The Foundry releases Modo 10.1
Now shipping: Latest Modo 10 Series update adds cool procedural modelling system. Plays nicely with MeshFusion, too.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2016
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AMD releases FireRender for 3ds Max
Updated: free OpenCL-based GPU-accelerated path tracing renderer now available in beta.
Tuesday, June 14th, 2016
Go Ghost unveils first 'sub pixel sample compositor'
Evotis will take compositing way beyond deep images, claims intriguing new tool's developer.
Monday, June 13th, 2016
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5
Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Isotropix previews Clarisse iFX 3.0
Next-gen 2D/3D look development tool to get new PBR render engine, plus better handling of hair and fur.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
AlphaVFX teases BulletFX 4, ships Volumetric Cutting
3ds Max multiphysics plugin to get new solvers for organic tissue, also available in a new extension to the Bullet physics library.
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
The Foundry ships Mari 3.1
Texturing tool gets neat new system to smooth freehand paint strokes, better interoperability with Maya.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Use Deadline for free this month
Thinkbox Software offers free hours of the renderfarm manager in May to trial Deadline 8's new on-demand licensing system.
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
The Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio 10
Now shipping: Update adds multi-GPU support, better roto paint, new Smart Vector toolset in NukeX.
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
Crytek unveils Film Engine
Firm unveils new real-time VR and film production system based on its former Cinebox previz technology.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016
Houdini Indie to get support for third-party renderers
Arnold, RenderMan and Octane coming with Houdini 15.5 next month; V-Ray and Redshift to follow.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Blackmagic releases public beta of DaVinci Resolve 12.5
Big update to colour correction and editing app adds new HDR grading tools and GPU-accelerated effects.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
Adobe unveils After Effects CC 2015.3
Performance-focused update will include GPU-accelerated Gaussian Blur and Lumetri Color correction.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016