Pixar open-sources its Universal Scene Description

Updated: New 'super Alembic' system for exchanging VFX scene data released officially. Plugins for Maya and Katana.

Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

Massive Software ships Massive for Max

New 3ds Max edition of the Academy Award-winning crowd simulator is V-Ray ready; includes free $3,000 'Ambient Agent'.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max

Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

ftrack gets integration with Cinema 4D and 3ds Max

Free plugins let users access the cloud-based production tracking system directly within Max and C4D.

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Pixar ships RenderMan 21

Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

DNA Research ships beta of 3Delight for Katana

RenderMan-compliant production renderer gets new Katana edition with improved support for OSL.

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Review: Iray for 3ds Max

Jason Lewis benchmarks the new, more powerful plugin version of Nvidia's GPU-based renderer with a range of real-world graphics cards.

Thursday, July 14th, 2016

Point Render recreates Dürer and Doré in Houdini

Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

FurryBall RT 1.3 ships, adds new free 'Credit version'

Updated: Just logging in now gives you up 30 free hours of rendering a month, even for commercial jobs.

Thursday, July 7th, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Modo

New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Download Grease Pencil V2 for Windows

Grease Pencil turns Blender into a free, bones-based 2D animation toolset. Try the new version here.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

Redshift 2.0 ships: new 3ds Max version also available

Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

Fabric Software releases Kraken 1.2

Open-source rigging system creates character rigs that work across Maya and Softimage. Now with faster biped rig setup.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2016