Foundry ships Modo 13.2

3D modelling and animation tool gets new mPath render engine, new Planar IK solver for character rigging, new Edge Chamfer tool.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Foundry closes Athera

All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch.

Thursday, November 7th, 2019

Chaos Czech ships Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max

Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system and new hair materials to the renderer.

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Group test: Nvidia Quadro, Titan and GeForce RTX GPUs

Which Nvidia GPU is best for DCC work? Jason Lewis benchmarks the firm's new Turing graphics cards.

Friday, October 11th, 2019

See the new ZBrush features from ZBrush Summit 2019

See all the new features unveiled by Pixologic, from history-aware sculpting to Polypaint updates.

Saturday, September 28th, 2019

Rookies 2019 rankings reveal the world's best CG schools

US schools Gnomon and SVA place top for visual effects and animation; Malaysia's The One Academy best for concept art.

Thursday, September 12th, 2019

Download Toolchefs' open-source Maya animation tools

Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.

Monday, September 9th, 2019

Alienbrain releases Alienbrain 2019

Artist-focused version control system gets native UE4 integration, new annual subscription pricing.

Monday, August 26th, 2019

e-on software ships Vue R3 and PlantFactory R3

Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.

Monday, August 19th, 2019

See 10 great VFX breakdowns from the 2019 V-Ray showreel

See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.

Monday, August 12th, 2019

Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 16 Studio

Compositing app gets revamped UI and more GPU acceleration, but the free edition has been dropped.

Thursday, August 8th, 2019

Modo, KeyShot and Blender to support RTX-based rendering

All three applications to support hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia's RTX GPUs in future.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Adobe unveils Project Anorigami

See Substance Painter's upcoming UV unfolding toolset, plus seamless texture painting across UDIM tiles.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019