Nvidia announces Omniverse open beta

USD-based 'open collaboration' platform for CG work will become free to individual users this fall.

Monday, October 5th, 2020

Khronos Group finalises radical new OpenCL 3.0 spec

New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2020

Download the first public demo of Redshift 3.0

New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user.

Tuesday, September 15th, 2020

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R23

Major update to Cinema 4D adds new character animation tools, better UV editing, and integrates the $399 Magic Bullet Looks suite.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

Lightmap releases Blender plugin for HDR Light Studio

New 'Xenon' update makes the real-time lighting tool available to Blender users for the first time.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

AMD releases new beta of Radeon ProRender 2.0

Open-source physically based GPU render engine gets support for Light Path Expressions, MaterialX.

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Download KitBash3D's free Neo City buildings kit

Get futuristic 3D buildings in the native formats of 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, Houdini, UE4 and Unity. For commercial use.

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Pixologic ships ZBrush 2021

Big update to the digital sculpting tool adds complete cloth creation and soft body dynamics toolset. Check out all the features here.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Foundry unveils Katana 4.0

Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders.

Monday, August 10th, 2020

Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal

New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.

Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0.4

Big update cuts render times on modern multi-core CPUs; adds new IPR window for 3ds Max users, and new Cinema 4D scattering system.

Thursday, August 6th, 2020

Sneak peeks: Redshift RT and Redshift for Blender

Videos: see the GPU renderer's powerful real-time hybrid render engine and new Blender plugin.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Master natural environment creation for visual effects

Create detailed environments in Houdini and Clarisse iFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Monday, July 27th, 2020