Maxon releases Redshift 3.5.24

Production renderer gets native support for the hardware-accelerated ray tracing technology in Apple's new M3 processors.

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Maya Update 2

Maya edition of the renderer gets support for MaterialX, initial support for LookdevX, and the option to scatter lights with Chaos Scatter.

Monday, February 19th, 2024

Download NVIDIA's free da Vinci Workshop USD data set

Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024

Tutorial: Creating Environment Art for Digital Production

Master current studio workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour guide to environment art.

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

tyFlow 1.1 for 3ds Max adds new PRISM fracturing system

Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

Tutorial: Creating a Large-Scale Aerial Shot

Use OpenStreetMap data to create a procedural 3D environment in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Saturday, January 20th, 2024

Ynput releases Ayon 1.0

Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Marvelous Designer creator wins Sci-Tech Academy Award

3D clothing design software creator Jaden Oh wins tech 'Oscar', along with the creators of open standards USD, OpenVDB and Alembic.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

How noOne created striking animated short Aether Saga

Check out facial scanning and motion-capture behind the impressive proof-of-concept teaser for a Skyrim-esque animated series.

Friday, December 29th, 2023

PhyX Drag brings physics-based object placement to Blender

New $10 add-on brings simple Houdini-style physics-based scene layout workflows to the open-source 3D software.

Thursday, December 28th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.22

Update boosts performance in real-time render engine Redshift RT, including support for async shader compilation and DLSS upscaling.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Download over 150 free 10K HDRIs from HDRMAPS

Download high-resolution HDRIs and HDR skies without having to register on the site. EXR format, for commercial use.

Sunday, December 10th, 2023

Foundry releases Mari 7.0

3D texture painting software gets new Vulkan-based geometry map baking system, and more procedural texturing nodes

Monday, December 4th, 2023