Eye candy: The Foundry's 2016 VFX reel
See adrenaline-pumping VFX work created with Nuke, Mari and Katana - including most of the Oscar long list.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016
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Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017
Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Autodesk buys Solid Angle
Acquisition of Arnold renderer will help drive a 'more aggressive' move to the cloud, firm tells CG Channel.
Monday, April 18th, 2016
Artomatix launches Materialize
Cool new cloud-based service uses an AI-driven system to tile, extend or 'mutate' game textures automatically.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Glare Techologies ships Indigo Renderer 4.0 in beta
Long-awaited update adds support for pure GPU rendering. Supports multiple AMD, Nvidia or Intel GPUs.
Monday, April 11th, 2016
Nvidia announces Iray VR and Iray VR Lite
Firm unveils two new editions of its GPU-based rendering technology designed for virtual reality work.
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
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
See the world's best CG environment art at Territory
Free exhibition at Hollywood's Gnomon Gallery shows fantastic worlds created by 11 leading VFX and games artists.
Saturday, April 2nd, 2016
See screenshots of what may be 3ds Max 2017
Posted on Autodesk's AREA forum, but not confirmed officially yet. Some information about new features too.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
NewTek previews LightWave 2016
Updated: See the new scene editor and a side-by-side performance comparison with LightWave 2015.
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
innoBright halves price of Altus 1.3
Updated: Tool for denoising images generated in renderers like Arnold and V-Ray now starts at $20/month.
Monday, March 28th, 2016
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.3
3ds Max physics plugin gets better liquid simulation and particle caching, plus support for Alembic.
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
Nvidia releases HairWorks source, unveils PhysX-GRB
Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016