Sneak peek: ZBrush 2021
See the new features in Pixologic's sculpting software, including better instancing and poly modeling - and an eye-catching set of cloth tools.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Free Resources
Foundry ships Nuke 12.2, NukeX 12.2, Nuke Studio 12.2
Compositing and editorial tools get USD import, licence roaming, new synchronous shot review system.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Foundry releases Nuke Indie
'Lightly restricted' new $499/year edition of Nuke Studio is aimed at freelance compositors. Find out how it compares to the full version.
Tuesday, July 21st, 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
Master movie-quality crowd simulation with Massive Prime
Master the crowd simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive 11-hour tutorial.
Saturday, July 18th, 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
JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.5.5
Real-time gaseous fluid simulator gets neat new GPU particle system for finer, wispier smoke effects.
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Otoy releases first public beta of EmberGenFX
OctaneRender subscribers can use the popular GPU-based gaseous fluid simulator free during the trial.
Friday, July 17th, 2020
Superluminal ships Stardust 1.6 for After Effects
Versatile 3D particle system now supports volumetric rendering for effects like smoke, fire and dust.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
Epic Games releases official Blender to Unreal Engine tools
Transfer rigged characters between Blender and UE4 with free plugins Send to Unreal and UE to Rigify.
Wednesday, July 15th, 2020
Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.1
Sizeable update to the multiphysics plugin adds new scene geometry queries, better Alembic support.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 5.0
Big update to the image-based modeling software boosts performance and adds new laser scan registration app 3DF Scarlet.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020