Apple unveils the M1 Ultra

'Most powerful chip ever built for a personal computer' has a higher GPU compute performance than some Nvidia Ampere RTX cards.

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Apple unveils new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors

See how the first Apple Silicon processors targeted at graphics pros perform in apps like Cinema 4D and Redshift.

Friday, October 22nd, 2021

Which CG applications support Apple's new M1 chips?

Discover which 3D, image-editing and rendering apps will support the first Apple Silicon processors when they ship next week.

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Free Houdini add-on GGro creates crazily beautiful organic forms

Generate growth animations for forms from corals to crystals with motion designer Gio Gargiulo's neat Houdini toolset, now free in beta.

Friday, January 30th, 2026

This $25 PDF lists PBR color values for 600 real-world materials

Games artist Grzegorz Baran's meticulously researched PBR Color Reference list is an vital source for look dev and shading artists.

Monday, January 26th, 2026

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.1

Big update to the GPU renderer adds meshlet streaming for dense geometry, and support for 3DGS data, MaterialX and OpenPBR.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.4

Check out the changes in the latest update to the GPU production renderer, including support for macOS Tahoe in Octane X.

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Apple unveils its new M5 chip

Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

JangaFX releases IlluGen 1.0

Interesting new tool for creating VFX for games generates both 2D and 3D assets for FX like magic and energy from a single node graph.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

JangaFX releases GeoGen 0.5

Latest beta build makes the real-time terrain- and planet-generation tool available for macOS, as well as Windows and Linux.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

KeyShot adds KeyShot Studio AI to KeyShot Studio 2025.2

New generative AI features in the renderer and visualization app run on your local machine, but may create copyright-infringing results.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Check out streamlined free 3D modeling tool SDF Modeler

Promising new SDF modeling tool provides a quick, intuitive way to explore shapes for concept designs and hard surface assets.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Sparseal adds SDF modeling to Uniform 1.4

Big update to the iPad app for creating 3D models for games and concept art adds SDF modeling system and 3D printing features.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025