Alexey Vanzhula releases DM 1.5 for Houdini
Hard surface toolkit's new classic polygon modelling environment makes workflow in Houdini more like other DCC apps.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
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Intel unveils HdOSPRay and OpenVKL
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Next Limit ships RealFlow 10.5
Standalone edition of the fluid simulation software gets a new Macro daemon to mimic the look of high-speed liquid photography.
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 4
Unique digital painting software gets more particle systems, new brush editor, symmetry painting.
Saturday, June 1st, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2019.1 and Maya LT 2019.1
Maya 2019.1 adds new options to use light expressions and overrides with render layers. Mainly bugfixes in Maya LT 2019.1.
Thursday, May 30th, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2019.1
Free update to the digital sculpting software adds new split screen mode, option to import up to 64 cameras at a time, plugin updates.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2019
Sneak peek: Corona's neat new 'one click' caustics system
Renderer's fast, intuitive new system aims to make caustics a 'mainstream effect' in production.
Friday, May 17th, 2019
Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.14 for 3ds Max and Maya
Fluid simulation tools get improved simulation previews, reduced flicker when rendering FLIP sims.
Friday, May 17th, 2019
Download Erik Lehmann's free EL Tool Pack for Maya
Get the DNEG TD's free pack of four Maya utility tools for modelling, UV work and renaming objects.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019
New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR
Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
Epic Games buys Twinmotion
Intuitive real-time architectural visualisation tool now free to download until 2020 - including use in commercial work.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 1
Renderer gets V-Ray GPU updates, Cryptomatte support for VRayProxy, and new memory tracking system.
Monday, May 13th, 2019