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Handy new utility for editing V-Ray .vrscene files lets users adjust render settings on the fly or split jobs into batches.

Friday, May 25th, 2018

Quixel's intuitive tool for blending scanned materials now out in beta. Free to Megascans subscribers.

Friday, May 18th, 2018

CG hardware up for grabs in CLO Virtual Fashion and Allegorithmic's new David & Diana art contest.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

Promising new crowd-simulation tool for Maya and Houdini gets support for cloth and dynamic fur.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

Free game engine gets support for morph targets, new wind and force volumes, volumetric cloud system, visual scripting improvements.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018

Check out the newly updated Maya soft tissue plugin, then download this free 'jellyphant' test character.

Saturday, May 12th, 2018

Procedural 3D city-generation tool gets greater integration with Unreal Studio for VR work, new option to distribute geometry along curves.

Friday, May 11th, 2018

See exclusive early concept art from the movie at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus next week.

Saturday, May 5th, 2018

Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.

Friday, May 4th, 2018

It's a huge update, so get up to speed faster with our run-down of the key features for CG artists.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Latest update to the terrain generator adds support for JPEG and EXR files and fixes a lot of long-standing workflow issues.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Architectural renderer gets adaptive anti-aliasing and improved light sampling, plus new Twinlinker app for creating online virtual tours.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

VFX library's 2K practical effects clips now cost as little as $5; 4K to 6K fire and smoke cost $15-20.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018