Maxon acquires Forger 3D sculpting tool

Maxon gains a talented programmer as well as a fun, new creative product Maxon made me spit my coffee this morning. The company announced the acquisition of Forger, a digital 3D sculpting and texture painting application developed by Javier Edo Meseguer. Did not see that coming, at all. The Maxon people make a point to … Read more

Giant steps: Adobe Substance 2021.1 updates

Adobe’s 3D & Immersive team reveals product updates and plans for the future. Adobe’s Substance team is an integral part of Adobe’s 3D strategy, or more correctly, the Substance team is Adobe’s 3D & Immersive group. Sebastien Deguy, formerly the CEO of Allegorithmic, is an Adobe Vice President and leads the 3D & Immersive group. … Read more

Maxon rolls out Trapcode Suite 16 and Magic Bullet Suite 14

Maxon recently announced two major suite updates simultaneously: Red Giant Trapcode Suite 16 and Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 14. Trapcode Suite offers a new version of Trapcode Particular which includes new physics models, new behaviors, a new kind of emitter, and new presets. There are also some smaller updates for Trapcode Form and Trapcode Mir. Magic Bullet … Read more

Adobe, C3.ai, and Microsoft team up to advance CRM

Deal challenges Salesforce and incumbents with the ability to build a modern CRM with an industry focus. At Adobe Max and Adobe’s Summit earlier this year, CEO Shantanu Narayen reaffirmed the company’s close alliance with Microsoft to build its digital experience platform. After Adobe Max, the two giants announced the addition of a third power, … Read more

Experience Max magic in digital form in 2020

Adobe Max 2020 goes digital and free for everyone. Due to COVID-19 spread worldwide, Adobe has decided to organize its annual Adobe Max conference on a digital platform from October 19 to October 21, 2020. This annual in-person event is usually paid, but this year the event will be open to anyone for free. The … Read more

Autodesk rolls out 3ds Max 2021

It’s programmable, texturable, bakeable and offers scripted materials. You might have missed this in all the news: Autodesk has released 3ds Max 2021. The latest release heavily focuses on rendering and textures and thanks to the improvements in performance and the viewport, users will get an even clearer view of what they’re doing. With this … Read more