Download 140 Xfrog plant models for free

Get 31 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX

Much-anticipated genre-breaking 2D/3D package priced at $2,995: download the free PLE version now.

Monday, December 24th, 2012

Allegorithmic creates $99 Substance Designer licence

Identical to the full $590 edition, but intended for non-commercial use by hobbyists and games modders.

Thursday, December 20th, 2012

Nvidia previews new Light Path Expressions in iray

New feature works like AOVs in other software for 'instant relighting' and stylised render effects.

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0

Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation

Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Eye candy: Gnomon's 2012 Best of Term awards

Check out the best new work from students at the leading CG school - including a very bad day for Iron Man.

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Imagination announces Series2 raytracing boards

New OpenRL cards will accelerate Caustic Visualizer real-time raytracing plugins for Max, Maya.

Thursday, November 29th, 2012

Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin

Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.

Wednesday, November 28th, 2012

AAA Studio to release FurryBall for 3ds Max

While you're waiting: version 3.2 of the Maya edition of the GPU renderer is out, and the price has been cut.

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Enter your VFX work for the next VES Student Award

Submit your work by 30 November for a chance to win an expenses-paid trip to the Beverly Hills awards do.

Wednesday, November 21st, 2012

Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities

See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.

Monday, November 19th, 2012

Basefount announces Miarmy Commander

Maya crowd simulator gets new extension for traffic and fight scenes; plus Mac OS X and Arnold support.

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012