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Cinema 4D fluid simulation plugin gets Macro daemon to mimic the look of high-speed photography.

Monday, April 29th, 2019

It's limited to the 3D viewport, not final output, but it can result in a render speed boost of 'up to 100x'.

Monday, April 29th, 2019

New architectural visualisation platform converts 2D AutoCAD and Revit floorplans into complete 3D environments for final rendering.

Saturday, April 27th, 2019

Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Big update to the texture painting app adds neat dynamic strokes system, viewport displacement.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

Latest beta of the next-gen material creation tool adds option to create collections of material variations.

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Real-time visualisation platform gets hardware-accelerated ray tracing, option to import simple 3ds Max animations.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Unity 2019.1 ships

Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Now shipping: compositing software gets AI-driven depth and normal map generators, support for Cryptomatte and OFX plugins.

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Video: see footage created with the firm's cool-looking new 3D volumetrics tool for After Effects.

Friday, April 12th, 2019

Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat anatomy transfer function ports rigs from one character to another.

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Real-time rendering toolkit gets new Python callbacks to help with writing live link plugins, better stability when baking textures.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019