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Get started with Houdini with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's step-by-step guide to core workflows.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

Now shipping. See videos of the new tracking, keying and VR tools in the popular effects plugin suites.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Fernando Caire assesses how Dell's would-be Cintiq killer stacks up against Wacom's hardware.

Monday, October 16th, 2017

See five of Marvel Studios' leading concept artists reveal their work at Gnomon's free event this Saturday.

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

Autodesk's set of handy free scripts and plugins now works in Maya 2018, but no new tools this time.

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

Now shipping: update adds 'direct roundtrip' workflow with 3ds Max and Maya; new lightmapping and particles options.

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

Download Maxon's new free 3D rendering plugin for Illustrator, plus six product and packaging models.

Thursday, October 12th, 2017

Popular UV unwrapping tool gets two new market-specific editions for design and entertainment work.

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

Texture-painting tool gets export to Adobe's Project Felix, glTF 2.0 support, new Auto-Backup plugin.

Friday, September 29th, 2017

First version of the renderer compatible with Maya 2018, and with Nvidia's upcoming Volta GPUs.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

Download detailed modular parts designed for concepting Gothic cathedrals. OBJ, FBX, Maya format.

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Now officially released. Free game engine gets support for Substance Designer materials, new Vulkan renderer, and terrain blending.

Thursday, September 21st, 2017

Long-awaited physically accurate hybrid CPU/GPU renderer ships after six years in development.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017