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3D texturing app to get Python 3 support, new USD workflows and updated brush engine, but macOS edition cancelled.

Friday, March 19th, 2021

Material-authoring software gets support for Pantone colours - and now exports actual 3D geometry.

Friday, January 29th, 2021

3D texture painting tool gets new options for creating and sharing procedural masks, isolating materials, and baking textures.

Friday, December 11th, 2020

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

See the new local space transform mode and updates to baking workflow in the 3D texturing tool. Now available on macOS again.

Thursday, July 16th, 2020

Sizeable update to the multiphysics plugin adds new scene geometry queries, better Alembic support.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

JangaFX's hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulation tool gets a node graph and animation timeline - and an unlimited new trial edition.

Monday, May 4th, 2020

Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur.

Friday, April 3rd, 2020

Update extends the 3D texturing app's procedural materials system, adds V-Ray and 3Delight shaders, and streamlines the node graph.

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Material authoring software gets new set of tools for creating photo-based and synthetic HDR maps.

Friday, August 30th, 2019

Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

Unique tool for retopologising facial and full-body scan data gets accurate new BlendWrapping mode, new sculpting brushes.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.

Tuesday, June 18th, 2019