Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action

Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.

Wednesday, March 21st, 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

Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D moves into free beta

Beta 1 release adds support for interactive rendering, the Corona Image Editor, and material layering.

Monday, February 5th, 2018

See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018

Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

NewTek ships LightWave 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018

Abvent releases Twinmotion 2018 v2

Real-time visualisation tool gets support for VR controllers, new quality-boosting Overdraw mode.

Friday, December 15th, 2017

Download over 200 free kitbash and layout models

Constantin Paschou's amazing TFMStyle asset pack ranges from machine parts to entire buildings. OBJ format.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

Download 11 free 3D scans from Megascans 2018

Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for SketchUp

Big update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds support for viewport rendering and hybrid CPU/GPU renders.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Act-3D releases Lumion 8.0

Real-time visualisation tool gets new Styles option for generating render variants, new Sky Light and soft shadows, support for 4K video.

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017

Download Eisko's free rigged model of a human head

Updated: Get this photorealistic female head based on scan data. Now rigged and ready to animate.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

Eye candy: Maxon's 2017 Cinema 4D demo reel

See amazing imagery created in Cinema 4D, from internal organs to Imaginary Forces' SXSW titles.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.7 for 3ds Max

Now shipping: renderer gets new dedicated camera, skin and hair shaders, 300 readymade materials.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017