Arseniy Korablev releases Polybrush 1.5
Intriguing low-cost 3D sketching and design app adds new option to create forms from chains of 'bones'.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
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Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4
CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Microsoft buys Simplygon
Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Gnomon releases Creating Props for Games Vol. 1
Discover production techniques for modeling and baking normal maps with Riot Games' Nick Reynolds.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2017
See how Naughty Dog created Uncharted 4's environments
Discover how the hit PS4 title was created at Gnomon's LA campus this Thursday. Watch online for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 2017
Biggest update to the camera tracker in five years extends the photogrammetry tools, integrates PFDepth for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Natron 2.2 ships
Sizeable update to the open source compositor adds 16 new plugins, including keying, retiming, blur, denoise and colour correction.
Monday, January 16th, 2017
Adobe chooses V-Ray as core renderer for Project Felix
V-Ray chosen as render engine for new visualisation tool aimed at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017
Sketchfab's models of the month: December 2016
See the best models uploaded to the site this month, including this real-time tribute to Carrie Fisher.
Friday, January 6th, 2017
fnord releases ProEXR free
Fully open-source set of plugins lets Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere read and write layered EXR files on Windows and OS X.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017
Ultimate Unwrap 3D 3.50.22 ships
Inexpensive UV unwrapping software for artists and game modders gets new Heal UVs tool.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017