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Autodesk 123D Beta7 is here

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Autodesk 123D Beta7 is already released. This release brings many improvements and features. The most notable improvements are new onboarding and help system to help the user to faster adoption and learning of 123D, scale command improvements, unified triad and introduction of dominant plane or move and rotate of face and edge. As a key new feature is Laser Cutting Workflow. Autodesk in this release starts to support personal fabrication workflows more directly – in particular, the laser cutting workflow. It is still a ways to go and more will be coming in future updates. More detailed description of the new features you will find when you follow link at the end of the article.

Blender 2.60a released

Blender 2.60a releasedOnly few days after releasing the new Blender 2.60 the Blender Foundation is releasing a new version 2.60a. The new release is fixing some bugs occurred in the latest release. This bug fix release fix bugs reported by the Blender community like; 3D window: Armature-bones with wire draw type were not displaying in solid view mode - r41113, 3D window header: After collapsing the pull-down menus, no icon available to make them show again. - r41117, Dopesheet: Fixed crash when moving keys in editor - r41128 and more.

Escape Motions releases Flame Painter 1.5

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Escape Motions has just released an update to unique paint program that lets you create original artworks with flame brushes. Flame Painter 1.5 is now available for Windows and Mac from Escape Motions website. AppStore version is coming soon. This new release brings new features like layers, load and save brush presets, new fast flame renderer and many more. Full list of features you can see below.

„Flame Painter was created within 'I am an Artist' experimental project. The initial vision was to create an application for professional artists as well as for people without artistic skills who want to create something original. 

Blender 2.60 released

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The Blender Foundation and online developer community is proud to present Blender 2.60. Most notable in this release is 3D audio, UI translation, improved weight painting and a lot of animation system updates. Key features you can see below. This realese also brings 165 bugs fixes. For Blender 2.6x the UI, Python API and general design specifications will remain on 2.5 compatible level, although there are several 2.5 leftover projects to complete still.

 

 

Sony releases OpenCL accelerated Vegas Pro 11

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Sony Creative Software has released what it claims to be the first Windows-based OpenCL nonlinear editor. Vegas Pro 11 supports GPU-accelerated video processing and rendering through the OpenCL API. According to Sony’s benchmark figures, playback and rendering are now two to four times faster than in Vegas Pro 10 when running on a range of common GPUs. Other new features include NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ support for single-display 3D computers such as the VAIO® F Series 3D laptops and L Series 3D desktops, an enhanced video stabilizer tool, and new software tools for creating animated titles.

 

 

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