Download the Maya 2019/2020 Bonus Tools

Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya modelling, layout and rigging add-ons, including 11 new tools.

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

Unity 2019.3 ships

Game engine gets new Hi-DPI UI, updates to lightmapping and animation, experimental support for ray tracing on Nvidia RTX GPUs.

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020

Aaron Dabelow open-sources his 3ds Max add-ons

Handy tools like procedural geometry creator Debris Maker 2 available free under a MIT licence.

Sunday, January 26th, 2020

Get promising free low-poly 3D modeling tool Dust3D

Neat ultra-lightweight tool creates low-poly games assets, complete with automated character rigs.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

Get free USDZ file converter and viewer Reality Converter

Check out Apple's new app for converting 3D models to USDZ, along with free alternatives for Windows and Linux.

Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019

Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.

Sunday, January 12th, 2020

Eye candy: Foundry's 2019 APAC showreel

Watch an eye-catching two-minute round-up of the best animation and VFX from China, Japan and Korea.

Wednesday, January 1st, 2020

Adobe unveils Substance Designer 2019.3

Material-authoring software to get new colour management tools, new curvature baker, and UX updates.

Thursday, December 19th, 2019

Adobe releases Substance Painter 2019.3

Big update to the 3D painting app adds support for Photoshop .abr brushes, automatic UV unwrapping.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2020.1 in public preview

GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

Master the anatomy of the back and shoulder muscles

Improve your figure drawing with The Gnomon Workshop's essential guide to artistic anatomy principles.

Monday, November 18th, 2019

Xenko team ships Xenko 3.1

C#-based open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets its first major update since being made available under an MIT licence last year.

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

Epic Games acquires Quixel

All 10,000-plus Megascans assets to be made free to Unreal Engine users; Quixel Mixer and Bridge to be released free for everyone.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019