Pixar ships RenderMan 20
Latest update adds Denoise option for raytraced renders, new Visualizer view for debugging complex scenes.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
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Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.0
Much-anticipated next-gen games texture-painting tool finally ships. Check out the key features here.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Ambiera releases CopperCube 5
3D authoring tool for WebGL, Flash and mobile games gets terrain generator, new physics options.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2014
Download Ideascale Nodepack for Mari
Get a handy collection of free Mari shaders and procedurals, compiled by Weta Digital's Jens Kafitz.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Abvent releases Artlantis 5
Architectural renderer gets new UI, material catalog and preview options, plus tools to build VR objects.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2013
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 3.5
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Artixels releases Escher 1.0 for Nuke
New collection of shaders and tools creates 3D effects faster through ingenious 2D-style workflows.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R14
Updated: Download the demo to try the dynamics tools, brush-based sculpting and AE interoperability.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Nadav Brill releases free shader manager for Maya
Use ShaderMonger to preview and back up custom shader libraries, then share them on its website.
Thursday, September 15th, 2011