Wysilab ships Instant Terra 2.5
Terrain generator for games and real-time work gets new system for creating roads, deforming the land surface automatically to match.
Monday, March 14th, 2022
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Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 11.2
Major update gives Adobe's material authoring tool a complete new procedural modelling toolkit.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Superluminal ships Stardust 1.6 for After Effects
Versatile 3D particle system now supports volumetric rendering for effects like smoke, fire and dust.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Autodesk releases Maya LT 2017 Update 3
Cut-down version of Maya for game artists gets revamped UV Editor, new Bake Deformer tool, updates to Viewport 2.0.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 1.3
Games texturing tool to get new Smart Materials system, texture bakers, improved viewport display.
Friday, February 20th, 2015
Act-3D unveils Lumion 4.5
Real-time architectural rendering tool gets improved shadows; options to merge elements between scenes.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa MY 2.3
Maya particle renderer adds Magma toolkit from 3ds Max edition, better surfacing and shadowing options.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Arion 2.5 to add new Caustics and Shadows AOVs
Now shipping: update also boosts raytracing speed, maximum render size, adds link to HDR Light Studio.
Monday, September 30th, 2013
Autodesk announces new features of Softimage 2014
Watch demos of the new camera sequencer, ICE and Syflex options - and lots of videos about CrowdFX.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
The Foundry ships Mari 1.5
3D paint package gets real-time shadows, support for overlapping UVs, Photoshop .abr brush import.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012