Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5.5
Update to texture-creation tool adds ability to author materials in Nvidia's MDL language, new Linux edition.
Friday, August 26th, 2016
Event Coverage
AMD announces massive 1TB RadeonPro SSG GPU
Rule-breaking new card comes with slots for NAND flash memory to power through GPU rendering work.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
AMD unveils Radeon Pro WX 7100, 5100 and 4100 GPUs
AMD rebrands its workstation cards from the old FirePro W-series; boosts GPU compute power and graphics RAM.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
Nvidia announces Quadro P6000 and P5000 pro GPUs
New cards boost maximum GPU compute power of Nvidia's high-end line-up to a whopping 12 Tflops.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Thinkbox Software unveils Vero
Unique new cloud-based platform for budgeting VFX projects is based on system used on films like Avatar.
Monday, August 1st, 2016
Joe Alter previews Shave and a Haircut 10
Big update to Maya hair plugin to add full GPU support, powerful grooming and sculpting options.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4
New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion on Linux
Fusion 8.2 makes the compositor available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. Free and $995 editions available.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Massive Software ships Massive for Max
New 3ds Max edition of the Academy Award-winning crowd simulator is V-Ray ready; includes free $3,000 'Ambient Agent'.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max
Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2017
Videos: Games-focused edition of Maya gets animation Time Editor, UI and workflow enhancements.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya 2017
Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.
Monday, July 25th, 2016