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Updated: new service aims to let users run a full VFX studio via a web browser. Pricing now revealed.

Monday, April 30th, 2018

New nine-hour tutorial provides a detailed guide to generating animatable character meshes via photogrammetry.

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Nuke edition of V-Ray gets support for progressive rendering and the V-Ray hair shader and sampler.

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Now available: big update to the real-time toolkit adds scores of new features for rendering, texture baking and the Marmoset Viewer.

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Free update to effects plugins GPU-accelerates Trapcode Form; adds DoF and IBL in Trapcode Mir.

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

Discover how ex-Disney artists TAIKO Studios created their debut short at a free event at the school's LA campus.

Thursday, April 19th, 2018

Promising landscape generation tool gets new scale controls for erosion, better user control over soil, rain and snow distribution.

Wednesday, April 18th, 2018

Framework for converting Max scenes into browser-based apps adds support for V-Ray materials.

Tuesday, April 17th, 2018

New free Substance integration plugin for 3ds Max now out of beta and ready for use in production.

Friday, April 13th, 2018

Interesting new app based on Mischief's ADF technology will be free on Steam in early access.

Thursday, April 12th, 2018

Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.

Monday, April 9th, 2018

Discover how Kim's firm Section Studios created its latest game at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus. Watch free online.

Saturday, April 7th, 2018