Foundry releases Mari 6.0
3D texture painting software gets new USD Look export system, plus neat Roller Brush for repeating details like scales and stitches.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
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Autodesk open-sources Bifrost USD
Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.
Monday, December 12th, 2022
Reallusion ships AccuRig 1.1
Free tool automatically generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new time-saving symmetry options.
Friday, December 9th, 2022
Autodesk releases Maya 2023.3
3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Foundry releases Nuke 14.0
Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2022.52
Modelling, retopology and painting app gets multiresolution sculpting system, better volumetric painting.
Saturday, November 26th, 2022
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.1.4
New version of the renderer adds native Apple Silicon support and improves USD workflow. 3ds Max, C4D and Maya plugins updated.
Monday, November 21st, 2022
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2023.1
3D design and animation software gets new smoke and fire simulation system and native Redshift camera.
Thursday, November 10th, 2022
Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.3 in beta
Major update to Omniverse's scene layout app adds new physics features and support for MaterialX.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Autodesk releases USD for 3ds Max 0.3
Third beta of the plugin adds a USD Stage Object for referencing entire USD scenes inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Adobe officially releases Substance 3D Modeler
Much-anticipated VR sculpting tool provides a new way to rough out characters or hard-surface props.
Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 0.26
New free beta of the VR sculpting software adds stroke stabilisation and long-awaited stamp system.
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.1
Character creation tool gets neat new auto-rigging system, new LOD creation and subdivision options.
Thursday, September 29th, 2022