mental ray 3.10 adds Ptex support, 'major' iray update
Autodesk posts full feature list for renderer: no word yet on which will be exposed in Max, Maya, Softimage.
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
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The Foundry releases Nuke and NukeX 6.3v7
Compositing apps gain support for importing layered PSD files and the new OpenColorIO open standard.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
The Foundry releases Mari 1.4v3
Update to the paint app adds texture replication options, navigation presets to mimic Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
PD Pro Howler 7.2 adds new retiming tools
Free update to digital paint package adds Motion Prediction filter and support for multi-monitor setups.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Luxology ships modo 601
'Most significant update ever' adds over 50 major new features, including character animation tools.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Pixologic releases free ZBrush 4R3 update
Updated: now shipping, adding lots of cool new tools including the NoiseMaker plugin.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
SpeedTree product line adds support for Cinema 4D
New 6.1.1 release of the vegetation-generation tool also improves FBX export to Maya, overall speed.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Evermotion adds instancing to NOX render engine
Latest update to the free unbiased renderer for 3ds Max and Blender rewrites entire geometry engine.
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Creative Dimension releases 3DSOM Pro 3.5
Update to image-based modelling app adds WebGL export and option to generate transparency maps.
Thursday, February 16th, 2012
Unity Technologies ships Unity 3.5
Over 400 new features, updates and bugfixes, including Flash export and new 'Shuriken' particle system.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2012
Chaos Group releases update to V-Ray for Maya 2.0
Free upgrade adds dedicated new hair material, improvements to GPU-based interactive preview renderer.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
PD Pro 7.1 Howler to get new rotoscoping toolset
Upcoming free update to paint package to add camera stabilisation and matte creation tools.
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2b
Developer releases free ZBrush update and announces upcoming QRemesher retopology add-on.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012