Reallusion ships iClone 7.4 and launches iClone Open
New open Python API will let developers create custom tools for the real-time animation software.
Sunday, January 6th, 2019
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Poly Design releases PolySnow V2 for 3ds Max
Neat plugin adds a particle-based snow layer to 3D scenes, or lets users paint the snow in manually.
Sunday, January 6th, 2019
Realsoft ships Realsoft 3D 8
One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system.
Friday, December 28th, 2018
Download Harry Emilianov's free UE4 cloud shader
Free volumetric system generates good-looking animatable clouds in real time inside Unreal Engine.
Thursday, December 27th, 2018
Asolve launches Render Node Monitor 2.0
New cloud-based 3ds Max render management system is aimed at freelancers and smaller studios.
Monday, December 24th, 2018
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 3.6 SP7
Free update to the look dev and rendering system adds support for Disney's principled shader model.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
Soft8Soft releases Verge3D 2.9 for Blender and 3ds Max
3ds Max edition now shipping: tool for converting 3D scenes to WebGL apps gets HDR render pipeline.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
Z Tools for Houdini live links Houdini and ZBrush
Handy add-on transfers geometry and paint changes between the two apps without manual export.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Uppercut launches U-Render in early access
Hotly tipped real-time Cinema 4D PBR render engine gets first paid release. Version 1.0 due next year.
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Foundry ships Nuke 11.3, NukeX 11.3, Nuke Studio 11.3
Nuke gets new Live Groups options and eGPU support; new Smart Vector tools and faster particle simulation in NukeX.
Friday, December 14th, 2018
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.5 for Maya
Skin and muscle simulation plugin gets new solvers for faster, more controllable secondary dynamics.
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Unity 2018.3 ships
Update adds support for nested prefabs, new particle and terrain tools. Visual Effect Graph and GPU lightmapper out as tech previews.
Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.3
Update adds interactive rendering in the ActiveShade viewport, plus better OSL and Alembic support.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018