MagicPictures Software ships Aq Mesher and Aq Bullet
VFX house MagicPictures Studio's OpenVDB-based meshing and Bullet physics tools now available as 3ds Max plugins.
Monday, August 5th, 2019
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Autodesk unveils Arnold 5.4
Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Autodesk unveils Maya 2019.2 and Bifrost for Maya
Big update introduces new visual programming system for physics simulations, with new fire, smoke and snow solvers.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Reallusion releases iClone Unreal Live Link
Plugin transfers iClone characters, lights and cameras to UE4 for real-time rendering, but it isn't cheap.
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Adobe releases Substance Painter 2019.2
Texture painting software gets support for RTX-accelerated texture baking on Nvidia GPUs.
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Golaem ships Golaem 7.0
Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Adobe releases Substance in Maya 2.0
'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.
Friday, July 19th, 2019
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2
VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Insydium ships X-Particles 2019 public release
Now shipping: Cinema 4D physics plugin gets new shattering and particle-based dynamics systems.
Monday, July 8th, 2019
Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States
Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.8
3ds Max particle and multiphysics system gets over 30 new nodes for working with volume data in OpenVDB format.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Happy Digital releases Autohedge for 3ds Max
Neat plugin generates hedges and bushes matching 18 real-world plant species to fill any 3D mesh.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
Digital Expressions Sweden releases Tropism 1.0 for Modo
Neat procedural add-on lets users generate ultra-customisable trees and plants via native Modo tools.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019