This neat free plugin lets you import OpenVDBs into UE5

Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya

Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.

Monday, July 4th, 2022

Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta

Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.

Monday, June 27th, 2022

Deep Rising FX and Deep FX Studio discontinued

Deep FX World ends work on its LightWave fluid simulation plugin and standalone multiphysics app.

Monday, June 20th, 2022

Download 3,000 free mocap moves from Bandai Namco

Games firm's R&D division releases massive set of mocap data, plus free Blender BVH import script.

Thursday, May 19th, 2022

Open Image Denoise now runs on GPU as well as CPU

Open-source render denoiser used in Arnold. Blender and V-Ray now supports AMD, Intel & Nvidia GPUs.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio Xenon Drop 4.2

Update makes new Omniverse connection plugin available to all users of the lighting design tool.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

ftrack ships ftrack Studio 4.10

Check out the new features in ftrack's cloud-based production tracking and shot review system for visual effects and animation work.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

Discover how to create hi-res custom trees with SpeedTree

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create hero-quality assets with the tree authoring tool.

Sunday, February 20th, 2022

Download over 90 free 3D models from RenderCrate

Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

ToolChefs ships AtomsUnreal 3.0 in beta

Unreal Engine plugin for the Atoms Crowd simulation system gets support for runtime variation and 'XPU animation'.

Friday, January 28th, 2022