MAXON recently joined the community of companies which provide a free solution of their software for student with the award winning 3D solution CINEMA 4D. Together with the free Student Version of CINEMA 4D MAXON released a very affordable CINEMA 4D Student/Teacher version. This makes MAXON's revolutionary tools affordable for students, teachers, colleges and universities. The Student version offers the same features as the CINEMA 4D Studio except of network rendering and support of serialized plugins. You will get all the tools necessary to create advanced 3D graphics together with advanced character tools, hair and physics engine.

Autodesk released Product Update 7 for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design 2012. There are a considerable number of fixes in this update. The fixes relieves to animation (Constrained points were adversely affected by CATmode or The buttons on the Tangents toolbar in Track View now work correctly), Materials, Modeling, Performance, Rendering and much more. This update you can download from Autodesk website or when you will follow link below.

Clarisse iFX is a new breed of 2D/3D software that reinvents the traditional approach of creating final images. A hybrid of a 3D renderer, 2D compositor and animation package, Clarisse iFX is designed to enable artists to develop complex, detail-heavy production scenes while interacting continually with the final image.

Autodesk has released SketchBook Ink: a new iPad app in the SketchBook product family, aimed at creating virtual pen-and-ink drawings. Powered by a brand new engine, Autodesk SketchBook Ink introduces unique technology for artists to create stunning, high-resolution ink-style artwork. The SketchBook Ink addition to the SketchBook family increases the number of choices available to artists to express their creative visions in a digital environment.