Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.13
Free game engine gets experimental support for Nvidia's PhysX real-time physics system, more integrated cloud functionality.
Monday, March 26th, 2018
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Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.6 for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets hybrid CPU/GPU rendering, V-Ray Fur and support for Cryptomatte.
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
Unity Technologies reveals Unity 2018 product roadmap
See the new graphics features due in Unity 2018.1 to 2018.3, from new materials and animation options to the GPU lightmapper.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018
Allegorithmic unveils Project Alchemist
See the teaser for the next-gen AI and capture-based material authoring tool, due later this year.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Otoy reveals its roadmap for OctaneRender 2018 and 2019
Next-but-one releases to add light linking, trace sets, new RNDR framework with support for iOS and integrated graphics.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.19
Update adds live link plugins for Maya and MotionBuilder, material layers, physical units for lights.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Autodesk ships Mudbox 2018.2
First major update to the digital sculpting tool in years adds neat new dynamic tessellation system, plus support for HiDPI displays.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Get Introduction to the UV Toolkit in Autodesk Maya 2018
Master key UV workflows with Gnomon's detailed training video, using assets from artists at The Mill and Guerrilla Games.
Friday, March 9th, 2018
Epic Games launches Unreal Studio in free open beta
New real-time visualisation product gets 3ds Max scenes or CAD data into Unreal Engine for rendering.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
Foundry ships Modo Indie 11
Long-awaited update adds the Unreal Engine live bridge and tools from the Modo 11 Series itself, glTF 2.0 support. Free to current users.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
10 tips for negotiating a better salary as a CG artist
Get the salary you deserve with Doom and Call of Duty concept artist Eliott Lilly's 10 career tips.
Monday, March 5th, 2018
Download over 200 free photo-scanned leaf textures
Get Wojciech Piwowarczyk's free environment texture packs, each at 4,096 x 4,096px. Commercial use.
Sunday, March 4th, 2018
QuadSpinner releases Gaea in early access
Hotly tipped terrain generation tool mixes powerful procedural features with artist-friendly direct sculpting.
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018