iToo Software ships Forest Pack 6.3 for 3ds Max
Scattering plugin adds option to edit distribution and colour of objects during interactive renders.
Friday, February 1st, 2019
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Intel releases open-source denoiser Open Image Denoise
New render denoising system is CPU-based, AI-driven, hardware-agnostic. See it in action here.
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Download Maxviz's Interactive Tools for 3ds Max for free
Starbreeze Studios artist Maxi Vazquez's neat free 3ds Max scripts speed up common modelling tasks.
Monday, January 28th, 2019
Check out new open-source VFX render manager OpenCue
Heavyweight tool is based on Sony Pictures Imageworks' in-house tech and backed by Google Cloud.
Friday, January 25th, 2019
RayFire Studios releases RayFire 1.83 for 3ds Max
3ds Max demolition plugin's neat new interactive workflow removes the need to pre-shatter meshes.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Cool new app FlowScape lets you paint landscapes in 3D
It's really a game rather than a proper art tool, but it looks a hell of a lot of fun to play around with.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
LuxCoreRender 2.1 ships
Open-source physically based renderer gets new denoiser, plus option to pause and resume renders via the Blender plugin.
Monday, January 21st, 2019
Neat free tool Origami creates low-poly geometry inside Nuke
Handy add-on creates patches or scatter objects from hi-res models; rebuilds point cloud scan data.
Friday, January 18th, 2019
IDV ships SpeedTree Engine for Clarisse iFX
New version of the tree-creation tech lets users generate variant trees and animation inside Clarisse.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
SpeedTree Cinema 8.2 ships
Tree-creation software gets new toolset for blending meshes captured via photogrammetry into its procedurally generated trees.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Download the free beta of Jet Fluids for Cinema 4D
Try Plugins 4D dev Kent Barber's new C4D fluids add-on for free while it is in early development.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2019
Mocap editing app gets Clean Up Scene tool, updates to the Story Window and Camera Switcher.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2019 and Maya LT 2019
Both get improved Viewport 2.0 performance; Maya gets cached playback for animation previews.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019