Kiri Engine 3.14 adds AI-enhanced Lidar scanning

Mobile 3D scanning app uses new machine learning techniques to refine raw environment scans captured on iPhone and iPad Pros.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Tutorial: Creating Production-Ready Hero Assets Using Mari

Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

Sunday, March 9th, 2025

Tik Manager 4 is a lightweight, robust open-source pipeline tool

Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.

Monday, January 6th, 2025

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

RandomControl releases Maverick Indie and Maverick Studio 2024

Check out the new features in the GPU renderers, including initial USD support and a complete new animation system.

Monday, December 23rd, 2024

Foundry releases Mari 7.1

Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.

Monday, December 9th, 2024

Inkscape 1.4 is out

Open-source vector design tool gets improvements to workflow with filters, fonts and color palettes, and support for Affinity Designer files.

Tuesday, October 15th, 2024

Shapelab 2024 lets you sculpt on desktop as well as in VR

Updated: the new desktop mode in Leopoly's promising digital sculpting app now supports stylus as well as mouse and keyboard.

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2024.1.1

Real-time visualization software gets new wind animation controls for plants and fabric. Check out the other new features here.

Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

Group test: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series and Super Series GPUs

Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Tools to watch in Fall 2024: MetaTailor

Eye-catching app makes it easy to dress 3D characters, auto-fitting 'any 3D wearable' to any bipedal avatar. See what's due in the 2.0 update.

Monday, August 26th, 2024

Shapelab 2024 is now free to students worldwide

Studying at a school or college? Grab a free perpetual license of the desktop and VR sculpting software, normally priced at $69.99.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Chaos releases Corona 12 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max and Cinema 4D renderer, including 'VFB 2.0' and initial integration with Chaos Vantage.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024