KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2.1 for Nuke and Blender
Neat add-on for creating 3D head models from images now works with photos from multiple cameras.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020
Free Resources
Watch Gnomon's masterclass on creating a fantasy creature
Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.
Monday, August 10th, 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
Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0.4
Big update cuts render times on modern multi-core CPUs; adds new IPR window for 3ds Max users, and new Cinema 4D scattering system.
Thursday, August 6th, 2020
Check out open-source auto-retopology tool AutoRemesher
New app from Dust3D developer Jeremy Hu turns source meshes into uniform all-quad geometry.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
Sneak peeks: Adobe's 2020 R&D projects for 3D graphics
See Adobe's latest 3D research: from parametric modeling to a new real-time physically based renderer.
Friday, July 31st, 2020
Microsoft becomes latest tech giant to back Blender
Strings-free €30,000/year donation will help pay for new Blender staff - now including non-developers.
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best new VFX work done in Houdini, plus breakdown videos of how the effects were created.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Sneak peeks: Redshift RT and Redshift for Blender
Videos: see the GPU renderer's powerful real-time hybrid render engine and new Blender plugin.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Adobe ships Photoshop for iPad 1.6
Native version of Photoshop for iPad gets option to refine edges of selections to improve cutouts.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Master natural environment creation for visual effects
Create detailed environments in Houdini and Clarisse iFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Discover five key features for CG artists in Unity 2020.1
Read our run-down of the key new features in the game engine, from better ray tracing to AI-driven character posing.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Reallusion ships July 2020 updates to digital human tools
Check out the new features in Character Creator 3.3, iClone 7.8 and the SkinGen Premium plugin.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020