Open source devs criticise Apple's OpenCL support
OpenCL drivers for OS X 'broken', Apple 'ignoring its creative users', say LuxRender and Blender devs.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
OS X
Sneak peek: see Fusion 7 running on a Mac
New teaser shows Blackmagic Design's formerly Windows-only compositing app running on OS X.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Liquid Dream Solutions ships ButterflyNetRender 6
Multi-application network rendering controller now fully compatible with OS X as well as Windows.
Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Corona Renderer dev team post first Cinema 4D build
Free alpha of the promising renderer includes instancing, basic support for native C4D materials and lights.
Monday, September 8th, 2014
Krita 2.8 brings open-source paint tool to Windows users
Updated: Now with an early build for OS X, too. Back it on Kickstarter to speed up Mac development.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
The Foundry ships Mari for Mac
Digital paint tool now available on OS X as part of Mari 2.5. Users of other OSs get a new shader API.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
See 3ds Max 'running' on a MacBook Pro
Demo of Otoy's ORBX technology shows Max being streamed from the cloud to Firefox on a Mac laptop.
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Southpaw Technology open-sources Tactic
Updated: Free asset-management system Tactic Team now runs on Mac OS X as well as Windows.
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Isotropix releases Mac edition of Clarisse iFX
Windows and Linux users get an updated PLE edition of the 2D/3D tool, plus over 20 new tutorials.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Martin Wengenmayer releases Cheetah3D 6.2
Free update to the low-cost Mac-only 3D app adds ABF UV unwrapping, better ring and loop selection tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Basefount announces Miarmy Commander
Maya crowd simulator gets new extension for traffic and fight scenes; plus Mac OS X and Arnold support.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Michael Gibson releases MoI for Mac
Updated: OS X version of the 'Zen' NURBS modelling package now out of beta and available commercially.
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
digitalRaster ports NEX to Mac OS X and Linux
New 1.6 release makes the popular Maya modelling plugin available for all major operating systems.
Thursday, June 7th, 2012