Otoy reveals its roadmap to OctaneRender 4.0

Support for CPU rendering, skinned characters and Brigade path tracing - plus OctaneImager, an entire new compositing app.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

The Foundry releases Mari Indie 3.0

New update to $150 edition of Mari for game artists loosens restrictions on bit depth and object count.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 3 R2

Updated: Free R2 update adds new edge wear presets, Quixel-like Dynamask system to the powerful collection of Mari tools.

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

FrostSoft ships PixelBerg 1.8 for Cinema 4D

Promising real-time PBR render engine now supports C4D's standard renderer for final-quality images.

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Mari and RV's creators win Sci-Tech Academy Awards

Other 'tech Oscars' go to in-house teams at Laika, ILM, DreamWorks, Rhythm & Hues and Imageworks.

Monday, January 11th, 2016

The Foundry ships Mari 3

Updated, now shipping: Texturing app gets OpenSubdiv support; Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and UE4 shaders; native Modo integration.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015

Creative Dimension Software ships 3DSOM Pro 4

Updated: Image-based modelling tool gets more flexible, higher-res capture process, WebGL export.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

Download the free Mari Extension Pack 2.1

Updated: Handy set of artist-created add-ons gets new UE4 shader, Color Temperature adjustment layer.

Friday, June 12th, 2015

Gnomon releases Texturing Environments with Mari

DreamWorks veteran Jessica Canter's new 150-minute tutorial provides a broad-based guide to environment work.

Friday, May 15th, 2015

Mario Röske releases IPackThat

Piranha Bytes artist's handy UV packing tool promises better results in less time than packing by hand.

Friday, April 17th, 2015

Side Effects releases Houdini 14

Check out the new crowd pipeline, grooming tools, revamped UI and spectacular multiphysics system.

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Sketchfab's models of the month: December 2014

See the best real-time 3D models uploaded to the website this month: from mermaids to mangles.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2014

The Foundry releases Modo Indie and Marie Indie

Licensed for commercial work, aimed at indie games artists, and priced at just $300 and $150 a pop.

Friday, December 12th, 2014