Nvidia ships Iray for 3ds Max and Maya 2016
Share physically based materials between host apps or mental ray with the plugins' new MDL format.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015
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Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds Max
Sizeable update boosts render speed by up to 50% and adds over 25 new and updated features.
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Red Giant releases Universe 1.6
Online library of add-ons for editing and compositing tools gets six new effects: from heat distortion to 1980s-style titles.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
AlphaVFX ships BulletFX 3.0 for 3ds Max
Updated: New extension release gives the multiphysics plugin support for variable viscosity fluids and a new foam solver.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
Watch Designing 3D Characters for Games
Riot Games' Gary Huang explains his workflow at a free event at Gnomon in LA on Wednesday. Watch free online.
Monday, December 14th, 2015
The Foundry releases Modo 902
Free update for registered users adds new camera matching and digital matte painting toolset.
Monday, December 14th, 2015
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.3
Game engine gets support for dynamic raytraced reflections, updates to particles and 2D physics.
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
DGDM ships SLiB | Browser and SLiB | Browser Pro 1.0
Maya plugins for browsing shaders get new search and favourites options. Base edition is still free.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
Tech talk: Quixel founder Teddy Bergsman
Quixel's CEO tells us how he ate gruel for months to develop killer texturing tools - only to keep giving them away free.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Creative Dimension Software ships 3DSOM Pro 4
Updated: Image-based modelling tool gets more flexible, higher-res capture process, WebGL export.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
Insydium releases X-Particles 3.5
Cinema 4D particles tool gets new audio modifier and trail deformer. Price of floating licences reduced.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2015
Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2015
See the best real-time assets of the month, from Terry Pratchett fan art to this free animated game model.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Download Houdini Engine for 3ds Max
Get the binaries of Hideki Suzuki's free plugin for importing and editing Houdini content inside 3ds Max.
Monday, November 30th, 2015