Unity Technologies releases Unity 2018.1 in beta
New C#-scriptable render pipeline and node-based shader editor, but no more native Substance support.
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
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See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018
Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
Filter Forge releases Filter Forge 7.0
Node-based tool for authoring effects filters gets new workflow to support any 2D image-editing app.
Tuesday, November 21st, 2017
Pixel Splincher releases Bricolage 2.0 for iOS
Node-based compositing system for iPads gets new colour grading tools, including support for LUTs.
Saturday, November 18th, 2017
Mettle ships Mantra VR
Intriguing new After Effects and Premiere Pro plugin enables users to apply 16 stylised procedural effects to 360-degree VR footage.
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 9 Studio
Major update cuts the price of the compositor to $299, adds unlimited network rendering, new tracking, VR and review tools.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Golaem ships Golaem 6
Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
World Machine gets first update in over a year
'I'm not dead, just doing R&D', explains developer in blog post on terrain generator's dev build 3014.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4
CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Amplify Creations ships beta of Amplify Shader Editor
New $20 app provides intuitive node-based shader editor for Unity. Includes full source code access.
Monday, September 19th, 2016
CrowdMaster is a free crowd sim tool for Blender
Neat add-on provides a node-based workflow for scattering, flocking and creating simple crowd animations.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Flame 2017 Extension 1
Compositing and finishing tool to get 'Maya-inspired' scene navigation, plus better workflows for editing Batch schematics.
Friday, September 9th, 2016