Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 2018.2
Material authoring tool gets neat new 'Shape Splatter' system, plus initial release of new Python API.
Friday, July 20th, 2018
UI
Corel ships Painter 2019
Digital painting app gets dark UI theme; new Stamps brush type aimed at concept art. Other brushes now 'up to 75%' faster.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
Mechanical Color's Dara tools for Modo go open-source
Popular set of Modo modelling, shading and rendering plugins now available free under an MIT licence.
Friday, June 8th, 2018
Bforartists team releases Bforartists 1.0
Code fork intended to make Blender's interface more intuitive to use hits its first official release.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
GIMP team ships GIMP 2.10
Landmark stable build of the open source image editor supports 32-bit linear workflow, adds new warping and foreground selection tools.
Sunday, April 29th, 2018
Soft8Soft releases Verge3D 2.3 for 3ds Max
Framework for converting Max scenes into browser-based apps adds support for V-Ray materials.
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2018.1
Texture painting tool gets new, decluttered UI, better 4K painting performance, option to drag and drop materials.
Friday, March 16th, 2018
Richard Rosenman releases Ultraflares 1.2 for Photoshop
Powerful tool for designing lens flares and light leaks gets first big update since its release in 2015.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018
Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
NewTek ships LightWave 2018
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.
Monday, January 1st, 2018
Foundry ships Mari 4.0
Workflow-focused update gives the texture-painting app a decluttered new UI and better interoperability with other key VFX pipeline tools.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender 2.8
Updated: Read the full design document for the new workflow and 2D animation features, and Eevee, the real-time render engine.
Monday, October 9th, 2017
Pilgway releases 3D-Coat 4.8
Now shipping: Update extends the sculpting and painting app's Smart Materials and retopo systems, adds support for RenderMan rendering.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017