FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
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Get BUF's Bview sequence playback software for free
Download the VES Award-winning VFX studio's in-house image viewing, shot review and editing tool.
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5
Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.
Thursday, May 14th, 2015
Allegorithmic ships free Substance plugin for C4D
Import procedural materials in Substance format into any edition of the software except Cinema 4D Lite.
Thursday, May 7th, 2015
Nuke Non-Commercial is now free to download
All the toolsets of Nuke Studio, but limited to HD output. Check out what you can and can't do with it here.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
The Captury releases Captury Studio 1.0
Intriguing new markerless mocap system promises to capture any actor, anywhere - including animals.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Build a full-body inertial mocap suit for under $400
Back Perception Neuron on Kickstarter, and get an assemble-it-yourself 20-sensor kit for $375.
Friday, August 29th, 2014
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 4.2
Updated: sizeable new update to engine to add new IK solver and camera animation system.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
[0x1] ships IrayForMaya
New plugin integrates iray renderer natively inside Maya; supports Maya's UVs and shader networks.
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014
Cebas announces moskitoRender for 3ds Max
New GPU-based renderer will "transform", not replace, the long-awaited finalRender 4 GPU.
Monday, March 31st, 2014
3rd Powers ships five new LightWave plugins
Cage Deformer, Lattice Deformer, Meta Mesh, Boolean Tool and Heat Shrink Plus manipulate complex geometry in real time.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
Thinkbox Software ships XMesh MY
New Maya version of the 3ds Max plugin for caching animated geometry speeds up work in mixed pipelines.
Monday, December 9th, 2013