Adobe ships Substance 3D Designer 11.3
Material authoring app's neat new particle nodes open up workflows from scattering to 3D plant design.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
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Arnold for 3ds Max gets new particle rendering capabilities
MAXtoA 2.4.43 adds option to export as Arnold points primitives, plus new options for instancing Particle Flow systems.
Thursday, March 7th, 2019
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.5
Videos: see the new fracturing and liquid simulation options in the 3ds Max particle and physics plugin.
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
Best Christmas and New Year discounts for CG artists
Check out our seasonal list of money-saving offers on CG tools including 3D-Coat, Arion, Mari, Modo and Xfrog.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for CG artists
See over 50 money-saving offers, including Adobe, Autodesk, Allegorithmic, Marvelous Designer and Next Limit.
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.4
3D painting tool's revamped Shelf should make it easier to browse assets. New particle presets, too.
Friday, October 28th, 2016
Thinkbox Software releases Frost MX 2.0
New version of heavy-duty particle meshing tool boosts speed up to 2x, improves V-Ray compatibility.
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.3
3ds Max physics plugin gets better liquid simulation and particle caching, plus support for Alembic.
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Thinkbox Software releases Sequoia
Updated, now shipping: Standalone tool coverts ultra-dense point cloud data into production-ready meshes.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Maxon unveils Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini Engine
Updated: Free plugin to make Houdini's VFX tools accessible inside C4D now out in public beta.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Project Dogwaffle team releases Particle 9
New tablet-optimised digital paint tool from the creators of Howler offers particle painting for just $8.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Get 35 free Photoshop plugins for CG artists
Get Richard Rosenman's handy set of particles, fractal and video effects add-ons, all newly updated to 64-bit.
Monday, April 27th, 2015