e-on software ships Vue R3 and PlantFactory R3
Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.
Monday, August 19th, 2019
terrain generation
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
Quixel releases Mixer 2019.2
Free-in-beta material-authoring tool gets new Scatter modifier, updated Pattern modifer, layer blending modes and undo/redo system.
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Master volumetric effects in Houdini
Discover how to create clouds, smoke and fog with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed masterclass.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
Esri ships CityEngine 2019.0
Procedural city generation software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, improved integration with Houdini and Unreal Studio.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Master Houdini Terrain Techniques
Discover how to use Houdini's powerful terrain-generation tools with Gnomon's detailed tutorial.
Friday, March 29th, 2019
World Machine 3025 'Alpine Lakes' ships
Terrain-generation tool can now automatically create rivers and lakes according to rainfall and surface flow.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
Wysilab introduces perpetual licences for Instant Terra
Promising landscape-generation tool now costs $149 for 8K terrain export, or $199 for unlimited res.
Monday, March 18th, 2019
Quixel releases Mixer 2019
Big update adds parametric authoring and image-to-PBR-material conversion to the scan blending tool, now in free beta.
Friday, March 15th, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 17.5
Major update to Houdini adds ground-breaking Procedural Dependency Graph, distributed fluid sims, updated Vellum solver.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
QuadSpinner ships Gaea
Hotly tipped next-gen terrain design tool gets official release. The Community edition is free, and licensed for commercial work.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
e-on software shakes up Vue and PlantFactory
Newly updated digital nature tools available as rental-only product bundles, not individual purchases.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018