Maxon releases Redshift 3.6

Big update to the renderer adds non-photorealistic reneriing system, overhauls volume rendering, and adds official support for AMD GPUs.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2024

Download the free edition of RenderMan 26.3

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

Free resource: The Best 3D Turntable

Create professional-quality turntable renders of your 3D models for your portfolio with VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's handy Maya template.

Sunday, April 7th, 2024

Chaos unveils Project Arena

Upcoming virtual production toolset will let studios use existing V-Ray assets on LED walls with full ray tracing "without any preprocessing".

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector

Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.

Friday, April 5th, 2024

Unity discontinues the Ziva products

Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

AWS launches Deadline Cloud

Online service based around AWS's free Deadline renderfarm manager 'makes it easy to set up a cloud-based render farm in minutes'.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3

Check out the changes in the compatibility-breaking update to the renderer, including better denoising and progressive rendering.

Thursday, March 28th, 2024

Get Reallusion's five great free animation-ready 3D characters

Download free, fully rigged human characters with Reallusion's animation-friendly CC3+ Base topology. For commercial use.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

Tutorial: Nuke Projection Workflows for Feature Films

Master the techniques professional artists use to speed up VFX work with The Gnomon Workshop's new seven-hour masterclass.

Saturday, March 16th, 2024

New pricing for Unreal Engine, Twinmotion and RealityCapture

Epic Games has announced new subscription-based pricing for its key software products. See who the changes affect, and when they start.

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

Master Character Animation Fundamentals for Games

Discover how to animate walk cycles, run cycles and attack animations in Maya with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024