Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.81
The leading open-source 3D package gets another big update. Check out the key features here.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
Pixar
Download Toolchefs' open-source Maya animation tools
Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.
Monday, September 9th, 2019
Pixar ships RenderMan 22.6
Production renderer gets new Mari integration plugin, hdPrman plugin to render USD files, PxrCurvature for creating edge wear effects.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel
Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Pixar releases Opensubdiv 3.4
Open-source subdivision library used in many DCC tools now supports same feature set for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Apple unveils 'modular, flexible' new 2019 Mac Pro
Expansible new replacement for the old trash can design to ship this fall. Check out the key specs here.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
Pixar ships RenderMan 22.5
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten".
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2018
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by CG Channel's Facebook followers.
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.
Monday, September 10th, 2018
Allegorithmic ships Substance Painter 2018.2
3D painting tool adds subsurface scattering, viewport gizmos for fill layers, Alembic and glTF import.
Friday, August 3rd, 2018
Nuke and Houdini developers win technical Oscars
Four Scientific and Technology Awards in total, including an Oscar statuette for SideFX's Mark Elendt.
Friday, January 5th, 2018
Animal Logic open-sources its AL_USDMaya plugin
Studio's in-house USD authoring plugin for Maya, used on Peter Rabbit, now available open-source.
Friday, August 4th, 2017
Pixar ships RenderMan 21.5
Renderer gets innovative new physically based model for subsurface scattering, better hair rendering and render denoising.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017