5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022
Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
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Boonar Studio releases AAA Clouds and Cloud Mixer
New add-on generates realistic 3D clouds inside Blender, customisable using the Geometry Nodes system.
Monday, July 25th, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022
Download free Blender 3D building generator Buildify
Cool free tool also integrates with the Blender OpenStreetMap plugin to recreate entire real cities in 3D.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
The ZBrush to KeyShot Bridge is now free
But KeyShot for ZBrush has been scrapped, raising the overall cost of using the renderer with the sculpting app.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
Download BtoA: the free Arnold plugin for Blender
Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.
Friday, July 15th, 2022
iToo Software releases Forest Pack 7.4.3 for 3ds Max
Scattering plugin gets support for V-Ray 6, plus new options for replacing scene objects by name.
Thursday, July 14th, 2022
Red9 releases major update to Red9 ProPack for Maya
Suite of rig management and character animation tools brings AAA workflows to indie artists.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya
Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
Continuum 2022.5 ships
Update to Boris FX's set of effects plugins for compositing apps adds the option to emit particles from 3D models inside Particle Illusion.
Friday, June 24th, 2022
Anastasiy ships MagicTints 3.0
Neat one-click colour matching app for concept art and illustration work now supports targeted colour correction and batch processing.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Check out After Effects 3D plugin Helium 8.0
Check out the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Autodesk ships Maya 2023.1
3D animation software gets updates to Boolean modelling, vertex painting and HumanIK, plus new C++ SDK in Bifrost for Maya.
Thursday, June 16th, 2022