iToo Software releases Forest Pack 7.4.3 for 3ds Max

Scattering plugin gets support for V-Ray 6, plus new options for replacing scene objects by name.

Thursday, July 14th, 2022

Nevercenter ships Silo 2021.5 and Milo 2021.4

Check out the new features in the lightweight Sub-D modelling app and its new real-time renderer.

Monday, March 28th, 2022

Free plugin puts a playable 3D Mario in any Blender scene

Control your favourite 3D plumber inside the Blender viewport with the neat libsm64-blender plugin.

Monday, March 14th, 2022

ftrack ships ftrack Studio 4.10

Check out the new features in ftrack's cloud-based production tracking and shot review system for visual effects and animation work.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

You can play Super Mario Bros inside Substance 3D Designer

Quinton Qu's incredible feat of visual programming wins Adobe's 2021 Substance 3D Designer Insanity Award.

Thursday, January 27th, 2022

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25

3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.27

See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.

Monday, August 23rd, 2021

Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Maxon ships Universe 4.0

Set of effects plugins for editors and compositors adds electricity, stop motion and analog effects, plus Metal support for Mac users.

Thursday, June 24th, 2021

Master texturing for production in Mari and Maya

Discover key texturing techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Thursday, May 27th, 2021

Chaos releases Phoenix 4.40 for 3ds Max and Maya

New update to the fluid simulator once known as Phoenix FD adds collision between floating objects.

Friday, April 16th, 2021

Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24

Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2021.4

Digital painting and image editing app gets revamped convolve tools, like this interesting CLAHE filter.

Saturday, March 27th, 2021