See the new features due in Megascans and Quixel Mixer

Megascans to get new 'modular' assets and drone scans; Mixer to get new tools for authoring stylised, painterly materials.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020

Sketchfab's models of the month: March 2020

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from amazing anime fan art to a free downloadable 3D Batman.

Friday, April 3rd, 2020

10 expert tips for better Houdini FLIP fluid simulations

Follow FuseFX artist Kevin Pinga's production hacks to create faster, more flexible Houdini fluid sims.

Thursday, March 26th, 2020

Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.9

Maya soft tissue simulation plugin gets support for file referencing. Now compatible with Maya 2020.

Thursday, March 26th, 2020

Download Nvidia's free Texture Tools Exporter 2020.1

Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2020

Check out Gnomon's new Anatomy for Artists training

Master the anatomy of the human feet, legs, chest and arms with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorials.

Sunday, March 22nd, 2020

Get CG software for free during the coronavirus outbreak

Need to work from home? Your CG software may be available free if you use these companies' tools.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

Glassbox Technologies releases BeeHive

Interesting collaboration tool for virtual production and VR syncs scene editing sessions across Maya, UE4 and Unity.

Saturday, March 14th, 2020

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2020.1

Big update gives the visualisation tool new rendering features, better 3D characters and plants - and an aggressive new price.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Unity acquires Artomatix

AI-driven tools developer's material-processing tech to be integrated in Unity, but will remain available for other game engines.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2020

Check out the Blender 3.0 and LTS product roadmap

Next big update to the open-source 3D software due in 2021, with long term support releases every year.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

GIMP team ships GIMP 2.10.18

Nice workflow update gives the open-source image editor Photoshop-like tool groups, faster PSD import, new 3D Transform tool.

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

Master the art of creating a photorealistic interior scene

Create interiors for VFX work with Digital Domain lighting lead Adrien Vallecilla's new Gnomon tutorial.

Saturday, February 22nd, 2020