Some new releases making headlines

The Grove 3

The tree-creation plug-in for Blender features some good updates, including more realistic tree branch growth and smoother blending of each branch with its parent. And in more Blender news…

Blender 2.77

Out now, the latest version of the open source software adds improvements to the Cycles renderer and animation tools, including the Graph Editor, Dope Sheet and Armatures. Info and download options here: www.blender.org/ features/2-77

visual Designer 3D

There’s a free trial available for this new real-time renderer that supports both CPU and GPU rendering, find out more here: www.vd-3d.com