The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2020

Master modelling, animation, effects and rendering in Maya with this comprehensive tutorial series.

Saturday, November 14th, 2020

Which CG applications support Apple's new M1 chips?

Discover which 3D, image-editing and rendering apps will support the first Apple Silicon processors when they ship next week.

Friday, November 13th, 2020

Sneak peek: the Deform Stack in Otoy's Sculptron

Free GPU-based sculpting tool's new modifier stack will deform high-res meshes in near-real time.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020

SideFX ships Houdini 18.5

Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R23

Major update to Cinema 4D adds new character animation tools, better UV editing, and integrates the $399 Magic Bullet Looks suite.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.90

Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya

Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.

Friday, August 7th, 2020

Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.25

Sizeable update to the free AAA game engine introduces new UI, plus white box testing and node-based landscape authoring tools.

Monday, July 20th, 2020

Otoy ships Sculptron Alpha 2

Latest free build of Otoy's new tool for sculpting animation caches speeds up playback 'about 10x' and adds a readymade toon material.

Friday, July 17th, 2020

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.83 LTS

The open-source 3D software's first ever Long Term Support release comes packed with new features. Check them out here.

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

NewTek ships LightWave 2020

3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.

Friday, April 24th, 2020

Luxion ships KeyShot 9.2

Update adds support for sharing GPU memory via NVLink in the new GPU render engine, plus optimised new Transparent Medium material.

Monday, April 6th, 2020