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Unity Technologies has announced that the recently acquired Bolt visual scripting asset is now available free of charge in all Unity plans. (more...)

Adobe has announced the release of Substance Painter 2020.2 adding the long-awaited ability to paint across UV Tiles (including UDIMS). Read a detailed article about the new workflow on the Substance blog and see a full list of all the new features in the online changelog. 

Foundry has announced the release of Modo 14.1. New features include ongoing modeling improvements such as Polygon Bevel Auto Weld, Ghost and XRay view, USD import, several mPath and Denoising upgrades plus much more. Find out more on the Foundry website. 

We're getting reports from readers that Autodesk has sent out emails announcing 3ds Max Indie will be available "worldwide" from August 7, 2020.  (more...)

Boris FX has announced Optics, a new plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom that promises "visual effects for photographers". (more...)

During its 3D & Motion Design Show presentations, Maxon demonstrated some significant changes coming soon to Cinema 4D including Project Neutron which aims to implement a node-based core architecture. (more...)

Foundry has announced Nuke Indie, a new version that's aimed at freelancers and small studios that turn over less than $100,000 per year. (more...)

Joker Martini has released a new tool for 3ds Max that allows the user to apply vertex colors based on a variety of conditions. It is possible to set vertex colors by Object, Element or vertex based on several properties such as distance, their position, the order in which they were selected, their names, or randomly.  (more...)

Epic Games has announced The Unreal Fellowship, a 30-day "intensive blended learning experience" that's aimed at cementing Unreal Engine as part of the future of virtual production. (more...)

Amazon has announced a new beta version of Lumberyard, its game engine based on Cryengine which it licensed from Crytek in 2015. (more...)