Apple ditches Intel CPUs in Macs in favour of its own chips

See what the move to Apple Silicon will mean for CG tools like Maya, Photoshop, Blender and Octane X.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

Chaos Group launches the V-Ray Collection

$699/year subscription includes 11 editions of V-Ray, plus Phoenix FD, Project Lavina and VRScans assets.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2020

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 5

The next generation of V-Ray is now out of beta, and available to buy. Check out the new features in Chaos Group's powerful renderer.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Foundry releases Katana 3.6

Check out the new snapping options in the lighting and look dev tool, and the new toon shading system in its 3Delight NSI renderer.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Master hair grooming with Yeti

Discover how to use the powerful Maya hair plugin in production with DreamWorks Animation hair lead Victor Javier Garza's full tutorial.

Friday, June 12th, 2020

Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 3.4

See the new features in the Maya and Houdini crowd animation tool. Now free for low-budget projects.

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

Uppercut releases U-Render 2020.5 for Cinema 4D

'Really real-time' renderer for Cinema 4D gets support for subsurface scattering, translucency.

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2021.1

Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and animation tool, including new interactive extrusion and texture baking workflows.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

Download Nvidia's free Quadro Experience workflow app

Free app for Quadro GPU users records footage of DCC tools like 3ds Max and Maya for use in asset reviews or training.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

Check out the new features coming up in Redshift 3.0

Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2020

Discover how to model and render an ultra-realistic spider

Master advanced creature design techniques in ZBrush, Maya and Yeti with Gnomon's detailed guide.

Monday, May 25th, 2020

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Houdini Update 1

First update to the Houdini edition of the renderer adds support for custom AOVs and debug shading.

Thursday, May 21st, 2020