Foundry ships Modo 13.1
It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format.
Friday, August 16th, 2019
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Screenspace creates pickers for Maya rigs that act as HUDs
Animal Logic software engineer Eddie Hoyle's neat free tool fixes rig controls to the Maya viewport.
Thursday, August 15th, 2019
SideFX announces v2.0 of Substance in Houdini
New integration plugin will let Houdini process Substance height maps as well as material data.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
QuadSpinner ships Gaea 1.0.24
Next-gen terrain design tool now integrates with Houdini. Edit Gaea terrain in Houdini or software compatible with Houdini Engine.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Shotgun Software launches Shotgun Create
Production tracking system gets artist-friendly desktop app with built-in comparative review tools.
Monday, August 12th, 2019
Adobe releases Substance Alchemist 0.8
Next-gen material-creation tool gets new features for organising materials, including file tagging and syncing to local disks.
Saturday, August 10th, 2019
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0.4 for Maya
Gaseous fluid simulator gets new multiview option for the GPU viewport, more controls for Turbulence Noise.
Friday, August 9th, 2019
Blackmagic Design ships DaVinci Resolve 16.1
Latest beta focuses on editing tools like the new 'Boring Detector', but there are grading and FX updates.
Friday, August 9th, 2019
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 16 Studio
Compositing app gets revamped UI and more GPU acceleration, but the free edition has been dropped.
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Blackmagic Design ships DaVinci Resolve 16.0
Grading and editing app gets AI-driven 'Neural Engine' to automate repetitive tasks, new effects tools.
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Anastasiy ships MagicTints 1.2
Updated: AI-trained Photoshop plugin for transferring the colour palette from one image to another now supports batch processing.
Monday, August 5th, 2019
MagicPictures Software ships Aq Mesher and Aq Bullet
VFX house MagicPictures Studio's OpenVDB-based meshing and Bullet physics tools now available as 3ds Max plugins.
Monday, August 5th, 2019
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.20
Game engine gets new PhysX Force Region component, plus the option to interrupt one character animation transition with another.
Friday, August 2nd, 2019