Reallusion Unlocks Limitless Creation: iClone Personal Debuts Alongside AI Studio Official Launch
iClone Personal replaces the trial with free access, AI Studio goes public, and 500 AI Points sweeten the 3D-to-AI rabbit hole.
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Canva ships Affinity 3.2
Affinity 3.2 tweaks pixels, vectors, and RAW, then walks your .af files straight into Resolve with live updates. Title cards just got less annoying.
Phoenix moves to end of support
Chaos Phoenix is now end of support. No new standalone subs, existing subs can renew, and bundles still include it in the same state.
Adobe settles US case over cancel terms
A $150M US settlement targets hidden fees and hard exits. Expect clearer terms, trial nudges, and simpler cancellation flows.
ProductionCrate Plug-in Suite with docked footage database
ProductionCrate bundles a huge asset library in its Suite, so you can grab a glow, a glitch, or an explosion fast, then pay for it yearly.
Reallusion expands licences for iClone and Character Creator
Reallusion now offers subscription or perpetual licences for key tools and repositions AccuPOSE INFINITY as a standalone purchase.
Marvelous Designer adds indie pricing, quietly
Marvelous Designer introduces a discounted indie licence with defined revenue limits and feature parity.
Boris FX Suite Expands with Three Audio DAWs
Boris FX expands its Suite with three full DAWs (Sequoia, Samplitude, and Music Studio) adding professional audio production, mastering, and music creation tools to its postproduction ecosystem.
Affinity: free all-in-one design suite
Canva folds Affinity into one free-forever app, marking a major shift for design tools and putting the old perpetual-licence model on hold.
Topaz drops perpetual licences, bets on subscriptions with Studio launch
erpetual licences die 3 October. Topaz goes subscription-only with Studio bundle, 100+ AI models, and higher recurring prices.
VEGAS Pro 23 Boosts Engine, Streamlines Colour-Grading, Modernises Interface
TL;DR: VEGAS Pro 23 adds ARM-native support, GPU Core Engine, refreshed UI and flexible licensing. Now with both perpetual and subscription pricing.
Flow Studio prices drop, tiers multiply, features shift
Autodesk adds Free and Standard Flow Studio tiers, drops Lite to $10 with reduced tools, lowers Pro price to $95, and adjusts export limits.
Maya 2026: Is Golaem the Lone Star in a Sparse Update?
Autodesk's Maya 2026 introduces Golaem integration, but offers minimal other enhancements, leaving users questioning the value amid rising subscription costs.
Baselight Goes Mac: FilmLight Introduces Baselight S and M
Baselight S and Baselight M bring FilmLight’s high-end grading tools to macOS with subscription-based access for freelancers and facilities.
Unity drops Runtime Fee, increases subscription prices
Unity announced a reversal of its contentious runtime fee policy, instead opting for price hikes across its subscription models.
New payment model introduced for the Nuke product family!
Perpetual licences will continue to be offered until the end of the year. New customers use annual subscriptions.
New pricing for OctaneRenderer!
Software developer Otoy is scrapping its previous licensing model and replacing it with: Studio Plus subscriptions, including numerous assets and software solutions.
Autodesk Introduces Flex Pay-as-You-Go Licensing
Autodesk Flex introduced token-based, 24-hour product access as an alternative for teams that use some Autodesk applications only occasionally.
Maxon Moves Redshift to Subscription-Only Licensing
Maxon announced that Redshift perpetual licences would end on 31 August 2021 as the GPU renderer moved to subscriptions.
Autodesk Renames Shotgun as ShotGrid
Autodesk rebranded production-management platform Shotgun as ShotGrid, moved it to Autodesk licensing and introduced monthly, annual and three-year subscriptions.
Greyscalegorilla Launches Cloud Subscription Greyscale Plus
Greyscale Plus brought Greyscalegorilla plug-ins, materials, textures, HDRIs and training into a cloud subscription for Cinema 4D rendering workflows.
Autodesk Expands Previous-Version Access to Five Releases
Autodesk expanded previous-version rights for subscribers and maintenance customers to include up to five earlier releases.
Autodesk Explains Perpetual Licence Trade-In
Autodesk outlined the benefits of moving from legacy perpetual licences to its subscription model.
SketchUp Ends Classic Licence Sales
Trimble ended new SketchUp Classic perpetual-licence sales in November 2020 while existing licences continued to work.
New Cinema 4D: Release S22
Cinema 4D S22 is Maxon’s first subscription-only version and offers new UV tools and improved modelling, viewport and licensing features.
Unity | Price Increase from 2020
From the beginning of 2020, prices for Unity subscriptions will increase—affecting the Plus and Pro licenses for the game engine.
Autodesk: Lifetime Subscription
New pricing model from Autodesk: after extensive negative feedback from users, the company responds with a new lifetime subscription.
START NOW. 3D Tools for Creative Heroes
It has never been so easy and affordable to enter the Autodesk 3D world. Until April 21, 2017, you receive a 15% discount when purchasing selected AUTODESK subscriptions.
Flame Now Also Available by Subscription!
Autodesk Flame? Cool, but expensive, and you also buy the hardware with it .... NO WAY. As Autodesk announced yesterday, Flame and its components (Lustre, Flare and Assist) will in future be available to rent monthly, “software only” and also on the Mac.
End of Perpetual Licences
The date is now drawing closer: At the end of January 2016, Autodesk will no longer offer perpetual licences and will switch completely to subscriptions.
iStockphoto Introduces a More Flexible Payment Model
Subscription plans are now available alongside standard pay-as-you-go payment
New Premiere Encryption: Criminal Hackers Face a Black Screen
Premiere is pursuing a two-pronged strategy in the fight against criminal hackers. From the second quarter of 2008, alongside a new version of Nagravision, NDS Videoguard will be introduced as encryption technology for broadcasting Premiere subscription programmes via satellite.
An Audiobook Subscription for Regular Listening: audible.de Presents a Flexible Audiobook Subscription
audible.de, the leading provider of audiobook downloads, today launched the Flexi monthly subscription, a flexible audiobook subscription. With the option to cancel monthly, the audiobook subscription is worthwhile for literature enthusiasts who do not get around to reading all the books that interest them.
Disney wants to earn one billion dollars online in 2008
US media and entertainment company Walt Disney wants to generate one billion dollars in Internet revenue in the current financial year.
Kabel Digital subscription TV packages reach three quarters of a million customers
Marketing success for Kabel Deutschland pay-TV offerings only 38 months after the start of marketing. Kabel Deutschland continues to optimize quality – from November four new music channels on Kabel Digital Home. "The successful concept of Kabel Digital has revitalized the entire TV industry," says Managing Director Dr Manuel Cubero.
Spin.de rises into the top 3 social networks in Germany
The social network spin.de (spin.de) has now also officially risen into the top 3 German communities. According to the latest IVW evaluation, page impressions in September more than doubled compared with the previous month. This puts spin.de in third place in the social networks segment after StudiVZ and Lokalisten. With 309 million reported page impressions, the platform is among the top 15 of all German web offerings.
Premiere Launches Satellite Programming Package “Premiere Sky”
Planned market entry on September 1
ProSiebenSat.1 and United Internet Launch Video-on-Demand Portal “maxdome”
Comes via DSL to the PC and by set-top box to the TV set / Presentation at CeBIT 2006
Football World Cup: Premiere and T-Mobile Plan Video Streaming via UMTS
Dedicated format to be updated several times a day and distributed to mobile phones / Pilot version on display at CeBIT 2006
Plazamedia Produces Bundesliga for Arena
The three-year agreement covers outside broadcasts, studio production, contribution and playout.
SES Astra Expands Digital TV Services
The satellite operator builds an open infrastructure for free TV, pay TV and interactive services.
Premiere HD Launches Today
Field test successfully completed / Larger quantities of receivers are now set to become available in Germany and Austria
Premiere Loses Bundesliga Rights
German Football League Sells Rights for 2006/2007 Season to Cable Network Operator Arena
Cable Operators Sign Premiere HD Carriage Agreement
HDTV service for more than three million cable households / Contract worth more than €40 million
Mobile TV: Study Sees Consumers Ready for Mobile-Phone Television
Goldmedia Finds Willingness to Pay, Forecasts 450 Million Euros in Revenue in Germany in 2010
Premiere Delays HD Launch
Broadcaster cites unavailable HDTV receivers / New launch date is 3 December
Premiere Reports over 3.4 Million Subscribers
Pay-TV Broadcaster at a New Record High - Reaches More than Ten Million Television Viewers for the First Time