Pixar and DreamWorks announce OpenSubdiv 3.0
Big update to open-source subdivision surfaces libraries boosts CPU performance 10 times.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2015
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The Foundry reveals entire feature set of Modo 901
Videos: see the key features of this major update, including the new Advanced Viewport and FX tools.
Friday, May 22nd, 2015
The Foundry releases Katana 2
Heavyweight lighting & look dev tool gets new public API, support for Lua scripting, improved performance.
Friday, May 15th, 2015
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.7
Update to renderfarm manager adds option to modify parameters after jobs have been submitted.
Friday, May 15th, 2015
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5
Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Back the Krita Foundation's new Kickstarter campaign
€20,000 funding drive aims to make the open-source paint tool 'faster than Photoshop' on large images.
Monday, May 4th, 2015
Adobe unveils After Effects CC 2015
Neat update to improve core performance, and add new facial tracking and Project Animal 2D animation tools.
Friday, April 10th, 2015
Kolor releases Autopano 4.0
Heavy-duty image-stitching software gets new colour-correction engine, HiDPI support, better anti-ghosting.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.3
Production-proven look dev and rendering system gets big update. One seat free for commercial use.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Nvidia unveils Quadro M6000
Jason Lewis runs through the specs of Nvidia's new top-of-the-range pro GPU, and reveals some early benchmark results.
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5
Now shipping. Texturing app gets new procedural tools, better baking. Income cap relaxed on Indie licence.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5
Now shipping: leading game engine gets real-time GI, physically based shading, new audio-editing tools.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Autodesk announces Maya LT 2016
Indie-game-focused version of Maya to get new brush-based sculpting and UV workflows, PBR shading.
Monday, March 2nd, 2015