PSOFT releases Pencil+ 4 for Maya
Try the new Maya edition of the Japanese cel shading plugin, as used on Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Monday, October 29th, 2018
toon shading
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.1
Big update to the renderer adds toon shader, adaptive sampling, two denoising systems, progressive rendering, native Alembic support.
Friday, April 6th, 2018
Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
Big update adds hybrid CPU/GPU rendering; V-Ray materials and lights work directly in Viewport 2.0.
Thursday, September 14th, 2017
Smith Micro ships Poser 11 and Poser Pro 11
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Luxology demos NPR Kit and XfrogPlants for modo
Updated: Cool non-photorealistic rendering add-on for modo now shipping at a special rate of $149.
Thursday, August 30th, 2012