Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max

Big update adds new Adaptive Lights system, resumable renders, greatly extends GPU rendering.

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017.1

Update adds support for Blended Box mapping, versatile new Data Channel modifier. Arnold plugin and Asset Library also updated.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017

Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Mankua Software releases PixaFlux in free open beta

New node-based image editor lets users design normal maps and preview the result in a PBR viewport.

Monday, February 15th, 2016

Unity launches new free Unity 5 Personal Edition

Artists earning under $100,000/year now get all the features of Unity 5. Pro users get extra cloud tools.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

Tech video: Adobe's #3DPhotoMagic demo

Experimental tool lets users drag 3D models into photos and matches alignment and lighting automatically.

Monday, October 20th, 2014

Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1

New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Mirye Software unveils Shade 3D for Unity

New free edition of the veteran 3D modelling and animation package targets indie game developers.

Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Rich Diamant ships Diamant Modeling Tools for Maya

Updated: Blizzard star's retopology and brush-based modelling plugin now out of alpha and ready to buy.

Sunday, July 29th, 2012

Autodesk launches free online conference

Sign up now to watch sessions by artists from Angels and Demons, the Assassin's Creed series, Lost and more.

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 6 R3

Check out the new features in the free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting software.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

Blender 5.0 is finally here: check out its 5 key features

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from Geometry Nodes and Cycles to changes to color management.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

Unreal Engine 5.7 is here: see five key features for CG artists

See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025