Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 3.5
Sizeable update to the Maya fur and feathers plugin adds support for Alembic and OpenColorIO, plus new volumetric hair guide model.
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
V-Ray
See 10 great VFX breakdowns from the 2019 V-Ray showreel
See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.
Monday, August 12th, 2019
SideFX unveils Solaris
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Golaem ships Golaem 7.0
Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Adobe releases Substance in Maya 2.0
'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.
Friday, July 19th, 2019
Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.3
Rendering and compositing tool for graphic designers gets new widget for aligning objects automatically, option to publish scenes online.
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters
Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.
Monday, July 8th, 2019
Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States
Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Happy Digital releases Autohedge for 3ds Max
Neat plugin generates hedges and bushes matching 18 real-world plant species to fill any 3D mesh.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2019
Basefount ships Miarmy 7.0
Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved.
Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut
Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.
Thursday, June 6th, 2019
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2
Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019