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Open-source photogrammetry tool adds support for source images captured using projected light, and now runs on non-Nvidia GPUs.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

Hotly tipped next-gen terrain design tool gets official release. The Community edition is free, and licensed for commercial work.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

Handy add-on creates patches or scatter objects from hi-res models; rebuilds point cloud scan data.

Friday, January 18th, 2019

Popular image-based modelling tool PhotoScan gets a free update speeding up 3D mesh generation - and changing the product name.

Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

Big update to image-based modelling tool improves speed and accuracy of mesh generation, adds new camera calibration manger.

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

Big update to matchmoving app adds new GPU-based engine, LSF solver, better 360-degree tracking.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018

Get powerful particle and fluid simulation tools for Softimage, Maya, Modo and C4D for free.

Sunday, December 24th, 2017

Now shipping. See videos of the new LoD system, motion graphics tools and media core; and the Radeon ProRender render engine.

Friday, September 1st, 2017

Amazing new VR toolset lets artists stream complex VFX assets into game engines via point clouds.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Image-based modelling software gets new system for generating crisper, more detailed meshes. Now with new filtering options.

Tuesday, July 4th, 2017

MeshLab 2016 ships

Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing.

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

Updated: Free iOS and Android app displays multi-million-poly assets in real time. Now includes new MatCap material.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

New version of heavy-duty particle meshing tool boosts speed up to 2x, improves V-Ray compatibility.

Monday, October 3rd, 2016