E-on ships Vue Infinite 2016 R3 and Vue xStream R3
Free quarterly update to the digital nature tools speeds up saving, extends the new Path Tracer render engine.
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
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Come to Gnomon's free sci-fi ZBrush sculpting workshop
Master the use of ZBrush for concept art and look dev at the school's LA campus next week. Watch free online.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
Esri ships CityEngine 2017.0
Powerful 3D city-generation software used on Independence Day 2 gets new measurement and building customisation toolsets.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2017
Pixar unveils RenderMan 22 and RenderMan XPU
Heavyweight renderer to get new live link to compatible DCC apps, new hybrid CPU/GPU render tech.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
Foundry to integrate AMD's Radeon ProRender into Modo
Native version of the physically based GPU renderer in beta this year. New open-source 'Baikal' edition out now.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
Fabric Software announces Fabric Engine 2.6
Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.
Friday, August 4th, 2017
Redshift team releases Redshift 2.5
GPU renderer gets better sampling, firefly removal, Mac support, Cinema 4D and Katana plugins.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Luxion ships KeyShot 7
Renderer gets new VR camera, support for animated mesh deformations and video maps, better material and HDRI editing.
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Massive Software unveils Massive Prime 9.0
Heavyweight crowd simulator to get new 'universal plugin' to allow compatibility to 'all major' 3D apps.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Katana 3.0 users will get 3Delight renderer free
Powerful RenderMan-compliant renderer will be available as free interactive rendering plugin when Katana 3.0 ships.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Pixar ships RenderMan 21.5
Renderer gets innovative new physically based model for subsurface scattering, better hair rendering and render denoising.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Isotropix releases Clarisse 3.5
Big update to layout and look dev tool adds object scattering, support for Light Path Expressions and Cryptomatte, new PBR material.
Monday, July 31st, 2017
Watch the best CG shorts from Siggraph 2017
Watch highlights of 15 of the year's best animated and VFX shorts, with accompanying tech breakdowns.
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017