Check out the new features in Vue 2024 and PlantFactory 2024

Final versions of the now-discontinued digital nature tools are available free for commercial use. Discover their features here.

Friday, May 10th, 2024

Download new free standalone UV packing tool Packer-IO

New app makes the automated UV packing tech behind 3d-io's popular UV-Packer plugins available to users of any DCC software.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Download Vue, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog for free

E-on software's digital nature tools are now available as free perpetual licenses, but development has been discontinued. Read our FAQs here.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Animate a League of Legends-inspired recall animation

Discover how AAA animators create gameplay animations in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial, recorded by Riot Games' Benjamin Davis.

Saturday, May 4th, 2024

Chaos announces V-Ray for ARM

Firm plans 'general support' for the V-Ray renderer on Linux systems with ARM CPUs to cut power use without compromising performance.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.0

Updated: check out the 3D clothing design software's new USD-based workflow for exporting simulations to Unreal Engine 5.4.

Monday, April 29th, 2024

NVIDIA unveils new RTX A400 and RTX A1000 pro GPUs

First new Ampere-generation workstation GPUs in two years are entry-level cards for AI and less demanding CG work.

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

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