The Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to Arnold

Master lighting and rendering in Arnold with this complete primer from The Mill's Robert Chapman.

Sunday, February 26th, 2017

DGDM releases VPR for Redshift 2.10

Handy Maya plugin for streamlining look dev workflow can now control Redshift lens shaders from within the VPR window.

Friday, February 24th, 2017

Watch Gurmukh Bhasin's free masterclass in vehicle design

Discover the Star Citizen concept artist's 3D workflow at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch online for free.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16

Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Basefount ships Miarmy 5.2

Maya crowd simulation software gets new blendshape pipeline for handling facial animation, plus new tools for editing simulation caches.

Monday, February 20th, 2017

Redshift devs release Redshift for Houdini

New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.

Saturday, February 18th, 2017

Download Kungfujackrabbit Studio's 12 free Arnold shaders

Get 12 free metal, plastic and glass shaders for Arnold and Maya 2017, all licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 12th, 2017

Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models

Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 12th, 2017

Watch VFX breakdowns of the 2017 VES Award winners

Discover how this year's best VFX projects were created, from The Jungle Book to Game of Thrones.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

StratusCore launches one-stop cloud service for CG artists

Rent complete virtual workstations loaded with 2D or 3D software and on-demand rendering and storage.

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders

Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4

CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use

GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.

Friday, January 20th, 2017