Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.0.2
Shot layout and rendering app gets Firefly AI-based Generative Background system and improved real-time rendering.
Friday, May 24th, 2024
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RealityCapture is now free to indie artists and studios
Popular photogrammetry software is now free to users with revenue under $1 million/year. Check out the other changes in RealityCapture 1.4.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Twinmotion is now free to indie artists and studios
Real-time visualization tool is free for commercial use to anyone earning under $1 million/year. See what else is new in Twinmotion 2023.2.4.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
Trimble releases SketchUp 2024.0
Archtectural design and hard surface modeling software gets new higher-performance graphics engine with support for ambient occlusion.
Saturday, April 13th, 2024
KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2024.1 for Blender
Popular plugin for creating 3D head models from source photos of an actor gets streamlined new one-click texturing workflow.
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
Lumion releases Lumion 2024.0
Check out the new features in the real-time visualization tool, including better, faster ray traced rendering, with support for temporal denoising.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
New pricing for Unreal Engine, Twinmotion and RealityCapture
Epic Games has announced new subscription-based pricing for its key software products. See who the changes affect, and when they start.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Unity updates AI game tools service Unity Muse
Set of AI tools for games artists and developers gets new generative AI model for its text-to-PBR-material system. Find more details here.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro
Paid standalone edition of the 3D particle generator supersedes the old free edition, but can be run indefinitely in trial mode.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2
Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.7 for Maya and 5.8 for 3ds Max
Sizeable updates to the shattering and dynamics plugin add new Fast Stacking & Deactivation solver, new fracturing and simulation controls.
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.3
Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new Texture Generators to add procedural noise to materials. Perpetual licenses discontinued.
Friday, January 26th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.2
3D animation and motion graphics tool gets new options for rigid body and Pyro simulations, new Key Reducer for mocap data.
Tuesday, December 12th, 2023