5 tools updates you may have missed in November 2021

See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021

Adobe ships Substance 3D Stager 1.1

Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

See Nvidia's new Omniverse plugins, apps and pricing

See the latest features in the real-time collaboration platform, and prices for Omniverse Enterprise.

Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

Master the art of grooming CG hair in XGen

Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Sunday, August 22nd, 2021

Nvidia unveils new Substance 3D plugin for Omniverse

Just one of a new round of updates to Nvidia's collaboration platform to be announced at Siggraph 2021.

Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Discover how to create killer 3D creature concepts

Find out how to model and texture this Viper Dragon in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Saturday, July 31st, 2021

Master character look dev in Maya and Arnold

Discover how to light and shade a photorealistic human character with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Sunday, July 25th, 2021

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.2 for Blender and Maya

Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.0

Intuitive new 'virtual photography' app features physics-aware layout tools, Vulkan-based GPU rendering.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

Master procedural shading in Houdini and Arnold

Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021

Check out Introduction to Creature Design

New Gnomon Workshop tutorials set out key workflows for sketching and colouring creature concepts.

Monday, May 3rd, 2021

The Blender Foundation unveils Cycles X

Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs.

Friday, April 23rd, 2021