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Big annual releases of Substance Designer and Painter replaced with continuous updates, but you can still own outright.

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Pose characters by drawing limb positions and lines of action directly onto the viewport with Moka Studio's intriguing new tool.

Friday, May 5th, 2017

Look dev and lighting tool gets new API to lay groundwork for native viewer based on Pixar's Hydra real-time rendering architecture.

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017

3D texture painting software gets free new Resources Updater plugin, plus new scripting options.

Saturday, April 29th, 2017

Promising new UV unfolding plugin gives 'low-distortion, overlap-free' results even on complex models.

Thursday, April 27th, 2017

3D clothing design tool gets new features to fine-tune cloth sims, including option to glue imported meshes to the fabric.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Updated: Create complex real-time Booleans with this neat new tool. Also works in Maya and Cinema 4D via Houdini Engine.

Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

New cloud-based service will provide a complete VFX pipeline in a web browser, including software, storage, rendering and analytics.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

Speed and open standards focused update adds support for VFX Reference Platform 2017, extends GPU acceleration.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2017

Platform for developing CG tools gets revamped Tab Search, 'Kludge' API for incorporating external C++ libraries.

Monday, April 24th, 2017

New modelling options and support for OpenSubdiv 3.0, but the main news this time round is the new rental and maintenance plans.

Monday, April 24th, 2017

New 31-inch Z31x features built-in colorimeter and KVM switch; new 24-inch Z24x G2 will cost $559.

Monday, April 24th, 2017