Sneak peek: Blender 2.8's new Grease Pencil features
Open-source 2D animation toolset gets its own dedicated workspace, new work modes and fill options.
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017
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Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R8
Updated: Long-awaited update to the sculpting tool adds real-time Booleans, vector displacement meshes, eight new deformers.
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
UE4, Unity add support for Apple's new AR and VR tech
Find out how to get Unity and Unreal Engine running with iOS 11's ARKit and High Sierra's macOS VR.
Wednesday, June 7th, 2017
Sneak peek: Affinity Photo 1.6
Now available in public beta: pro-grade $50 image-editing tool gets toggleable 'light UI' for layout work; freehand stroke stabilisation.
Wednesday, May 31st, 2017
Autodesk and Microsoft unveil Azure Batch Rendering
New cloud-based rendering service will let users submit jobs directly inside 3ds Max and Maya. Sign up for the preview.
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Foundry releases Katana 2.6
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
Alexey Vanzhula releases Flux HDA for Houdini
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
Foundry unveils Elara
New cloud-based service will provide a complete VFX pipeline in a web browser, including software, storage, rendering and analytics.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Foundry releases Nuke 11 product family in beta
Speed and open standards focused update adds support for VFX Reference Platform 2017, extends GPU acceleration.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Sneak peek: Mari 3.3
Corrected: Changes include option to re-edit paint already committed to a model. Radically decluttered new GUI due in a future release.
Monday, April 24th, 2017
HP unveils first VR-ready mobile graphics workstation
New ZBook 17 G4 also joined by new versions of the ZBook 15 and ZBook Studio, and a new Ultrabook, the 14u.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 2
Updated: fluid-simulation-based paint tool gets neat new masking options, new custom brush engine.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Adobe releases After Effects CC 2017.2
Update adds template system for motion graphics, Premiere Pro's Lumetri Scopes, new GPU effects.
Thursday, April 20th, 2017