Nvidia fully open-sources MDL

Open-source version of Material Definition Language to include the MDL Distiller and GLSL backend for real-time and viewport rendering.

Friday, August 12th, 2022

Quixel supports the MDL material format in Megascans

Popular library of real-world scan data adopts the cross-application material format supported in V-Ray and Unreal Studio.

Tuesday, April 30th, 2019

Nvidia open-sources MDL

SDK of the Material Definition Language supported in V-Ray, Substance Designer and Adobe tools now available as source code.

Friday, August 17th, 2018

Black Friday, Cyber Week and New Year deals for CG artists

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Convert 3D files for free in your browser with Convert 3D

Convert 3D assets from over 50 common file formats, including Blender scene files. Runs securely offline using WebAssembly.

Monday, September 11th, 2023

Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps

Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.

Monday, August 7th, 2023

Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.3 in beta

Major update to Omniverse's scene layout app adds new physics features and support for MaterialX.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022

Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.3

See what's new in Adobe's layout and rendering software, like this preset material showcase scene.

Saturday, October 8th, 2022

10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.27

See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.

Monday, August 23rd, 2021

Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX

Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.

Friday, July 16th, 2021

Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.0

Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.2

3D texture painting app gets better auto UV unwrapping, support for the new Adobe Standard Material.

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 11.2

Major update gives Adobe's material authoring tool a complete new procedural modelling toolkit.

Thursday, June 24th, 2021