Maxon ships Cinema 4D R21.1
Update adds support for Redshift materials within the node-based material system, and restores the option to view help files offline.
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
Free Resources
Otoy unveils Sculptron
Check out this new GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches or converting them to volumes, available as a free public alpha.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2020.1 in public preview
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019
Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models: several available as free downloads, like this detailed mech.
Monday, December 2nd, 2019
The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets.
Friday, November 29th, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 18
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Get free VFX image viewer and playback tool DJV 2
Ex-Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's shot review tool is engineered for serious VFX and animation work.
Sunday, November 24th, 2019
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.81
The leading open-source 3D package gets another big update. Check out the key features here.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
AMD ships Radeon ProRender 2.8 for Maya
Free GPU renderer gets new 'full spectrum rendering' mode for hybrid rasterised/ray traced viewport previews.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2020
Updated: Sapphire 2020 ships. Release adds OpenColorIO support, new lens whacking effect.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.4
Landscape-generation software's new path tracing render mode is now officially production-ready.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Reallusion ships iClone 7.7 and Character Creator 3.2
Real-time 3D character tools get new Digital Human Shader for more realistic skin, eyes and hair.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
Abvent ships Artlantis 2020
Architectural renderer gets new image denoiser, light portal system, more types of 3D grass, and RAL colour presets to mimic real paints.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019