Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.20

Artists get new Niagara modular VFX editor, new options for shading human skin, plus cinematic DoF.

Saturday, July 21st, 2018

Epic Games previews new features in Unreal Engine 4.20

Update to add new level streaming, instancing and LOD features, plus replay system created for Fortnite.

Saturday, March 24th, 2018

Sign up for Mari Live in Hollywood next month

See how top studios use the 3D painting tool at Foundry's user event at Gnomon on 1 February. Watch free online.

Friday, January 12th, 2018

Allegorithmic unveils Substance Painter 2017.4

Texture painting app gets support for layer instancing, live link to UE4 and 20 new procedural materials.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.18

Game engine gets support for Google's ARCore AR system, better lightmapping and media playback.

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

Foundry releases Mari 3.3

3D painting package gets option to edit paint already committed to a model, plus new 'individual subscription' licensing system.

Friday, May 26th, 2017

Marius Silaghi ships Unwrap Pro for 3ds Max

Promising new UV unfolding plugin gives 'low-distortion, overlap-free' results even on complex models.

Thursday, April 27th, 2017

Sneak peek: Mari 3.3

Corrected: Changes include option to re-edit paint already committed to a model. Radically decluttered new GUI due in a future release.

Monday, April 24th, 2017

The Foundry ships Mari 3.2

Videos: Update to texture-painting tool makes the node graph more intuitive to use, adds new non-destructive Bake Point node.

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12.5.4

Free update to grading app adds Touch Bar support on MacBook Pros; improves HDR workflow.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2016

Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.4.1

Heavyweight renderer gets image Denoising system, new hair shader, innovative OpenEXR/Id technology.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2016

Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.4

3D painting tool's revamped Shelf should make it easier to browse assets. New particle presets, too.

Friday, October 28th, 2016

The Foundry releases Mari Non-commercial

Master the 3D texture painting app with the new free learning edition, or use it to create demo reel material.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016