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Nvidia's new AI art demo turns sketches into 360° environment maps for use inside 3D software.

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022

'Next evolution' of OpenVDB brings the power of AI to volumetric data, reducing the memory footprint of fluid simulations by up to 100x.

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

Create a production-ready 3D creature with this new Gnomon Workshop tutorial from Wētā FX's Pascal Raimbault.

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

Need to recreate ketchup in your CG software? This free online database has the info you need.

Monday, August 8th, 2022

Create a game-ready magic attack using UE5's Niagara toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Saturday, August 6th, 2022

Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.

Friday, August 5th, 2022

Unusual GPU-based sculpting app gets new cloth sculpting system, plus tools for grooming hair and fur.

Friday, July 29th, 2022

Download the free, newly GPU-accelerated tool for browsing textures and sprite sheets, like those generated by EmberGen.

Friday, July 29th, 2022

As well as standard forward rendering, the research-oriented tool can generate 3D objects matching 2D images.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2022

Unreal Engine creator now a board member of the governing body for rival game engine Open 3D Engine.

Monday, July 25th, 2022

Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.

Sunday, July 24th, 2022

Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.

Monday, July 18th, 2022