The Blender Foundation has finally released Blender 2.61. Most notable in this release is the new render engine Cycles, the Camera Tracker, Ocean Simulation texture and Dynamic Paint. Key features you can see below such as download link. This realese also brings 180 bugs fixes. the Blender team are aiming for a regular two-month schedule with the 2.6x releases – a considerable increase in frequency over previous development cycles.
Maxon released new update for CINEMA 4D R13 and BodyPaint R13 updating them to version 13.051. According to Maxon this update contains many improvements and fixes, which improve overall stability and it is highly recommended for all users. The update package fix bugs in almost all functional areas of CINEMA 4D including Interface, Modeling, Character Animation, Renderer and more.The minimum requirements for installing this package is CINEMA 4D R13.016 or higher and the update is free for all registered users ready for download from the customer area.
iDevCam is an app that allows you to control the camera in 3ds Max thru wi-fi with your iPhone, iPod or iPad. With iDevCam you can move, rotate or drive cameras in your scene simply by moving and rotating your iDevice. This app will give you an handheld effect and control like seen in some of the latest feature films like Avatar and Rango but without the need for a multi-million dollar equipment. This version brings except bug fixes also playback controls and support for iOS 5.
A first Release Candidate for Blender 2.61 has just been released. Two weeks ago we informed you about releasing Beta testing. If everything goes according to plan, the final release should be next week. But for this time, let us sumarize, what you can expect from 2.61RC1. In this version have been many new features added and also 117 bugs have been fixed. New features in Blender 2.61 include integrated motion tracking for video footage, the new Cycles renderer, dynamic paint (turn objects into paintbrushes), Ocean Sim and export to Adobe After Effects and many more.
R&D group has started VRayScatter for Maya beta test. VRayScatter for Maya - is a new product which brings VRayScatter and MultiScatter functionality into Maya environment.
VRayScatter enables V-Ray to generate huge amount of objects in array. With VRayScatter you can create huge forest areas or cities with uncountable amounts of buildings in several clicks. Quick render time, generation of objects with optimized RAM management makes process of scene creation as easy as ABC. Integrated special procedural map VRayScatterTexture allow to define random colour for every objects in the array for pure realistic effect. VRayScatterTexture can be used any object in the scene also.