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Lots of features, including a new physical camera model, but the GPU lightmapper hasn't made it.

Thursday, July 12th, 2018

New Anatomy Workshop tutorial provides a detailed guide to drawing the form of the leg and hip

Tuesday, July 10th, 2018

Parametric modelling plugin gets support for V-Ray Next and Arnold; new food products in asset library.

Thursday, July 5th, 2018

See Marvel Studios artists reveal the secrets of the size-changing superheroes at a free talk at Gnomon next week.

Wednesday, July 4th, 2018

Interesting new tool lets you place light sources on a 2D canvas to create your own synthetic HDRIs. Works in 32-bit linear colour space.

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018

VR modelling tool gets new Elastic mode for sculpting, support for grid and angle snapping, fewer limits on layers, undo operations and lights.

Monday, July 2nd, 2018

PlantFactory gets new diamond mode for leaves, more flower controls. Speed boosts in Vue.

Friday, June 29th, 2018

Now officially out of beta. Get 10% off purchases with Sketchfab's discount code until 4 July 2018.

Friday, June 29th, 2018

Free patch improves speed and stability when sculpting in ZBrush; adds a few new workflow features.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Now officially live. Create texture maps and GLSL shader code with Braindistrict's neat online service.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Updated: Free tech converts offline renders to 3D geometry for use in mobile VR. Has exporters for Maya, Unity, UE4 - and now 3ds Max.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Free plugin suite for handling multi-channel EXRs in After Effects, Photoshop or Premiere Pro gets support for Cryptomatte in AE.

Tuesday, June 19th, 2018

See our pick of the show's hottest research - from AI-driven animation to amazing simulation techniques.

Thursday, June 14th, 2018