Foundry ships Modo 14.1
3D modelling and rendering app gets significant improvements to CPU ray tracing and denoising, and to the Advanced Viewport display.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
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Maxon unveils Project: Neutron
Check out the new node-based architecture coming to Cinema 4D in the next release, along with support for USD and Python 3.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Foundry ships Nuke 12.2, NukeX 12.2, Nuke Studio 12.2
Compositing and editorial tools get USD import, licence roaming, new synchronous shot review system.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Foundry releases Mari 4.6v4
See the new local space transform mode and updates to baking workflow in the 3D texturing tool. Now available on macOS again.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
See Blender's Cycles renderer running in the Houdini viewport
Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Foundry releases Katana 3.6
Check out the new snapping options in the lighting and look dev tool, and the new toon shading system in its 3Delight NSI renderer.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 3.4
See the new features in the Maya and Houdini crowd animation tool. Now free for low-budget projects.
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.2 and Maya LT 2020.2
Latest update to the 3D software improves workflow in the Outliner, and adds new Target Weld options.
Thursday, May 28th, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Golaem ships Golaem 7.3
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur.
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Mercenaries Engineering releases Guerilla 2.2
Production renderer and look dev suite gets OpenColorIO support, USD export, Open Image Denoise.
Friday, March 27th, 2020
Glassbox Technologies releases BeeHive
Interesting collaboration tool for virtual production and VR syncs scene editing sessions across Maya, UE4 and Unity.
Saturday, March 14th, 2020