Quixel supports the MDL material format in Megascans
Popular library of real-world scan data adopts the cross-application material format supported in V-Ray and Unreal Studio.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
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Next Limit ships RealFlow | Cinema 4D 3.0
Cinema 4D fluid simulation plugin gets Macro daemon to mimic the look of high-speed photography.
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Isotropix adds GPU ray tracing in Clarisse iFX 4.0 SP2
It's limited to the 3D viewport, not final output, but it can result in a render speed boost of 'up to 100x'.
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Next Limit launches RoomBox
New architectural visualisation platform converts 2D AutoCAD and Revit floorplans into complete 3D environments for final rendering.
Saturday, April 27th, 2019
Discover how to create a CG superhero animation for VFX
Supergirl animation supervisor Elaina Scott's Gnomon tutorial takes you from previs to final shot.
Friday, April 26th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray Next for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Allegorithmic ships Substance Painter 2019.1
Big update to the texture painting app adds neat dynamic strokes system, viewport displacement.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
Allegorithmic releases Substance Alchemist 0.6
Latest beta of the next-gen material creation tool adds option to create collections of material variations.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Discover how to make an indie short with over 200 VFX shots
Director Chris Staehler reveals how he created award-winning sci-fi film The Beacon at Gnomon next week. Watch free online.
Friday, April 19th, 2019
Master the art of Sculpting the Planes of the Head
Discover key anatomy principles and sculpting techniques in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Thursday, April 18th, 2019
Epic Games releases Unreal Studio 4.22
Real-time visualisation platform gets hardware-accelerated ray tracing, option to import simple 3ds Max animations.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Unity 2019.1 ships
Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019