Substance tools to get Final Fantasy XV render tech
Updated: Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 middleware shipping in Substance Designer 4.3. See a cool demo video.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
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Marmoset releases Marmoset Toolbag 2
Updated: Real-time render toolkit for games gets complete scene editor, support for physically based shaders.
Saturday, December 7th, 2013
Abvent releases Artlantis 5
Architectural renderer gets new UI, material catalog and preview options, plus tools to build VR objects.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Video: Pixar's new GPU-based lighting workflow
Cool tech video shows OptiX-based system preview sets from Monsters University in near-real time.
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
EIAS3D releases EIAS 9.1
Free update to animation tool adds option to render larger production assets; faster, anti-aliased previews.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Our pick of Siggraph 2013's emerging technologies
New research on show ranges from weird Kinect tricks to using your bathwater as a touchscreen interface.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
Cool tech videos: X-Particles 2 for Cinema 4D
Update to the particle plugin to add fluids, XPresso integration, full multi-threading. Check 'em all out here.
Friday, May 10th, 2013
Smith Micro announces Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014
Upcoming releases of the figure tools to add Bullet physics, Pixar sub-Ds, interactive raytrace preview.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 3.5
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Sneak peek: new technology in Mudbox 2014
But unlike previous sneak peeks, the menu options are blurred out in the video. Post your guesses here.
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Sneak peek: Maya's new retopology tools
Watch the new resurfacing workflow, including a new Quad Draw tool like that in digitalRaster's NEX plugin.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5
Real-time mental ray viewer for Maya gets new render snapshot system, material and lighting overrides.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
Sneak peek: Softimage's new camera sequencer
Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips.
Thursday, February 28th, 2013