krita Foundation ships Krita 4.4
Open-source painting software gets scriptable fill layers, support for dynamic colour gradients, and improved MyPaint colour picker.
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Get Quixel's free Megascans plugin for Unreal Engine
Version 6.3 of the free plugin adds neat new vertex blend material, better LOD export for 3D plants.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Adobe ships Substance Designer 2020.2
Material authoring software now updated to Substance Engine 8. Check out the new tools it brings.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.3 and Maya LT 2020.3
Latest updates improve character rigging and animation workflows with keyframe and mocap data.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.26
Update to the free game engine officially replaces CryPhysics with PhysX, and improves the terrain and dynamic vegetation systems.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Effective TDs ships Storm 0.5
Big update to the standalone fluid simulation tool adds new smoke solver, option to upres sims, and 'complete procedural VDB toolkit'.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Chaos Group teases new version of V-Ray for Blender
Facebook post hints at long-awaited public release of V-Ray with support for Blender 2.80+.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Nukeygara releases Akeytsu 2020.2
Major update to the character animation app adds support for retargeting and camera animation.
Thursday, October 1st, 2020