Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.14
Update reworks painting workflow in the digital sculpting software for virtual reality and desktop systems. Check out all of the changes here.
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
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LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2024
Big update to the 3D modeling and animation software adds new character rigging, weight painting and liquid simulation toolsets.
Monday, July 29th, 2024
Plastic Software releases Plasticity 2024.1
Significant update to the NURBS modeling tool overhauls surfacing workflow. xNURBS library now available free with Studio licenses.
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.5
Update overhauls the VR sculpting software's surfacing toolset, and adds initial support for PBR materials and image-based lighting.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.2
Major update to the popular lightweight NURBS modeller overhauls surfacing workflow. Check out the new features here.
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Otoy previews OctaneRender 2018.1's Vectron and Spectron
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.3
3ds Max physics plugin gets better liquid simulation and particle caching, plus support for Alembic.
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Mesh multiphysics systems in Blender with CubeSurfer
New work-in-progress add-on surfaces particle simulations ranging from water to wet snow.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
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
Cool tech videos: X-Particles 2 for Cinema 4D
Update to the particle plugin to add fluids, XPresso integration, full multi-threading. Check 'em all out here.
Friday, May 10th, 2013
FXGear unveils FluX: a new node-based fluid simulator
Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Learn 3D design from Blizzard's Vitaly Bulgarov
Master the art of high-precision sculpting and surfacing in Gnomon's new creature tutorial.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011