Cebas announces release date for thinkingParticles 6
3ds Max multiphysics plugin due to ship in September. Update adds soft-body dynamics and fluids.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
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Dynamixyz Performer Suite adds multi-camera tracking
Facial mocap toolset gets support for hybrid markerless and marker-based capture, new pay-as-you-go pricing.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Side Effects releases Houdini Indie
Updated: new edition gives anyone making under $100K the full feature set of Houdini FX for $199/year.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Arnold 4.2 and new Houdini and C4D plugins due soon
Performance gains of up to 50% for the core renderer; plugins due out at Siggraph and by the end of this year.
Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
Video: Fabric Software's Splice for 3ds Max
See 600 rigged characters running in the Max viewport in real time with the upcoming Fabric Engine plugin.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
Side Effects unveils Houdini Engine for 3ds Max, Unreal
Unreal Engine plugin being developed in house; 3ds Max version by former Digital Domain TD Hideki Suzuki.
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Adobe rolls out update to After Effects CC
Updated: New Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor to rescue bad greenscreen; better mask workflow.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.0
Update to GPU-based renderer adds displacement, per-object motion blur; speeds up hair renders 20 times.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Autodesk launches Maya LT on Steam
Updated: rental price cut to $30 per month. Annual rental cut from $400 to $240 in Autodesk's own store.
Monday, June 9th, 2014
Pixar to make RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Unrestricted free version due this summer. Price of commercial version cut to just $495, effective now.
Friday, May 30th, 2014
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
Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Pro Hands
Motion-capture hand and finger movements in real-time with an $80 Leap Motion sensor.
Friday, May 16th, 2014