Reallusion ships iClone 7

Now shipping: Big update to 3D character animation software adds new morph animation toolset, PBR viewport, HDRI baking, real-time GI.

Wednesday, June 21st, 2017

Download 12 free HDR images of industrial environments

Get Philip Modin's 14-megapixel HDRs of factories and workshops. EXR format, for commercial use.

Sunday, June 4th, 2017

Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 1.6 for 3ds Max

Update to renderer adds new standalone image editor for EXRs, improves sampling, relighting and distributed rendering.

Monday, April 24th, 2017

Reallusion releases Character Creator 2.0

Free(ish) tool for creating rigged 3D human characters gets support for PBR shading, image-based lighting.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Sneak peek: Blender's new Eevee real-time render engine

Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.

Friday, March 24th, 2017

Download Kungfujackrabbit Studio's 12 free Arnold shaders

Get 12 free metal, plastic and glass shaders for Arnold and Maya 2017, all licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 12th, 2017

DGDM releases SLiB Leuchtkraft 1.6 for Maya

Updated: Nifty Maya lighting design plugin gets support for dome lights, option to import custom HDRIs.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

Adobe chooses V-Ray as core renderer for Project Felix

V-Ray chosen as render engine for new visualisation tool aimed at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Adobe releases Project Felix in beta

Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription.

Friday, December 23rd, 2016

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5.4

Real-time lighting design tool adds new ways to position area lights or virtual lights within HDRI maps.

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course

Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.5

Sizeable update adds long-awaited tools for customising the Personal edition splash screen, HDRI-based Look Dev system.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for CG artists

See over 50 money-saving offers, including Adobe, Autodesk, Allegorithmic, Marvelous Designer and Next Limit.

Thursday, November 24th, 2016