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Abvent releases Twinmotion 2018 v2
Real-time visualisation tool gets support for VR controllers, new quality-boosting Overdraw mode.
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Chaos Group releases Beta 1 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Major overhaul of the renderer out in beta. Check out the light cache analysis-based 'smart features'.
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Autodesk discontinues Stingray
Sales of the game engine to stop on 7 January 2018, but the last release will still be bundled with Maya LT 'for now'.
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Otoy releases OctaneRender for Unity
Powerful GPU-based renderer now available for viewport and offline renders in Unity. Free on one GPU.
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Unity Technologies releases Unity 2017.3
New particle shading options, plus updates to the Cinemachine, 360° video and lightmap baking toolsets.
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Mercenaries Engineering releases Guerilla 2.0
Production renderer and look dev suite gets support for interactive ray tracing, Light Path Expressions.
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Isotropix shakes up pricing for Clarisse
Floating licences of the 2D/3D renderer down $299. Command line edition CRender discontinued.
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The GIMP Team releases GIMP 2.9.8
Open-source image editing tool gets support for on-canvas gradient editing, improved PSD import.
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Eric Mootz makes all Mootzoid plugins free downloads
Get powerful particle and fluid simulation tools for Softimage, Maya, Modo and C4D for free.
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See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.
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Happy Christmas to all CG Channel readers!
Updates may be less frequent than usual next week, but normal service resumes on 2 January.
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Sign up for free masterclases on Unreal Engine for VFX
Discover best practices for pipeline development and rendering in UE4 at Gnomon on 20 January 2018. Watch free online.
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Download SideFX’s free Physics Painter tool for Houdini
Neat free tool lets you scatter objects across a terrain and have them settle naturally under the influence of gravity.
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NewTek to ship LightWave 2018 on 1 January
Updated with new images: First update in three years to add PBR renderer and volumetric engine.
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Autodesk ships Maya 2018.2
It's a smallish update, but it adds new render options for Bifröst fluid simulations and extends the FBX export process for animations.
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Get three free scanned 3D characters from Human Alloy
Download free human figures, one rigged for animation. FBX and 3ds Max formats; for commercial use.
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Sketchfab’s models of the month: December 2017
See the best real-time 3D models created last month, from mythical beasts to post-apocalyptic vehicles.
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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'.
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Motiva unveils Unknit for Unreal Engine and 3ds Max
Watch a demo of this promising UV unwrapping tool from the devs behind UE4's Datasmith toolset.
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Nuke and Houdini developers win technical Oscars
Four Scientific and Technology Awards in total, including an Oscar statuette for SideFX's Mark Elendt.
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