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

Watch a free one-hour Redshift training workshop

Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse explains how to use the renderer in production at Gnomon tomorrow. Watch free online.

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

CG Channel has a new look!

Okay, we updated the menus at the top of the homepage, but it should make it easier to browse the site.

Monday, September 26th, 2016

Download 221 free custom ZBrush brushes

Download Michael Dunnam's free XMD brushes, then sign up for his sculpting challenge to get 25 more Premium brushes.

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

Quixel launches Megascans

Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2016

Download Joost Vanhoutte's free textures and cutouts

Updated: Get 50 foliage cutouts, over 1,800 texture reference images, and 111 new free stone textures.

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2

3D painting tool gets Iray renderer integrated inside, new Clone and Smudge tools, new Linux edition.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Lightmap ships HDR Light Studio 5.3

Real-time lighting tool now lets users add area lights to a scene by 'painting' highlights onto surfaces.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

9b studios releases SLIK 2 for Modo

Long-awaited update to popular lighting toolkit adds new highlight design and HDR baking workflows.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Luxion ships KeyShot 6.1

Update extends renderer's HDRI design and toon rendering capabilities and adds support for camera motion blur in animations.

Thursday, February 4th, 2016