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Filter Forge 3.0 is out

Procedural texture-generation tool Filter Forge 3.0 has finally shipped after a lengthy period in beta. For those who are not yet familiar with Filter Forge, it's a versatile 2D procedural texturing tool that works both as a standalone app and as a Photoshop plugin and lets you generate resolution-independent seamless textures with bump, diffuse and normal maps with resolutions up to 65000x65000 pixels. This new version brings support for multiple source images, revamped user interface, improved preview interactivity, new amazing filters, and much more.

Luxion Releases KeyShot® 3

Luxion has unveiled KeyShot 3, the latest update to its intuitive photorealistic renderer. KeyShot 3 delivers an all new, patent-pending animation system making product and camera animations easier than ever before. In addition, KeyShot 3 delivers significant improvements to user interface and workflow with improved asset management and part interaction. KeyShot’s import pipeline has been significantly expanded to now support Parasolid®-based file formats such as NX, Solid Edge and SolidWorks on both PC and Mac and also includes over 400 new materials and over 40 new lighting environments. KeyShot 3 includes improved user interface and workflow.

ARM Reveals 8-Core GPU For Superphones

ARM revealed a new GPU built for high performance devices like superphones, tablets and smart-TVs, called the ARM Mali-T658. This latest edition to the Midgard architecture-based GPU family promises to deliver up to ten times the graphics performance of the Mali-400 MP GPU which is found in a wide range of today's mainstream consumer products. It also promises four times the GPU Compute performance of the Mali-T604 GPU. According to ARM, the GPU supports a wide range of graphics and compute APIs including Microsoft DirectX 11, Khronos OpenGL ES, OpenVG, Khronos OpenCL, Google Renderscript and Microsoft DirectCompute.

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3D-Coat 3.7 is released

Pilgway has released 3D Coat version 3.7. This major release adds handy new tools and features, while also fixing some bugs. 3D-Coat v3.7 has been released with lot of new features like AppLink Connection Plug-ins, Instancing Support, New CutOff Tool, New Brush Engine and more. The AppLink Connection plug-ins mean you can transfer your content between 3D Coat and your 3D modeller in no time. The plug-ins support 3ds Max, LightWave, Maya, modo, Cinema 4D, Blender, ZBrush, Unity 3D, Softimage, Houdini, Messiah, Cheetah 3D, Fusion, and VoidWorld.

Wacom`s Inkling tutorials

Some month ago we bring an article, where we introduce how is possible to transfer your sketch to your computer. This is allowed by Wacom's most recent device: the Inkling. he Inkling is a pen that is equipped with a transmitter that captures movements made on paper and transmits them to its own storage device where these movements are processed into corresponding digital images. This device is ideal for all traditional artists who have not yet warmed up to the idea of working with touch tablets.