V-Ray and Arnold creators win Sci-Tech Academy Awards

Pioneers of facial motion capture and digital cinematography also win technology world 'Oscars'.

Friday, January 6th, 2017

The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016

Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course

Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Download CGTrader's 5 best free 3D models: Fall 2016

Get the best free models from the top online marketplace, from VR glasses to architectural interiors.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Unity Technologies reveals 2017 Unity product roadmap

See all the new features due in Unity 5.6 and beyond - including a free integration of OctaneRender.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

Download the assets from Unity's amazing Adam demo

Get free packs of characters, environments and lighting rigs from the photorealistic GDC demo short.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

GenArts ships Sapphire 10

Now shipping: Suite of plugins for compositing apps gets three new effects, new presets for Builder.

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Eye candy: Blender's 2016 Cycles demo reel

See the best new work created using the open-source 3D app, from cartoon shorts to photorealistic VFX.

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

Quixel launches Megascans

Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4

New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.

Saturday, July 30th, 2016

Review: Iray for 3ds Max

Jason Lewis benchmarks the new, more powerful plugin version of Nvidia's GPU-based renderer with a range of real-world graphics cards.

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Point Render recreates Dürer and Doré in Houdini

Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

PSOFT releases CharacterBox for Modo

Cool new character animation plugin rigs anything from bipeds to creepy crawlies in a few clicks.

Thursday, June 30th, 2016