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
retiming
Adobe ships After Effects and Premiere Pro 2015.1
Updated, now shipping: watch videos of the new features, including better UltraHD and gesture support.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Features planned for VPaint 1.5
See a list of new features planned for version 1.5 of the open-source app that creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
RE:Vision Effects ships new versions of RSMB, Twixtor
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
The Foundry ships Nuke 9, NukeX 9, Nuke Studio 9
New versions of the compositing tools now shipping. Price up slightly from Nuke 8, but down for NukeX.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 7 for free
No optical flow or stereo tools, and no network rendering, but still a pretty darn powerful 3D compositor.
Monday, November 10th, 2014
The Foundry details new features of Nuke 9, NukeX 9
New native flipbook panel replaces FrameCycler, plus big speed boosts, particularly to EXR workflow.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
The Foundry unveils Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio 9
All three get native Flipbook tool, more GPU acceleration; NukeX and Studio get revamped planar tracker.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Craft Animations releases Craft CameraFx
New MotionBuilder plugin lets users pilot realistic virtual camera moves with a mouse or Xbox controller.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
Insydium announces X-Particles 2.5 for Cinema 4D
Powerful particle plugin adds new Fragmenter object, particle painting, plus wet maps, spray and foam.
Friday, November 15th, 2013
PD Pro Howler 7.2 adds new retiming tools
Free update to digital paint package adds Motion Prediction filter and support for multi-monitor setups.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Next Limit releases RealFlow 2012
Leading fluid simulator gets new rigid-body dynamics tools, retiming, and $245 one-year learning edition.
Thursday, July 28th, 2011