Platige has created a trailer for Allods Team and Obsidian Entertainment's action MMORPG. Watch the video on Vimeo.

Allan McKay has interviewed Video Copilot's Andrew Kramer in the latest podcast episode. More on Allan McKay's website.

The studio headed by Yair Alony and Meny Hilsenrad has made available a video sharing their latest quality work, the first of three CG videos for Plasson Israel. Watch it on Vimeo.

New features in the anniversary edition of the open source framework for creating browser-based 3D visualizations, games and interactive presentations include: ability to add annotations to 3D objects, support for instancing, an application for demonstrating APIs and support for color animation in node materials. More on Blend4Web’s website.

E-on Software's landscape creation and animation application has received a significant update. New features include: easy exchange of data with ZBrush, support for Alembic and PTex, tighter integration with compositing pipelines, faster rendering, improved overall performance, new displacement mapping engine, additional control over clouds and 15 new cloud presets. VUE 2015 is being offered with a 40% discount until April 7th (maintenance bundles and upgrades are being sold at discount prices, too). More on E-on Software's website.

New features in E-on Software's plant modeling, animation and rendering system include: (more...)

The Blender Foundation has released the latest version of its open source 3D software. New features include:
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Paintstorm Studio is a new image drawing and painting software that offers a number of natural media features as well as unusual control over brushes and brush strokes. According to the features page it supports the PSD format (though it doesn't specify to which degree). The software is being offered at an introductory price of $19; a trial version is available. Watch a video and find out more on Paintstorm Studio's website.