5 tools updates you may have missed in November 2021

See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021

3d-io ships Unwrella 4 for 3ds Max and Maya

Free update to the UV unwrapping tool adds neat UV packing system and Projection unwrapping mode.

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

See After Effects' new multi-frame rendering features

Render previews or final frames faster on multi-core CPUs with the latest beta of the compositing app.

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

NIM Labs launches NIM 5.0

Sizeable update to the CG studio management platform reworks artists' timecards, and introduces a new rules-based payroll system.

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

D5 Render 1.9 ships

Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.

Friday, May 28th, 2021

Epic Games buys ArtStation

Top online portfolio service will stay open to non-games artists and Unreal Engine users. Sales fees on ArtStation Marketplace reduced.

Sunday, May 2nd, 2021

AWS launches Amazon Nimble Studio for VFX and animation

New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

Discover how a Gnomon Workshop tutorial is created

Follow instructor Eric Keller as he creates Introduction to Maya 2020, his detailed new Gnomon tutorial.

Friday, January 1st, 2021

AXYZ design ships anima 4.1

3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya and Unreal Engine crowd animation tool gets GPU decoding for faster playback on Nvidia graphics cards.

Wednesday, December 30th, 2020

Pixologic releases ZBrushCore 2021

Cut-down version of ZBrush gets automatic retopology, dynamic subdivision, and MicroPoly 'cloth'.

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

Otoy launches RNDR

Innovative 'distributed GPU render network' lets OctaneRender users earn credits by making their PCs available to others for rendering.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

NewTek ships LightWave 2020

3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.

Friday, April 24th, 2020