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MacroFusion updated with some improvements

MacroFusion updated with some improvements

Back in November we introduced you to MacroFusion, a new photography application for merging exposure brackets and focus stacks. Since then Dariusz Duma released several new versions, the latest one — yesterday.

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ODS Studio updated to benefit from Blender 2.6x advantages

ODS Studio updated to benefit from Blender 2.6x advantages

ODS Engineering team released a new version of ODS Studio, formerly known as BlendME — a set of Blender add-ons for architects.  

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Blender 2.62 released

Blender 2.62 released

Blender Foundation has just released Blender v2.62, another major milestone in the new development cycle that features improvements in multiple critical areas.

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More realistic fog effect available in Mandelbulber

More realistic fog effect available in Mandelbulber

Krzysztof Marczak continues his work on bringing even more fun to Mandelbulber, a free app for rendering 3D fractals. The newly released v1.11 features a more realistic fog effect.

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CGRU gets support for Blender Cycles and Cinema 4D

CGRU gets support for Blender Cycles and Cinema 4D

Timur Hairulin keeps improving CGRU in pursuit of a making a perfect render farm management tool. Latest version got support for Cinema 4D, but there's a backlog of changes over last few months to mention.

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Ghostscript 9.05 makes headway with color managed workflow

Ghostscript 9.05 makes headway with color managed workflow

Artifex has just made the world a better place by releasing a new version of Ghostscript, an excellent PostScript and PDF interpreter. The newly released v9.05 continues the work on ICC-based color rendering workflow first introduced in v9.00.

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Synfig Studio gets clamped interpolation method

Synfig Studio gets clamped interpolation method

Carlos Lopez et al. released a new version of Synfig Studio, a great free 2D vector animation package. The release deals with imperfections of available interpolation methods, UI and Bezier curves editing.

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Support for Corel DRAW files in free software gets another chance

Support for Corel DRAW files in free software gets another chance

LibreOffice project started working on a new C++ library to take care of your legacy Corel DRAW files. Calligra Suite team is following closely.

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Basic GPU-side rendering and processing in GIMP available

Basic GPU-side rendering and processing in GIMP available

Back in November we reported that Victor Oliveira got a contract with AMD to implement a basic working GPU-side processing in GIMP based on GEGL. Today Victor has some results to share.

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SVG Cleaner becomes faster, removes MS Visio elements

SVG Cleaner becomes faster, removes MS Visio elements

Folks from SVG Cleaner project, announced earlier this month, released an important update that fixes bugs, adds new features and introduces an installer for Windows.

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