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Get essential career tips from lead artists at Insomniac Games at this free event at Gnomon next week. Watch free online.

Saturday, August 19th, 2017

Full C++ source code of the AAA game engine to be made available in a new public GitHub repository.

Friday, August 18th, 2017

Free educational licences now available. Price of commercial subscriptions halved when renting in blocks of five.

Friday, August 18th, 2017

Low-cost versions of the renderer for ZBrush users get new UI customisation, materials and environment options.

Thursday, August 17th, 2017

Former Rodeo FX artist's suite of personal tools simplifies the task of creating complex mechanical rigs.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

Neat plugin lets you use Maya's standard tools to control the form of the animated CG trees it creates.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2017

Master best practices for capturing real-time assets for games with this detailed, practical 96-page guide.

Sunday, August 13th, 2017

Plant-creation tool gets new pruning algorithms when manually painting plants; improved export.

Saturday, August 12th, 2017

Free quarterly update to the digital nature tools speeds up saving, extends the new Path Tracer render engine.

Saturday, August 12th, 2017

Master the use of ZBrush for concept art and look dev at the school's LA campus next week. Watch free online.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

Powerful 3D city-generation software used on Independence Day 2 gets new measurement and building customisation toolsets.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

See the best new work rendered in RenderMan: from blockbusters like Ghost in the Shell to indie shorts.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Native version of the physically based GPU renderer in beta this year. New open-source 'Baikal' edition out now.

Monday, August 7th, 2017