Artixels ships Escher 1.2
Relight even images rendered with DoF or motion blur with this nifty set of 'deep relighting' tools for Nuke.
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
OpenEXR 2.0
Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 2.0
Updated, now shipping: Big update to next-gen 2D/3D tool adds new layout, look dev & rendering options.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Plus 4.1 and Pro 4.1
Free update to planar tracking tools adds support for multi-part OpenEXR 2.0 files and exporting open splines.
Friday, November 7th, 2014
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
The Foundry ships Nuke 8.0
Updated: release adds new 3D tools, in-panel colour wheels, overhauled Dope Sheet. See the videos here.
Friday, December 6th, 2013
e-on software ships Vue 2014 product range
Updated: Entire Vue 2014 line-up now available. New features include physical sunlight, tone mapping.
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Side Effects announces Houdini 13 - kind of
New: final teaser shows better Bullet physics, Alembic-based lighting workflow. See all three videos here.
Thursday, October 31st, 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
OpenEXR 2.0 released
Update to the open-source HDR file format should finally make deep compositing available in most tools.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
The Foundry ships Nuke 7.0
Popular compositor gains partial GPU acceleration, revamped 2D tracker, support for Alembic and OpenEXR 2.0.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
fmx 2011: Avatar tech to form part of OpenEXR 2.0
Weta's 'deep compositing' tech to be incorporated in next release of HDR file format and supported in Nuke.
Thursday, May 5th, 2011