Blackmagic Design released several update application, incl. Blackmagic Cinema Camera Utility 1.3.1 for the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (general stability improvements when selecting DNxHD as the recording format); DaVinci Resolve 9.1.4 update (adds the ability to use display GPUs for image processing, debayer improvements for ARRI and Sony RAW, general performance and stability improvements, and more); and Videohub 5.0 software for the Blackmagic Design Videohub series of routers, with the added support for GPI and Tally Interface. All the updates are available for download from Blackmagic Design's Support page. [source]

Adobe released an updated version of Photoshop CS6, version 13.0.5 for Mac OS X and v13.1.2 for Windows perpetual license customers. It contains fixes for issues with type layers, Flash extension panel, actions, improved Windows 8 tablet support and more. Choose Help > Update inside the application to apply new updates. The new version for Creative Cloud customers, Photoshop CC, will be released on June 17th and will include any fixes that aren't already in version 13.1.2 along along with all the new features. [source]

Pixar Animation Studios announced a celebration of 25 years of RenderMan and its pioneering contributions to computer graphics, which revolutionized the feature film industry and continues to do so. Used in 19 of the last 21 Academy Award-winners for Visual Effects, RenderMan is the industry standard and has been honored with multiple awards for technological innovation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Originally based on the REYES rendering architecture and the RenderMan Shading Language (RSL), RenderMan has developed into a hybrid renderer possessing a iverse and flexible toolset. This year, Pixar's "Monsters University" and "The Blue Umbrella" are showcasing new levels of photorealism, including major advancements in lighting that are directly attributable to technological breakthroughs in RenderMan's system for creating physically-based global illumination. The upcoming release of RenderMan Pro Server 18.0 builds on this rich new feature set to deliver path tracing, accelerated re-rendering, and geometric area lights. [source]

The Blender Foundation released Blender 2.67b, which contains over 30 fixes since the 2.67a release. A complete list of changes can be read here. Downloads for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows systems are located at this page. [source]

A new version of Kuler, Adobe's web app designed to create and explore color themes, is available. See it at kuler.adobe.com. It has been rebuilt and optimized for the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Kuler has also gone mobile with the delivery of a new free iPhone app available, here. Kuler allows you to easily extract a theme from what the iPhone camera is seeing, without taking a photo. It's as simple as opening the app, pointing the camera at something and its colors are quickly captured for later use. [source]

New version of 3D-Coat, a popular 3D sculpting tool for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, contains many new features, including dynamic tessellation "Live Clay" sculpting tools, new user interface, the ability to paint in emissive and colored specular channels, up to 10x speed increase, painting over voxels/vertices, updated texture baking functions, new spline drawing mode, and more! For upgrade information, visit this page. Full license is $349 US, upgrades are $84 US. A demo version is free. [source]

Steinberg's Nuendo has been updated to version 6.0.4. This maintenance update adds over 20 improvements including a better overall visibility of the mixer controls, helpful new options for the loudness meter as well as several ADR improvements. The 6.0.4 update further resolves more than 45 user-reported issues. The update is now available for download from the Steinberg website. [source]

Avid introduced the new Avid S3L, which delivers the sound quality, performance, and features of Avid live systems in an all-new modular, networked design. The open and flexible system is comprised of a high-performance HDX-powered mix engine running VENUE software and AAX DSP plug-ins, scalable remote I/O, a compact EUCON-enabled control surface, and Pro Tools software for integrated live sound mixing and recording. Avid S3L will be available at Avid resellers worldwide in Q3. Avid S3L starts at $17,995 US. [source]

NVIDIA announced support for the Microsoft Xbox One game console with its popular NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA APEX software development kits (SDKs). Together, PhysX and APEX provide solutions for collision detection and simulation of rigid bodies, clothing, fluids, particle systems and more, across a wide range of platforms, including desktop PCs, game consoles, and mobile and handheld devices. [source]

Cakewalk announced the availability of Music Creator 6 Touch on Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC, Mac, and Linux games and digital entertainment. Music Creator 6 Touch makes it easy to create original music with no musical experience required. Music Creator has all the tools, loops, instruments, and FX needed to create, edit, and mix music, transforming any Windows 7 or 8 computer into a music studio. Musicians can share music with the world by burning a CD or using SoundCloud to post music on Facebook and Twitter. Music Creator 6 Touch was previously available as a download from Cakewalk's store, and now it makes its debut on Steam, for $49.99 US / 39.99 GBP / 49.99 EUR. [source]