Blender 3.2 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
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Discover how to animate a creature walk cycle in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles.
Saturday, August 7th, 2021
See the 2021 Blender roadmap
Check out the major features coming up in the open-source 3D software in this year's Blender 2.93 and Blender 3.0 releases.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Kinematic Lab releases PhysX Painter 2.0 for 3ds Max
Amazing plugin for painting objects into scenes under gravity also now lets you Attract or Explode them.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.91
Open-source 3D app gets another major update. Read our five-minute run-down of all the key changes.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.90
Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
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
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Maya Update 1
Renderer gets V-Ray GPU updates, Cryptomatte support for VRayProxy, and new memory tracking system.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
SiNi Software unveils Ami
New 3ds Max asset manager will let users create and share visual libraries of 3D models, with support for key proxy formats and LODs.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Neat free tool Origami creates low-poly geometry inside Nuke
Handy add-on creates patches or scatter objects from hi-res models; rebuilds point cloud scan data.
Friday, January 18th, 2019
SiNi Software ships version 1.11 of its 3ds Max plugins
Utility toolkit IgNite gets updates to Sculpt, Scribe and Illumi; other plugins now support V-Ray Next.
Monday, August 6th, 2018
VDB Splicer lets you use Booleans with volumetrics
Interesting new LightWave plugin offers unusual ways to edit and resmesh simulation and scan data.
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
SiNi Software ships IgNite, ProxSi, SiClone for 3ds Max
New plugins provide powerful workflow, proxy and array functionality for 3ds Max users.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016