Autodesk releases USD for 3ds Max 0.3
Third beta of the plugin adds a USD Stage Object for referencing entire USD scenes inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
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Autodesk launches Maya Creative
Use Maya's core tools for $3/day with this new cut-down edition for freelancers and smaller studios.
Thursday, September 15th, 2022
Blender 3.3 LTS ships
See our pick of the 5 key new features in the open-source 3D software, from new hair grooming tools to better planar tracking.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2023
3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2023
Master modelling, animation, lighting and rendering in Maya with this three-part series of tutorials.
Saturday, September 3rd, 2022
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 5 R9
Check out the new features in this major update to the bonus tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting app.
Friday, September 2nd, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.2
Scene layout and rendering app gets new Project materials panel, real-time environment shadows.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Unreal Update 1
Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.
Monday, January 31st, 2022
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2022.1
Real-time visualisation tool gets new GPU path tracer, HDRI skydomes, support for point clouds.
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
Best Black Friday and winter 2021 discounts for CG artists
Updated with Christmas and New Year deals: save money on CG software, hardware and assets.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Isotropix releases Angie in early access
Clarisse's much-anticipated hybrid CPU/GPU renderer available via early access builds of Clarisse 5.5.
Thursday, December 9th, 2021
Adobe ships Substance 3D Stager 1.1
Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.
Wednesday, November 24th, 2021