Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.1
Material authoring tool once known as Substance Alchemist gets new Color Picker, support for SVG files.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
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Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25
3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Check out neat free 2D animation package VPaint
Open-source tool creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms. Help Kickstart its successor apps.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Adobe ships Photoshop 22.5
Image editing and digital painting app gets new options for image warping and sky replacement. Experimental beta builds due soon.
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
Inkscape 1.1 ships
Major update to the open-source vector design tool adds nifty new options for editing paths, and a lot of quality-of-life improvements.
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1
Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
See the 2021 Blender roadmap
Check out the major features coming up in the open-source 3D software in this year's Blender 2.93 and Blender 3.0 releases.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Photoshop now runs natively on Apple Silicon
Still some feature limitations, but the March 2021 release now runs '1.5x faster' on Macs with M1 chips.
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
e-on software ships Vue and PlantFactory 2021.1
Digital nature tools get USD export, support for native Arnold materials, revamped Cinema 4D integrations.
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Krita Foundation ships Krita 4.4
Open-source painting software gets scriptable fill layers, support for dynamic colour gradients, and improved MyPaint colour picker.
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Check out cool new motion design tool Cavalry 1.0
Now shipping: new procedural animation app blends 'the power of 3D with the ease of use of 2D'.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
Download Cinema 4D painting add-on 4D Paint for free
Get Plugins 4D dev Kent Barber's handy real-time projection painting add-on free for Cinema 4D R20+.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Foundry ships Colorway 4.0
Check out the new features in Foundry's unusual hybrid 2D/3D app for creating and visualising variations for product designs.
Friday, May 22nd, 2020